Chinese Classics
Transmitted canon and excavated texts, read side by side.
Two ways into the sources: the transmitted canon with parallel original text and modern translation, and pre-Qin excavated bamboo manuscripts — strict transcriptions annotated character by character, with plate images and modern renderings.
Transmitted Classics
The received canon, book by book: parallel Simplified / Traditional text, chapter-by-chapter modern translation, and close readings of doctrine and context.
Browse the libraryExcavated Classics
Pre-Qin bamboo manuscripts as unearthed — the Guodian corpus in strict transcription, phonetic-loan readings annotated per character, with plates and modern translations.
Read the bamboo stripsParallel reading
Excavated strips link to their transmitted counterparts — switch between versions in one click.
Character-level rigor
Strict transcriptions keep original glyph forms, lacunae marks and per-character loan readings.
Modern translation
Every text ships with a plain-language translation, faithful to the source and human-reviewed.