How to Learn Literary Chinese 文言文 To Read Buddhist Texts

After our previous video, I received a number of messages asking how one might go about learning Classical Chinese, in order to read Buddhist Texts. And so in this video, I intend to provide some instruction and advice, on how this can be done. I must state at the outset, that I am no master of the language by any means, and so if you find a better source of information on the topic, I advise you to defer to their expertise. In the meantime however, I hope that this information will get you on the right track, and make you aware of the resources available to you. Referenced in the Video: Beginner Level: Kieschnick “Primers”: https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu... Second Edition of Dr Michael A. Fuller’s “An Introduction to Literary Chinese”: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978... Intermediate Level: Lock and Linebarger textbook, “Chinese Buddhist Texts: An Introductory Reader”: https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Bud... Lock and Linebarger Textbook Portal: https://lockgraham.com/ Grammars: Edwin G. Pulleyblank’s “Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar”: https://www.amazon.com/Outline-Classi... Archie Barnes’ “Du’s Handbook of Classical Chinese Grammar”: https://www.amazon.com/Du-Handbook-Cl... Mei Ah Tan’s “A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese”: https://www.routledge.com/A-Dictionar... J.J. Brandt’s old “Wenli Particles 虛字指南”: https://www.smcbook.com.tw/smc/index.... Dictionaries: Charles Muller’s DDB or “Digital Dictionary of Buddhism”: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/ DDB Access APP: https://smarthanzi.net/ddbaccess/ PLECO: Chinese Dictionary: https://www.pleco.com/ Paper Dictionaries: Paul Kroll’s “A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Students-Di... William Soothill’s “A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms”: https://glossaries.dila.edu.tw/data/s... Upper Intermediate Level: Foguang Shan’s Edition of “The Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise” or 大智度論: https://www.fgsitc.org/the-great-perf... Bhiksu Dharmamitra’s translations with his Kalavinka Press: https://www.kalavinka.org/ Buddhist Text Translation Society’s edition of the “Lotus Sutra”: https://www.buddhisttexts.org/collect... “Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra”: https://www.buddhisttexts.org/collect... Advanced: The Corporate Body of The Buddha Educational Foundation 佛陀教育基金會: https://www.budaedu.org/ CBETA Online Reader website: https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/en/ CBETA Research Platform: https://da.dila.edu.tw/?lang=en Jikai's video about the CBETA Research Platform:    • CBETA Research Platform   Dedu Parallel Text Editing Platform: https://dedu.dila.edu.tw/home/?lang=en Reviewing & Practising: Genkoyoshi Paper: https://garrett-sensei.weebly.com/gen... Sutra Copying Supplies: https://www.amazon.com.au/Japanese-Mi... Please consider supporting us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...