SparkAI8 classic Chinese books recorded by LibriVox volunteers, playing right here. Every one is also in the SparkAI reader, matched chapter by chapter, so you can follow the characters while you listen.
Eight of the ten memoirs of Lu Xun's childhood and youth (this edition lacks “From Hundred-Grass Garden to Three-Flavour Study” and “Father’s Illness”): his nurse Ah Chang, the old village festivals, his Japanese teacher Mr Fujino. His most approachable prose.
C12 h 4610 recordings
Lu Xun's first collection of stories, which began modern Chinese fiction: A Madman's Diary, Kong Yiji, My Old Home and The True Story of Ah Q.
C14 h 3816 recordings
Eight of the eleven stories of Lu Xun's second collection, including The New Year's Sacrifice, In the Wine Shop and Regret for the Past (the edition lacks the other three).
C14 h 008 recordings
A wandering doctor travels through Shandong at the end of the Qing dynasty, listening to storytellers and exposing cruel 'honest' officials. Vernacular prose in 20 chapters.
C28 h 0720 recordings
The sayings of Confucius, collected by his disciples in twenty books of short numbered passages. Classical Chinese.
C22 h 2820 recordings
The Art of War in its thirteen chapters: planning, deception, terrain and spies. Terse classical Chinese.
C20 h 4713 recordings
The old children's primer in lines of three characters: learning, the classics and Chinese history to the Republic. Short and rhythmic.
C20 h 141 recordings
Rules for children in lines of three characters: duty to parents and elders, care, honesty, kindness and study.
C20 h 101 recordings
All the Chinese books · Chinese videos by level
Yes. They're LibriVox recordings, made by volunteers, of books in the public domain, so they're free for everyone. They play right here.
Yes. Every book here is also in the SparkAI reader in Simplified characters, with each chapter matched to its recording and tap-to-translate for words from the course.
No. Five readings were made from Traditional-character editions; the words read are the same as the Simplified text in the reader.
These are original classics, so they're C1 and C2. Below that, listen to the videos for your level first.
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