This series is a fruit of close collaboration between Foreign Languages Press and New Channel International Education Group, with the aim of popularizing the Chinese classical culture worldwide. They have chosen The Analects of Confucius, Tao Te Ching and Sunzi: The Art of War—as the most influential and widely known Classical Chinese works—as the core of this series. Leading experts have produced new interpretations and English-language translations of the texts, which are accompanied by audio versions, in a multi-media format matching the learning needs of this new generation of young people.

The highlight of this series is its “bilingual audio readings” aspect, which combines traditional publishing and brand-new media techniques. By merely scanning the QR code on the back cover of the book, the reader can instantly access audio versions of both the Chinese and English versions of the texts. This series is ideal for people overseas to study the Chinese language and learn about Chinese culture, and for young Chinese people to raise their English-language competence while studying their own classics, and demonstrate their cultural confidence to the rest of the world by retelling in a convincing way stories of China.