{"id":1099,"date":"2009-04-23T12:55:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T04:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:13:38","slug":"children_literature_20090423","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2009\/04\/23\/children_literature_20090423\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture: My Self-Study Read\u00ading"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI first learned about this book in 2002, most like\u00adly from the rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion of two good friends, Wang Lin and Zhang Jiahua, who were doing their PhDs in Bei\u00adjing at the time. I start\u00aded look\u00ading for it ever since.
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\nThis book was pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly often referred to as \u201cThe Joy of Read\u00ading Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture\u201d because it was trans\u00adlat\u00aded and pub\u00adlished by Tai\u00adwan\u2019s Tian\u00adwei Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Com\u00adpa\u00adny, with the trans\u00adla\u00adtor being Liu Fengx\u00adin. How\u00adev\u00ader, first\u00adly, it was incon\u00adve\u00adnient to buy the Tai\u00adwanese ver\u00adsion at the time, and sec\u00adond\u00adly, giv\u00aden my stub\u00adborn read\u00ading habits, I want\u00aded to read the orig\u00adi\u00adnal ver\u00adsion. This desire was tru\u00adly strong, as I was des\u00adper\u00adate to delve deep\u00ader into chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, but the avail\u00adable resources felt inad\u00ade\u00adquate. I don\u2019t mean to favor one over the oth\u00ader; it\u2019s sim\u00adply that every\u00adone\u2019s knowl\u00adedge base and way of think\u00ading (per\u00adhaps loose\u00adly under\u00adstood as what Nord\u00admann called \u201cknowl\u00adedge sets\u201d) can lead to vast\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent paths and pref\u00ader\u00adences for seek\u00ading knowl\u00adedge.
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\n  In short, I have been look\u00ading for the Eng\u00adlish ver\u00adsion of this book since 2002: The Plea\u00adsures of
\nChil\u00addren\u2019s
\nLit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture. It took a lot of effort to final\u00adly get my hands on it in late 2003. Back then, I had\u00adn\u2019t dared to buy direct\u00adly from Ama\u00adzon, but I could already search for it. It was $45 back then\u2014not cheap, was it? But if you search now, it\u2019s up to $66.24! So if you real\u00adly want it, you bet\u00adter act fast. :)
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\nThat year I asked a friend in the Unit\u00aded States to buy it and then ship it here. At the same time, I was also look\u00ading for Tillis\u2019s \u201cRead\u00ading Man\u00adu\u00adal\u201d and anoth\u00ader book, as well as all the read\u00ading the\u00ado\u00adry books that Cham\u00adbers could find, and an orig\u00adi\u00adnal edi\u00adtion of \u201cThe Light in the Attic\u201d. In fact, there are not many books in total, but the friend I asked did not know much about this kind of books. He searched every\u00adwhere, bought some books twice, and even bought a wrong edi\u00adtion of \u201cRead\u00ading Man\u00adu\u00adal\u201d (sus\u00adpect\u00aded to be pirat\u00aded). After all the books were sent over, I cal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded that it was far over bud\u00adget, and the ship\u00adping fee was half of the book price! So the total cost is\u2026
\nPlea\u00adsures of Chil\u00addren\u2019s
\nLit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture cost at least $67. It was\u00adn\u2019t easy to come by! But in hind\u00adsight, thanks to all that trou\u00adble, it was a good thing I did\u00adn\u2019t buy it until 2003, because that year, the third edi\u00adtion of the book came out. It was a new edi\u00adtion co-authored by Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Nord\u00adman and his col\u00adleague, Ms. Reimer. The recent\u00adly pub\u00adlished book, The Joy of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture (trans\u00adlat\u00aded by Chen Zhong\u00admei), by the Chil\u00addren\u2019s Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House, is based on this edi\u00adtion.
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\n  Read The Plea\u00adsures of Chil\u00addren\u2019s
\nRead\u00ading Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture was a long process for me. I still don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve read every cor\u00adner of it, but I can be sure that I haven\u2019t ful\u00adly under\u00adstood it yet. My habit of read\u00ading books like this is to read when I have ques\u00adtions or inter\u00adests, so I\u2019ll read some chap\u00adters over and over again, and skip oth\u00aders if I\u2019m not par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded. If the book talks about a top\u00adic that I\u2019m par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded in, I\u2019ll find a relat\u00aded book to read. For exam\u00adple, I hap\u00adpened to be inter\u00adest\u00aded in the part about pic\u00adture books in this book, so I found Nord\u00adman\u00adn\u2019s Words
\nAbout Pic\u00adtures: The Nar\u00adra\u00adtive Art of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Pic\u00adture
\nBooks. After read\u00ading that one, I was invol\u00adun\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adly drawn to the next, so I had to put Fun aside for the time being. So, read\u00ading this book was a very long process. Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, for at least three years, no mat\u00adter where my read\u00ading led me, I would always find myself back at this book, start\u00ading a new jour\u00adney from there. It was a very good start\u00ading point and hub for me. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, the Eng\u00adlish ver\u00adsion of this book has an excel\u00adlent table of con\u00adtents and a very detailed index, mak\u00ading it very easy to find my way back and forth. For sev\u00ader\u00adal years, I kept this book close by, nev\u00ader bor\u00adrow\u00ading it, as if I would lose my way with\u00adout it.
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\n  Why is this book so impor\u00adtant to me? I some\u00adtimes think about this.Help chil\u00addren fall in love with read\u00ading<\/a>I men\u00adtioned Nord\u00admann in the first chap\u00adter of \u201cThe Joy of Fun,\u201d dis\u00adcussing how he begins his book with a per\u00adson\u00adal account, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly of his child\u00adhood. This is some\u00adthing I par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly admire! I\u2019ve yet to read anoth\u00ader the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal book where the author begins with such a \u201cper\u00adson\u00adal confession\u201d\u2014what\u2019s the pur\u00adpose of this self-analy\u00adsis? Before read\u00aders engage with his ideas, the author attempts to under\u00adstand him\u00adself, nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading them to reflect and ana\u00adlyze them\u00adselves. The author\u2019s mes\u00adsage is this: every idea or view\u00adpoint has a source and a medi\u00adum. The ideas con\u00adveyed in this book come from the author him\u00adself or his own com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion, so you need to under\u00adstand the author and, as much as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, the var\u00adi\u00adous fac\u00adtors that influ\u00adenced him. Read\u00aders, when choos\u00ading whether to accept or ulti\u00admate\u00adly form their own ideas or views, should also con\u00adsid\u00ader sim\u00adi\u00adlar con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions. I think this is a very coura\u00adgeous and wise approach. It\u2019s sim\u00adply a sim\u00adple fact, but many seem\u00ading\u00adly author\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtive \u201cexperts\u201d often do the oppo\u00adsite. They strive to cre\u00adate a pos\u00adture before speak\u00ading that intim\u00adi\u00addates read\u00aders from even con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading their ideas or state\u00adments, as if those ideas or state\u00adments are absolute truths that apply uni\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adly. How\u00adev\u00ader, there are indeed many read\u00aders who would rather lis\u00adten to such state\u00adments because it seems safe to rely on such \u201cexperts\u201d.
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\nI under\u00adstand what Mr. Nord\u00adman and Ms. Reimer meant: Dear read\u00aders, wel\u00adcome to this gar\u00adden of thought. Please first under\u00adstand the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the own\u00ader of this gar\u00adden, and also reflect on your\u00adselves. Then come and look, talk, and think. Don\u2019t be too trust\u00ading of the own\u00ader here, just as you should\u00adn\u2019t be too trust\u00ading of your\u00adself. Every\u00adthing is doubtable.
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\n  Enter\u00ading with this men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty is what Nord\u00adman is most look\u00ading for\u00adward to.
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\n  It just so hap\u00adpens that I always enter every gar\u00adden with this men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty:)
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\nThe the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal gar\u00adden of chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, cre\u00adat\u00aded by Mr. Nord\u00admann and his assis\u00adtant, Ms. Reimer, is brim\u00adming with spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtive thought. Ini\u00adtial read\u00aders might feel as if they\u2019re hold\u00ading a kalei\u00addo\u00adscope. Imag\u00adine reach\u00ading for a tele\u00adscope or micro\u00adscope, only to find a kalei\u00addo\u00adscope in your hands. What\u2019s that like? At first glance, you\u2019re amazed by the beau\u00adti\u00adful pat\u00adterns! So this is what chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture is all about! But a slight rota\u00adtion of the kalei\u00addo\u00adscope, a reori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion, or a dif\u00adfer\u00adent light source reveals yet anoth\u00ader image! As you con\u00adtin\u00adue to observe, you can\u2019t help but won\u00adder: What exact\u00adly is chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture like? Which image is tru\u00adly authen\u00adtic?
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\nThere\u00adfore, if you just plan to casu\u00adal\u00adly stroll in the gar\u00adden to enjoy the scenery and pick a few flow\u00aders or young branch\u00ades to dec\u00ado\u00adrate your home, then such a gar\u00adden is not very suit\u00adable.
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\n  Let me give you an exam\u00adple. The place I vis\u00adit most often in this gar\u00adden is Chap\u00adter 5, \u201cCom\u00admon Assump\u00adtions about Child\u00adhood\u201d.
\nAssump\u00adtions about
\nAt the entrance to this gar\u00adden with\u00adin a gar\u00adden, the own\u00ader invites us to take a short test: Please write down \u201cChil\u00addren\u2019s books are ____________\u201d and \u201cChil\u00addren are, or should be, ___________.\u201d Expe\u00adri\u00adenced vis\u00adi\u00adtors will imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnize that this is, to some extent, a trap\u2014a fun one, sure to tempt you into it. So, I urge you to \u201cgo for it, know\u00ading there\u2019s a tiger in the moun\u00adtain.\u201d Once you\u2019ve fin\u00adished writ\u00ading and enter the gar\u00adden, you\u2019ll find that what\u00adev\u00ader you\u2019ve writ\u00adten, the thoughts, ideas, or, more blunt\u00adly, ide\u00adolo\u00adgies it reflects, are already mir\u00adrored with\u00adin this gar\u00adden. Those con\u00adcepts and ideas about chil\u00addren\u2019s books and chil\u00addren that you con\u00adsid\u00ader com\u00admon sense, unques\u00adtion\u00adable, or at least safe to say \u201cevery\u00adone thinks and says this,\u201d are sim\u00adply flow\u00aders that bloomed in a spe\u00adcif\u00adic time, envi\u00adron\u00adment, and soil.
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\nTo be more spe\u00adcif\u00adic, for exam\u00adple, we often nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly say that chil\u00addren should have books appro\u00adpri\u00adate to their devel\u00adop\u00admen\u00adtal stages, as chil\u00addren\u2019s cog\u00adni\u00adtive and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adties mature with age. Is this gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly how we view it now? How\u00adev\u00ader, in this gar\u00adden, we see that this con\u00adcept devel\u00adoped only recent\u00adly; before that, \u201cwe\u201d did\u00adn\u2019t hold this view. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, this state\u00adment actu\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adceals an assump\u00adtion: that the devel\u00adop\u00adment of chil\u00addren\u2019s cog\u00adni\u00adtive and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adties has a cer\u00adtain matu\u00adri\u00adty stan\u00addard, and this stan\u00addard is almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly that of adults. This assump\u00adtion itself is high\u00adly ques\u00adtion\u00adable! The prac\u00adti\u00adcal con\u00adse\u00adquence of this ques\u00adtion\u00ading is the ques\u00adtion\u00ading of the neces\u00adsi\u00adty of child\u00adhood read\u00ading and cen\u00adsor\u00adship. If this hid\u00adden assump\u00adtion is true, then in oth\u00ader words, if minors do not pos\u00adsess the same \u201csophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded\u201d intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adties as adults, then adults have not only the respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty but also the right to \u201creg\u00adu\u00adlate\u201d their think\u00ading. When we push this hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis to this extreme, you\u2019ll undoubt\u00aded\u00adly feel a pang of dis\u00adap\u00adproval. Any adult who has inter\u00adact\u00aded with chil\u00addren with\u00adout prej\u00adu\u00addice, any\u00adone who has\u00adn\u2019t com\u00adplete\u00adly for\u00adgot\u00adten their own child\u00adhood, will sub\u00adtly per\u00adceive that chil\u00addren pos\u00adsess remark\u00adable intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adties and judg\u00adment in cer\u00adtain areas, some\u00adtimes even far more dis\u00adcern\u00ading and insight\u00adful than adults. Is the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between chil\u00addren and adults tru\u00adly as hypoth\u00ade\u00adsized? On this ques\u00adtion, Nord\u00admann clear\u00adly expressed reser\u00adva\u00adtions about the view of child devel\u00adop\u00adment that has been gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adized from Piaget\u2019s ideas. He pre\u00adferred the crit\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive of child phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy researcher Matthews.
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\nSo when we turn to this gar\u00adden with\u00adin a gar\u00adden, gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly speak\u00ading, read\u00aders need to sort out the devel\u00adop\u00adment of their views on chil\u00addren, and have to ask them\u00adselves: where do my own views on chil\u00addren and chil\u00addren\u2019s books come from? If we want to under\u00adstand more, we have to con\u00adtin\u00adue to delve into Piaget and his sub\u00adse\u00adquent devel\u00adop\u00adments, as well as Matthews\u2019s think\u00ading or more direct\u00adly crit\u00adi\u00adcism of this. Matthews pub\u00adlished The
\nPhi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of
\nChild\u00adhood (The Phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of Child\u00adhood) devotes a chap\u00adter to this top\u00adic. So why did Nord\u00adman him\u00adself lean towards what Matthews con\u00adsid\u00aders a more rad\u00adi\u00adcal view? We can look back at Nord\u00adman\u2019s back\u00adground. Per\u00adhaps it was the feel\u00ading of being an \u201cout\u00adsider\u201d brought about by his Cana\u00addi\u00adan Jew\u00adish fam\u00adi\u00adly that influ\u00adenced his child\u00adhood, lead\u00ading him to pay spe\u00adcial atten\u00adtion to the rights of \u201cvul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble groups,\u201d nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly includ\u00ading the rights of chil\u00addren, who are more vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble than adults.
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\nI\u2019ll stop here for now. The gar\u00adden run by Nord\u00admann and Reimer is enor\u00admous. While it can\u2019t be said to encom\u00adpass every\u00adthing, it cer\u00adtain\u00adly has every\u00adthing with\u00adin our reach. I\u2019m delight\u00aded to invite you all to join me as both a vis\u00adi\u00adtor and a guide. This is part\u00adly a per\u00adson\u00adal endeav\u00ador, because even though I\u2019ve been here for a while, I still find myself per\u00adplexed and some\u00adtimes quite alone. I can\u2019t find any\u00adone to share my many doubts with.
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\nPre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, there were only Eng\u00adlish and Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsions, and the tick\u00adets were too expen\u00adsive. Now there is final\u00adly a sim\u00adpli\u00adfied Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion, priced at 59 RMB, which is quite cheap as a tick\u00adet. Three oth\u00ader books (Under\u00adstand\u00ading Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture,Fairy tale as myth\/Myth as fairy tale<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u300b\u300aYou Are Only Young Twice \u2014 Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and Film<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u300b), which is includ\u00aded in the \u201cHyacinth Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture The\u00ado\u00adry Trans\u00adla\u00adtion Series\u201d. I know that the entire trans\u00adla\u00adtion series is edit\u00aded by Mr. Fang Weip\u00ading and Mr. Zhang Jiahua as deputy edi\u00adtor-in-chief. It goes with\u00adout say\u00ading that they are well-edu\u00adcat\u00aded, and the books they select\u00aded must be very impor\u00adtant. For a gen\u00ader\u00adal under\u00adstand\u00ading of these four books, please refer to Fang Weip\u00ading\u2019s \u201cGen\u00ader\u00adal Intro\u00adduc\u00adtion: West\u00adern Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic Resources and the Con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of Con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Chi\u00adnese Child The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a>Don\u2019t under\u00ades\u00adti\u00admate these four books; they are the first sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic trans\u00adla\u00adtion and intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of for\u00adeign children\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture research results into the field of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Chi\u00adnese children\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture the\u00ado\u00adry since 1949. I hope this is a good start.
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\nHon\u00adest\u00adly, I\u2019m not yet qual\u00adi\u00adfied to judge the trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cThe Joy of Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture.\u201d Nord\u00adman\u2019s book is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to under\u00adstand, not because of the lit\u00ader\u00adal mean\u00ading, but because of the \u201cknowl\u00adedge base\u201d behind the text. The breadth of its scope is unimag\u00adin\u00adable, far exceed\u00ading the knowl\u00adedge of the aver\u00adage Chi\u00adnese researcher. I believe we can\u2019t expect a ful\u00adly com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive trans\u00adla\u00adtion that clar\u00adi\u00adfies all rel\u00ade\u00advant knowl\u00adedge points. The trans\u00adla\u00adtor, Chen Zhong\u00admei, is a junior of Mr. Zhang Jiahua. She holds a Mas\u00adter\u2019s degree in Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture and is flu\u00adent in Eng\u00adlish. As far as I know, with his strong rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion and encour\u00adage\u00adment, she spent over a year metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly com\u00adplet\u00ading the trans\u00adla\u00adtion. Trans\u00adlat\u00ading this book was a mas\u00adsive (I\u2019d even say ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading) under\u00adtak\u00ading, requir\u00ading immense per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance. Before and after the book\u2019s pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion, I read through some of the chap\u00adters that par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded me, and I found the writ\u00ading to be quite flu\u00adent. As for a more in-depth assess\u00adment, I\u2019m not yet qual\u00adi\u00adfied to do so. I hope more like-mind\u00aded indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals will share their insights.
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, this book men\u00adtions many chil\u00addren\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture writ\u00aders and works. The trans\u00adla\u00adtion of some places does not con\u00adform to the con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal trans\u00adla\u00adtion or the trans\u00adlat\u00aded names that have been intro\u00adduced, which makes read\u00ading a lit\u00adtle con\u00adfus\u00ading.
\nThe Wild Things
\nAre, usu\u00adal\u00adly trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cWhere the Wild Things Are\u201d or \u201cWild Beast Coun\u00adtry,\u201d is trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cWild Things\u201d in the book. I orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly want\u00aded to help sort out this type of trans\u00adla\u00adtion, but due to time con\u00adstraints, I was unable to do so, which is some\u00adwhat regret\u00adtable. If you encounter such a place, read\u00aders may need to search online for the Eng\u00adlish name.
\n 
\n 
\nThere is anoth\u00ader point I can\u00adnot help but say. This book, includ\u00ading the entire trans\u00adla\u00adtion series, still has no index of book titles, names or key\u00adwords, which is very regret\u00adtable. This great\u00adly reduces the ease of use of the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal books. For edi\u00adtors, cre\u00adat\u00ading an index is indeed time-con\u00adsum\u00ading and labor-inten\u00adsive, but it is worth doing. If the trans\u00adlat\u00aded work is real\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult, you can add the orig\u00adi\u00adnal page num\u00adber of the orig\u00adi\u00adnal book next to the trans\u00adla\u00adtion, and then direct\u00adly trans\u00adlate the Eng\u00adlish index and re-sort it by Chi\u00adnese pinyin. Of course, when you hear this \u201ccrit\u00adi\u00adcism\u201d from me, you might as well know that I am a per\u00adson who has a quirk about index\u00ades. It is almost impos\u00adsi\u00adble to read the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal books with\u00adout index\u00ades. By the way, let me tell you that the recent\u00adly reprint\u00aded \u201cFive Peo\u00adple Talk\u00ading about Chi\u00adnese Chil\u00addren\u2019s Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture<\/a>The index at the end of \u201cThe Book of Changes\u201d was made by me per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly for the pub\u00adlish\u00ader at my insis\u00adtence. It took me a week to do it, and I did\u00adn\u2019t even get paid. But I think it was worth it :)
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\nBei\u00adjing, April 23, 2009<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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