本書用英語編寫，主要介紹中國文化的主要內容，勾勒中國文化的發(fā)展大勢，不僅填補了該門課程教材的空白，其本身可說是“古為今用，洋為中用”的有益嘗試，為漢語非母語的學生和讀者提供了零距離接觸中華文化，分享人類寶貴遺產的機會，這對于弘揚中華文化、促進中外文化交流、構建和諧世界都具有十分積極的意義。本書不僅可以作為高校中國傳統(tǒng)文化課程的教材或參考書，而且對于所有對中國傳統(tǒng)文化感興趣并具有一定英語閱讀能力的中外讀者，都是一本很好的入門讀物。
Preface Ⅰ
PrefaceⅡ
1 Ancient Chinese History
1.1 Earliest Period：From
Legends to Xia and Shang Dynasties
1.2 Zhou Dynasty(周朝)
1.3 Qin Dynasty(秦朝)：The
First Empire
1.4 I-tan Dynasty(漢朝)：Consolidation
of Empire
1.5 The Three Kingdom8，Jin，Southern
and Northern Dynasties(三國兩晉南北朝)
1.6 Sui and Tang(隋唐)：Restoration
of Empire
1.7 Song Dynasty(宋朝)：A
Weak Empire
1.8 YuarrDynasty(元朝)：An
Empire with the Largest Territory
l.9 Ming Dynasty(明朝)
1.10 Qing Dynasty in Its Earlier Period(清朝前期)
2 Ancient Chinese Philosophy
2.l A Brief Introduction
2.2 Philosophy During the Pre-Qin Period
2.3 Philosophy From the Western Han Dynasty to the
Southem and Northern Dynasties
2.4 Philosophy During the Tang and Song Dynasties
2.5 Philosophy During the Ming and Qing Dynasties
3 Chinese Religions
3.1 Primitive and Ancient Religion
3.2 Chinese Buddhism
3.3 Taoism
3.4 Western Religions
4 Ancient Chinese Economic Thoughts and Business
Culture
4.1 Fundamental Economic Thought in Confucianism
4.2 The Economists：From
Ji Ran to Guan Zhong
4.3 Monopoly and Decentralization in The Debate on
Salt and Iron
4.4 Wang Anshi and the New Policies
4.5 Laisser—Faire and Its Chinese Origin—Wuwei
4.6 Taxation in Ancient China
4.7 State Monopoly in Ancient China
4.8 Social Rank of Merchants and Business Culture
in Ancient China
4.9 Ancient Chinese Currencies
4.10 Advertising in Ancient China
4.11 The God of Fortune
4.12 The Silk Road rSi chou zhi lu)
5 Chinese Literature
5.1 The Book ofSongs
5.2 Chi Ci
5.3 yue一Fu
5.4 Tang Poetry
5.5 Song Ci
5.6 The Yuan Variety Play
5.7 Ming and Qing Fiction
6 Chinese Language and Characters
6.1 A Brief Introduction to the Chinese Language
6.2 A Brief Introduction to Chinese Characters
6.3 aguwen
6.4 The Structure of Chinese Characters
6.5 Unique Characteristics of Chinese Characters
7 Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
7.1 Chinese Calligraphy
7.2 Chinese Painting
Appendix
Bibliorgraphy
Postscript
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