描述
An essential and very readable resource for conlangers and writers who want to create a non-European world, and anyone who wants to know more about our planet’s leading civilization.A concise but meaty overview of the history, philosophy, and literature of China, and much clothing, architecture, technology, cosmology, medicine, cuisine, and more.Plus grammatical sketches of both Mandarin and Old Chinese, and a discussion of the writing system. The history and literature sections are written for people interested in the Chinese languages, with key terms in both pinyin and hanzi.