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太初有道. In Chinese, the Word of John’s Gospel is 道, the Dao.

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CHINESE, WORD BY WORD

John 1:1

The verse is on its way.

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A few lines a day. Under every word, how it sounds and what it means, and your own language below it all.

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Remember

It comes back today, tomorrow, and further apart each time, just before you’d forget it.

WHAT YOU CAN READ IN CHINESE

The Bible

the Chinese Union Version

The Three Character Classic

Giles, 1900

Sunzi

The Art of War

Lu Xun

Call to Arms

Xu Zhimo and Zhu Ziqing

poems and essays

OTHER LANGUAGES, OTHER BOOKS

Greek · the Gospel

Greek · the classics · coming

Greek · Plato · coming

Arabic · the Gospel

Arabic · the classics · coming

Chinese · the Gospel

Chinese · the classics · coming

Latin · the Gospel

Latin · the classics · coming

Spanish · the Gospel

Spanish · the classics · coming

Spanish · Plato · coming

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