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Tom Mazanec
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Author, Poet-Monks (Cornell UP). Assoc prof at UC Santa Barbara. Premodern Chinese lit & religion, translation, digital humanities. JAOS editor. Father of 2. eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/thomas-mazanec/
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Gearing up to start teaching Classical Chinese from a new textbook. The introduction's opening line is the best.

Screenshot of introduction to the book, first line highlighted: "Classical Chinese is perhaps the most important language in world history." Continues without highlighting: "Its significance is comparable to that of Latin and English, and the extent of its impact is second to none. Although it was used as a living language only during a relatively short time span of 400 years, it was the foundation of a literary tradition which spanned two millennia, surpassing that of any other civilization. Classical Chinese has shaped thought and literature throughout the history of imperial China and up to the present day. This introduction will give an outline of how Classical Chinese may be defined, what its characteristic features are, and how it is treated in the present book. Defining Classical Chinese Simply put, Classical Chinese is the language of the Chinese classics..."
Cover of "Introduction to Classical Chinese" by Kai Vogelsang. Black background, yellow lettering of title, white lettering of author name.
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TMtommazanec.bsky.social

Can someone convince my Dean of this (and fund me and my colleagues accordingly)?

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WMwijama.bsky.social

Honestly he's so right and anyone who disagrees can fight me

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CNcmbnugent.bsky.social

I'd love to hear how this goes. I think the textbook is great, but I also thought it would be impossible to use with US undergrads, most of whom don't know what a direct object is. There's so much front-loaded grammar in this. But again, wonderfully rigorous textbook; will be great if it works.

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DKdknorr.bsky.social

a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

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Tom Mazanec
@tommazanec.bsky.social
Author, Poet-Monks (Cornell UP). Assoc prof at UC Santa Barbara. Premodern Chinese lit & religion, translation, digital humanities. JAOS editor. Father of 2. eastasian.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/thomas-mazanec/
399 followers261 following240 posts
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