Novels, poems and kings

[shanshanchua]

I haven't explored all the lessons here yet, but just off the top of my head I would really like to see lessons on famous/noteworthy

(1) novels (including but not limited to 四大名著)
(2) poems (again including but not limited to 唐诗）
(3) kings

There's just so much that's fascinating and rich about Chinese. After all, we've got 五千年的历史！

[zhouli]

For absolute beginners and elementary Chinese learners, 唐诗、四大名著may be a bit too hard. but I do prefer we can have a part about culture and literature.

[bokane]

I'd love to see something like that too. Tang poems are indeed hard going for beginners, but I don't think there's any reason we couldn't have an occasional feature giving, say, a poem, a translation, and then a deeper look at the poem for the truly hardcore students. I'll see if I can put a bug in David's ear about it!

[lan_dawei]

Are there any plans for graduated readers for the Elementary or higher level? I would like to be able to read simple Chinese. I picked up German in high school by reading a Primer which started out very simply and gradually increased in difficulty.

[LADave]

Someone once recommended that I memorize a passage of Mandarin and learn to pronounce it perfectly as a learning tool. I chose to learn the poem Guan Ju (關雎). Would love to learn more.