"Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings is for everyday readers looking for pithy sayings, deeper understanding of the Chinese culture and a unique look at the Chinese language." - The Rapidian "Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings opens a diverting and useful window on Chinese language and culture." - Asian Review of Books This treasury of Chinese wisdom presents over five hundred proverbs while offering keys to culture and language. Here are both the familiar, earnest sayings of Confucius and Lao Zi ("The longest journey begins with a single step") and the homespun truths of every day ("Teachers open the door; you enter by yourself"). Designed both for inspirational browsing and for students of language and culture, the text is organized by subject (Learning, Patience, Money, Family, Food, etc.) and provides commentary plus Chinese characters and pinyin romanization for each entry. Includes an index. Qin Xue Herzberg and Larry Herzberg teach Chinese at Calvin College. They live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A collection of 500+ proverbs in Chinese and English, capturing the enduring wisdom of China, for travelers and language students.

The sayings known as Cheng yu are used frequently in Chinese. Chinese Proverbs features 86 of the more than 5,000 Cheng yu, reproduced in a large format. Alongside each phrase is an accessible and inspiring explanation, its literal translation in English, and what the particular strokes symbolize.

Chinese Proverbs, Volume One - Proverbs are short and pithy sayings that encapsulate the experience, ideological content and artistic quality of a society's values and beliefs in short and well-known expressions of popular wisdom. They are elements of a language that distinctly define a culture in a manner loved by the masses. In Chinese Proverbs, readers will discover a cornucopia of eastern wisdom, truths, morals and traditional views that they can hand down from generation to generation.