Chinese classics

Chinese classic texts or canonical texts (Chinese: t 中國古典典籍, s 中国古典典籍, p Zhōngguó gǔdiǎn diǎnjí) refers to the Chinese texts which originated before the imperial unification by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, particularly the "Four Books and Five Classics" of the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves a customary abridgment of the "Thirteen Classics". All of these pre-Qin texts were written in classical Chinese. All three canons are collectively known as the classics (t 經, s 经, jīng, lit. "warp").

Chinese classic texts may more broadly refer to texts written either in vernacular Chinese or in the classical Chinese that was current until the fall of the last imperial dynasty, the Qing, in 1912. These can include shi (史, historical works), zi (子, philosophical works belonging to schools of thought other than the Confucian but also including works on agriculture, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, divination, art criticism, and other miscellaneous writings) and ji (集, literary works) as well as jing.

2010 Beijing International Challenge

The 2010 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19–25 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Tian Pengfei won his first professional title by defeating Ryan Day 9–3 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Main draw

Round-robin stage

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Qualifying

The qualifying tournament for the Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 Chinese Classic) took place between 16 and 18 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, in Beijing, China.

Round-robin stage

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Century breaks

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