Index of /pub/packages/ccic/china-studies/huangxin-collection
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory -
ChineseClassics1.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 31K
ChineseClassics2.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 1.7K
ChineseClassics3.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 86K
ChineseClassics4.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 51K
ChineseClassics5.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 81K
ChineseForeign.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 105K
ChineseMisc.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 71K
ChineseModern1.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 38K
ChineseModern2.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 48K
ChineseModern3.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 42K
ChineseModern4.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 38K
ChineseNews.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 46K
ChineseRecipes.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 21K
ChineseSongs.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 17K
ChineseZhuZi.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 43K
ClassicalJokes.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 8.5K
Confucius.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 50K
Gopher_Server 04-Jun-1993 20:00 1.8K
Laozi.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 65K
Mencius.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 73K
Menglong.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 22K
ModernJokes.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 25K
README 21-Nov-1993 19:00 8.2K
Tang1.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 58K
Tang2.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 34K
all.index 21-Nov-1993 19:00 71K
chpoem-l.faq 05-Aug-1994 20:00 5.8K
chpoem-recent-postings/ 13-Sep-1995 23:31 -
post-Menglong.txt 21-Nov-1993 19:00 38K
ts300-print/ 13-Sep-1995 23:24 -
CHPOEM Collection
--- a growing Chinese classics library
Compiled by: Huangxin Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Last update: 6/28/93
Major changes since last update: new files including:
classic5.gb
yijing.gb
ftp site: ifcss.org (129.107.1.155)
directory: china-studies/literature/poetry
cnd.org (132.249.229.100)
directory:
The plain text GB files in this directory are the entire collection of
all postings on the Chinese Poem Exchange (CHPOEM) network so far (see the
the file CHPOEM.README or README in the ftp sites above). The
files can be read in the same way as you read Hua Xia Wen Zhai (HXWZ)
Chinese magazine, using any softwares available on UNIX, IBM-PC and
Macintosh (see the file INTRODUCTION in directory cnd-cm/ about how to
read Chinese files).
This collection is sure to grow as the days go. I will try to update
it on the monthly basis.
I. What's in these files?
--------------------------
yijing.gb entire Yi-Ching text.
laozi.gb entire text of "Laozi" (81 chapters)
confucius.gb text of "Lun-Yu"
mencius.gb text of "Meng Zi"
zhuzi.gb miscellaneous works of Chinese ancient
philosophers in the "Zhu Zi Bai Jia" period.
Currently this file contains
"SunZi Bin Fa", "Gui Gu Zi", and "Da Xue".
classic1.gb from ChunQiu to Han and Wei dynasty
classic2.gb [note] from Jin4 to pre-Tang dynasty
tang1.gb early to middle Tang dynasty
tang2.gb late-Tang dynasty
classic3.gb Song dynasty
classic4 post-Song dynasty to Qing Dynasty
including the entire collection of poems
in "Hong Lou Meng" (Red Chamber's Dreams).
classic5 post-Qing dynasty to present (classical
style), including the entire collection of
Mao Zedong's poems, Wang Guowei's poetry
commentary.
modern*.gb modern poetry
menglong.gb "Meng Long" poems by Bei Dao and others.
post-menglong.gb poems after the "Meng Long" style era.
foreign.gb foreign poems translated into Chinese
songs.gb lyrics of some popular Chinese songs
misc.gb miscellaneous collection, including "Dui-lian"
(couplet), "Deng-mi" (puzzles), jokes, humors,
"Chen-Yu" (idioms), etc.
news.gb news digest compiled from HXWZ and other
sources.
classicaljokes.gb Jokes from ancient Chinese literature
modernjokes.gb Jokes in modern Chinese
recipes.gb recipes of Chinese cooking
index.gb the index of all the entries in the above
files. It is listed by the numbering, the
label and the title of each record (see below).
II. Ordering of Records
-----------------------
Each poem or essay is called a "record" in these files. I try to order
the records by the following rules:
For ancient literature, they are arranged chronically, or roughly
according to the period they are in.
For modern poetry, they are arranged roughly into: (1) "Old" New
Poems (such as those in the 1920s or 30s); (2) period until 1976;
(3) The "real" New Poems after 1976, typified by Beidao and Shu Ting.
(4) Everything else, including those by
alive-and-young-and-bouncing-around poets (like Tuya).
For the songs.gb, foreign.gb, misc.gb and others, they are almost
randomly ordered.
I try to follow these rules throughout, but my limited knowledge may
make some mistakes as silly as assuming Mao Zedong to be the first
emperor of Tang dynasty (even though I hope so :-) ). Please let me
know any mistakes or any suggestions for improvements.
Since many Chinese text editors have a limit on the maximal size of a
file, the above files are kept below the same limit as the HXWZ file
limit, i.e., around 40k per file. If a file grows too large, it will
be split up.
III. Text Format
----------------
All these files are plain GB texts. To facilitate processing the
records (such as browse/edit, delete/insert), I adopt the following
simple "database" format (except for ts300 series):
Each file is made of records, the beginning of a record is marked by
the character * at the beginning of a line (in UNIX notation, ^\*).
The ASCII string after this mark on the same line is used to label this
record, but this string can be empty.
With this marker, it is very convenient to write a simple program to
process the entries of this collection. For example, to show the poem
(i.e., record) #25 of file tang1.gb, or delete that record, or extract
out that record as a single file, etc.
I use the following convention (similar to the convention of file names
for CHPOEM posting) to label each record (even though in many cases,
the label is empty):
lastname-firstname.xxx
xxx is 3 digits to distinguish different poems of the same author. For
example,
li-bai.001 li-qingzhao.002
A special one is:
lastname-firstname.000
which is a record containing the information about the author.
The content of a record can be in any format, as long as there is no
line started with the character *. There is no restriction on the
number of empty lines, or the format of the title line (first line) of
a record, even though I prefer to have the following form for the title
line:
author name <<title>>
then an empty line after it. << >> is the Chinese punctuation of
"book-name mark".
IV. How these files are generated?
-----------------------------------
When the collection grows, it becomes obvious that one needs a good
organizer for the collection. The postings on the CHPOEM are
spontaneous, thus organizing them together is a process similar to the
database management --- random access, insert/delete, find/replace, and
indexing. I developed a set of HyperCard stacks to do such
maintenance. When I receive a posting in uuencoded format on CHPOEM, I
display the uuencoded mail on screen (using a terminal emulation
program on Mac, such as VersaTerm), copy it, use Ed Lai's "Clipboard
Magician" to decode it. Then just paste it into a new card in one of
these stacks. If the posting is in hz format (enclosed by ~{ ~} or
zW), the easiest on Macintosh to decode it is by using QRead DA written
by me (available from ifcss.org ftp site).
V. About the HyperCard stack for this collection
-------------------------------------------------
(for Macintosh users only)
Using the Hypercard stack for this collection, the
maintenance/browsing/Editing is very easy and enjoyable. For example,
I can flip through the collection just like flipping books, or jump to
a particular item by clicking at its title in the index. Reorganizing
the card location according to the rules of ordering can be done by
Cut/Paste. I can then update the index window (which list all the
poems in the stacks by its label and title); or periodically, I can
dump out the contents of all the stacks as plain text files (the files
in this directory).
The above plain GB files are readable on all computer platforms; on the
other hand, the simple "database" format I define above also allows one
to write a management program for processing/organization.
In summary, here are some of the functionalities of the stacks:
* Random access to any poems by simpling mouse-click in
its title listed in the index window.
* Update the index window as new records are added in.
* Edit/Print/Search
* Extract a record as a text file, or read from a text
file into the record.
* Bookmark (for you to set a certain frequent-visited record).
* Rebuild stacks from, or output stacks as, plain text
files specified in the format (as describe in III above).
To use this stacks, you need to have the Chinese System (CH6.07)
installed in your Macintosh, or install the Chinese script into the
English System (e.g., System 6.07, or System 7.1 and WorldScript II
with Simplified Chinese Script).
These HyperCard stacks are available from the most popular Macintosh
ftp site:
sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) in directory info-mac/Hypercard
or a Sweden Macintosh ftp site:
lunix.met.kth.se (130.237.16.204) in directory pub/poem
or you can send three 800K disks (or two 1.4M high density disk), with
returning address and postage to me:
Huangxin Wang
435 Foulke Ave.
Ambler, PA 19002
Currently I will be responsible for the maintenance of this
collection. Any corrections, suggestions or comments can be sent to:
wang@pennmess.physics.upenn.edu
Have fun with the beautiful and entertaining Chinese literature, and
thanks to everyone who contribute to the CHPOEM net.