Striving to Revolutionise the Teaching and Learning of Chinese Literature and Language : An Ever-expanding Publishing and Media Project

This paper presents the highlights and achievements of the multiple phases of this decades-long project. Phase I is the publication of the How to Read Chinese Poetry anthologies and language texts (a three-book set) by Columbia University Press. Phase II is an outgrowth of the poetry series into the Columbia University ten-book series “How to Read Chinese Literature.” Phase III is the production and broadcast of the 54-episode English podcast entitled *How to Read Chinese Poetry.* Phase IV is the production and broadcast of the Chinese video series *The Creative Vision of Tang Poetry.* The total views of the podcast and video series exceed 2 million. The paper ends with a brief description of the next three phases under preparation. This multi-phase project aims to break down four major barriers — separating teaching from research, literary studies from language learning, English translations from Chinese originals, and sense from sounds (prosody) — that have long impeded the teaching of Chinese literature and language in the English worlds. The paper will assess the successes and remaining challenges in our endeavours to break down these four barriers.