Chinese Classics : A Matching Exercise

 CHINESE CLASSICS

You will find a matching exercise below where you must match the titles of old Chinese books with their authors, and then match the titles and authors with their English translations, too.

Scroll down to the solutions if you get stuck, then try the exercise again a few hours later.

English translations of the titles

Dream of the Red Chamber

Journey to the West

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Spring and Autumn Annals

Tao Te Ching

The Art of War

The Plum in the Golden Vase

The Scholars

Water Margin

Authors (in English)

Cao Xueqin

Confucius

Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng

Laozi

Luo Guanzhong

Shi Nai'an

Sun Tzu

Wu Cheng'en

Wu Jingzi

三国演义 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) 罗贯中 (Luo Guanzhong)

水浒传 (Water Margin) 施耐庵 (Shi Nai'an)

西游记 (Journey to the West)  吴承恩 (Wu Cheng'en)

金瓶梅 (The Plum in the Golden Vase)  兰陵笑笑生 (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng)

红楼梦 (Dream of the Red Chamber) 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin)

儒林外史 (The Scholars) 吴敬梓 (Wu Jingzi)

孙子兵法 (The Art of War) 孙子 (Sun Tzu)

道德经 (Tao Te Ching) 老子 (Laozi)

春秋 (Spring and Autumn Annals) 孔子 (Confucius)