What traditional cultural classics are good for senior high school students?

If you want to take the Chinese exam, I recommend Yu. Although I hate him very much, from my experience, the marking teacher of the college entrance examination likes Yu's writing routines very much, especially his articles are unfathomable and unparalleled sentences, and the tight-lipped culture is enough to deceive those teachers.

If I really want to improve my writing, I don't read many books, but I personally suggest reading some works by famous writers in China during the May 4th Movement. Personally, I admire Lin Yutang the most, then Liang Shiqiu, then Zhou Zuoren and Lu Xun, but they are not as good as those in the Chinese books in senior high schools. These people are not only good at writing, but also high in ideological level. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I admired Shen Congwen, Qian Zhongshu, and then Wang Xiaobo, but this man was a bit sexy, but he was lewd. Among the contemporary male writers, I appreciate Han Han best, and among the female writers, I appreciate the articles of Ms. Liu Yu, a professor in Tsinghua University.

All the above are vernacular writers. I think the real essence of China literature is ancient literature. I dare not pretend to know much about it. In short, try to read as many classics as possible in China's excellent traditional culture, such as Tang poetry and Song poetry, Yuanqu, Ming and Qing novels, etc. Don't confine yourself to the castrated book of Chinese books. Many great works are not listed in our official textbooks.

I won't say much about translation, mainly because it has a lot to do with the level of translators. When reading foreign books, it's best to read books published by the Commercial Press or Sanlian, or if you are strong enough, read the original directly.