中國語言與文化

《中國語言與文化》是一本用英文介紹中國傳統語言與文化的教材。全書分為十單元，包括中國語言文化中的和諧思想，等級思想，自由思想，和平思想 ，中國的人名和地名，中國的飲食文化、酒文化和茶文化，中國藝術，中國人的思維方式，傳統中醫藥，中國的詩歌和小説。每單元都包括導入故事、知識要點、課後練習、繼續閲讀幾部分。

Unit 1 Harmony in Chinese Culture and Language

Lead-in Story： Confucius

1．Harmony in Confucianism

2．The Five Classics and Four Books of Confucians

3．Foundations of Education

4．Noble Men

5．Mellowness in Chinese Character

6．Harmony in Chinese Language

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 2 Hierarchy in Chinese Culture and Language

Lead-in Story： Mencius

1．Social Hierarchy Promoted by Confucianism

2．The Way of Heaven

3．The Way of Humans

4．Hierarchy in Chinese Language

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 3 Freedom in Chinese Culture and Language

Lead-in Story： Laozi

1．Development of Taoism

2．Tao Promoted by Taoism

3．Eight Immortals

4．Old Roguery in Chinese Character

5．Freedom in Chinese Language

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 4 Pacifism in Chinese Culture and Character

Lead-in Story： Tang Xuanzang

1．The Development of Buddhism

2．The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

3．Cause and Effect Advocated by Buddhism

4．Recycling of Life

5．Pacifism in Chinese Character

6．Influence of Buddhism Scriptures on Chinese Language

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 5 Chinese Names of People and Places

Lead-in Story： Yan Di and Huang Di

1．Origin of Chinese Family Names

2．Relations Between Given Name and Alias

3．Features of Chinese Names

4．The Five Elements （ Wu Xing）

5．Values Reflected in Chinese Names

6．Chinese Place Names

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 6 Chinese Cuisine， Wine and Tea

Lead-in Story： Su Dongpo and Dongpo pork

1．Table Manners

2．Eight Cuisines

3．Features of Chinese Cuisine Culture

4．Values Reflected in Chinese Dish Names

5．Wine Culture

6．Tea Culture

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 7 Chinese Arts

Lead-in Story： Wang Xizhi

1．Chinese Calligraphy

2．Chinese Painting

3．Opera

4．Chinese Architecture

5．Chinese Jade and Chinese Cloisonne （Jing Tai Lan）

6．Chinese Cloisonne （Jing Tai Lan）

7．Features of Chinese Arts

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 8 Chinese Way of Thinking

Lead-in Story： Wang Yangming

1．Heaven and Human in One

2．Wang Yangming's Philosophy

3．The Heart-mind and the Things-events

4．Chinese Mind （Excerpts from My Country and My People）

5．Comparison of Chinese and Western Way of Thinking

6．Metaphor in Chinese

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 9 Traditional Chinese Medicine

Lead-in Story： Li Shizhen

1．Thoughts of TCM

2．Medical Theories

3．Therapeutical Methods of TCM

4．Traditional Chinese Life Nourishing Methods

5．Features of TCM

Exercises

Further Reading

Unit 10 Chinese Poetry and Novels

Lead-in Story： Li Bai

1．Development of Chinese Poetry

2．Poetry's Religious Function（ Excerpt from My Country and My People）

3．Appreciation of Tang Poetry and Song Ci

4．Features of Chinese Poetry

5．Development of Chinese Novels

6．Features of Chinese Novels

Exercises

Further Reading

Keys to Exercises

Bibliography

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