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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
作文 zuòwén	作文 \| 作文* \| *作文	to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL: 篇	HSK 2


文章 wénzhāng	文章 \| 文章* \| *文章	article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL: 篇, 段, 頁｜页	HSK 3


散文 sǎnwén	散文 \| 散文* \| *散文	(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections	HSK 5


命题 mìngtí	命题 \| 命题* \| *命题	proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic	命題 HSK 7-9


小品 xiǎopǐn	小品 \| 小品* \| *小品	short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit	HSK 7-9


征文 zhēngwén	征文 \| 征文* \| *征文	to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)	徵文


短文 duǎnwén	短文 \| 短文* \| *短文	short piece; article; short essay


策 cè	策 \| 策* \| *策	policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy


赋 fù	赋 \| 赋* \| *赋	poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with	賦


随笔 suíbǐ	随笔 \| 随笔* \| *随笔	essay	隨筆


八股 bāgǔ	八股 \| 八股* \| *八股	an essay in eight parts / stereotyped writing


伏笔 fúbǐ	伏笔 \| 伏笔* \| *伏笔	foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)	伏筆


诗话 shīhuà	诗话 \| 诗话* \| *诗话	notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties	詩話


打草 dǎcǎo	打草 \| 打草* \| *打草	to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)


笔谈 bǐtán	笔谈 \| 笔谈* \| *笔谈	to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches	筆談


杂文 záwén	杂文 \| 杂文* \| *杂文	essay	雜文


文辞 wéncí	文辞 \| 文辞* \| *文辞	language; use of words; phraseology / articles; essays; writing	文辭


开笔 kāibǐ	开笔 \| 开笔* \| *开笔	to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)	開筆


策论 cèlùn	策论 \| 策论* \| *策论	essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)	策論


杂说 záshuō	杂说 \| 杂说* \| *杂说	scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking	雜說


文不加点 wénbùjiādiǎn	文不加点 \| 文不加点* \| *文不加点	to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom) / to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions	文不加點


义理 yìlǐ	义理 \| 义理* \| *义理	doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay)	義理


原道 yuándào	原道 \| 原道* \| *原道	original path / essay by Tang philosopher Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈


沈括 Shěn Kuò	沈括 \| 沈括* \| *沈括	Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談｜梦溪笔谈


朝花夕拾 Zhāohuā Xīshí	朝花夕拾 \| 朝花夕拾* \| *朝花夕拾	"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅｜鲁迅


古文观止 Gǔwén Guānzhǐ	古文观止 \| 古文观止* \| *古文观止	Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty	古文觀止


抱朴子 Bàopǔzǐ	抱朴子 \| 抱朴子* \| *抱朴子	Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪 on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc


缀文 zhuìwén	缀文 \| 缀文* \| *缀文	to compose an essay	綴文


三十六计 sānshíliùjì	三十六计 \| 三十六计* \| *三十六计	The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems	三十六計


八股文 bāgǔwén	八股文 \| 八股文* \| *八股文	eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties


梦溪笔谈 Mèng Xī Bǐtán	梦溪笔谈 \| 梦溪笔谈* \| *梦溪笔谈	Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass	夢溪筆談


册府元龟 Cèfǔyuánguī	册府元龟 \| 册府元龟* \| *册府元龟	Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若｜王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億｜杨亿, 1000 scrolls	冊府元龜


先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 xiāntiānxiàzhīyōu'éryōu, hòutiānxiàzhīlè'érlè	先天…而乐 \| 先天…而乐* \| *先天…而乐	to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記｜岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹)	先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂


岳阳楼记 Yuèyáng Lóu Jì	岳阳楼记 \| 岳阳楼记* \| *岳阳楼记	On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹	岳陽樓記


策试 cèshì	策试 \| 策试* \| *策试	imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論｜策论	策試


三家村 Sānjiācūn	三家村 \| 三家村* \| *三家村	(lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓｜邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗｜吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution


五人墓碑记 Wǔ Rén Mùbēijì	五人墓碑记 \| 五人墓碑记* \| *五人墓碑记	Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥｜张溥 commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢｜魏忠贤 during the late Ming dynasty	五人墓碑記


策问 cèwèn	策问 \| 策问* \| *策问	essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams	策問


老三篇 lǎosānpiān	老三篇 \| 老三篇* \| *老三篇	Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established

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