History Speaks - The New Dao. Traditional Chinese Culture Series - The wisdom of the classics in comics. ISBN: 9787514377675

Chinese Title: 蔡志忠漫画中国传统文化经典:史记·世说新语(中英文对照)
ISBN-10: 7-51-437767-0, 7514377670
ISBN-13: 978-7-51-437767-5, 9787514377675
Series: Traditional Chinese Culture Series
Pages: 279
Binding: softcover
Shipping Weight: 520g
Size: 168mm x 233mm
Language: simplified Chinese, English
Year of Publication: 2019
Publisher: Modern Publishing House (现代出版社)

This new edition includes two comic adaptions of Chinese classics in simplified Chinese and English: History Speaks (史记) and The New Dao (世说新语).

History Speaks (史记)
Part of The Traditional Chinese Culture series, this book is an illustrated adaptation of the selections from China’s greatest historical work The Historian’s Records by Sima Qian. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, the book includes historical stories of four princes for the reader of today, bringing to life the historical events 5000 to 2000 years ago through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics.

The New Dao (世说新语)
The New Dao is an illustrated adaptation of the life and thoughts of intellectuals and the upper-classes during 220 A.D. and 589 A.D. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, the book includes over 100 stories for the reader of today, presenting the social condition about 2000 years ago in China through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics.

《蔡志忠漫画中国传统文化经典:史记·世说新语(中英文对照)》主要讲述了，中国早期思想家的著作，一直影响蓿中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。而广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠，一直致力于用他独特而引人入胜、跨越了语言和文化的漫画，将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入现代人的生活。在这些作品取得巨大的成功和广泛的影响后，蔡志忠将创作方向转移到宏大的中国传统经典著作上。经蔡氏改编的这些漫画作品，同样广受评论家的好评并快速成为影响海内外的畅销书，为海外了解中国又打开了一个快捷窗口。

凭借这些创作，蔡志忠成为世界上最有影响力的漫画家之一。迄今为止，他的漫画作品在全球近50个国家销售超过40000000套。蔡氏漫画成为中国博大精深思想的一个载体，影响遍布全球。