title: Read Chinese, Book Two: A Beginning Text in the Chinese Character, Expanded Edition (Far Eastern Publications Series) (Bk. 2)
author: Richard Chang
description: This second book of the Read Chinese series covers an additional three hundred Chinese characters, in both simplified and traditional forms. It is structured within the framework of a story about a Chinese student's journey to Beijing. The text uses both pinyin and Yale romanization where appropriate, and includes writing and stroke order charts.
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  [CHAPTER I. THE NU-CHENS AND KITANS  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos2865)[CHAPTER II. THE FALL
  OF THE MINGS  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos19522)[CHAPTER III. SHUN
  CHIH  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos38257)[CHAPTER IV. K`ANG
  HSI  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos54577)[CHAPTER V. YUNG
  CHENG AND CH`IEN LUNG  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos69930)[CHAPTER VI. CHIA
  CH`ING  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos81094)[CHAPTER VII. TAO
  KUANG  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos91650)[CHAPTER VIII. HSIEN
  FENG  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos106984)[CHAPTER IX. T`UNG
  CHIH  
    
  ](China%20and%20the%20Manchus_split_001.html#filepos130079)[CHAPTER X. KUANG
  HSU  
    
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