唐正秋、林琳主編的這本《中國文化（英文）》
是新思維高效英語素質拓展繫列教材之一。本書內容
共分七大類，包括中國的地理、歷史、哲學、宗教、
文學、藝術、教育、科技、建築、飲食、娛樂、旅遊
以及風俗民情等方方面面。本書教學中不強調學術研
究，而是側重引導學生學習用英語表達中國的文化及
事物。在講解中適當加入中外文化的比較和中國文化
外譯方面的情況。比如“四書五經”及“四大名著”
的不同外文版本和譯名；“梁山伯、祝英臺”與“羅
密歐、朱麗葉”的比較；莎士比亞和湯顯祖的比較，
等等。

Part One An Overview of China／中國概況
Chapter 1 The Land and the People／地理條件與人義概況
Section 1 Geography／地理位置
Section 2 Climate and Resources／氣候與資源
Section 3 The Capital／首都
Section 4 The National Flag, Emblem and Anthem／國旗、國徽和國歌
Section 5 Administrative Divisions／行政區域
Section 6 Nationalities and Population／民族與人口
Section 7 Language and Characters／語言和文字
Section 8 Surnames and Given Names／姓與名
Section 9 Why is China Called China／“中國”名字的由來
Chapter 2 An Outline History／中國歷史概況
Section 1 Prehistoric Culture／史前文化
Section 2 History of Ancient China／中國古代史
Section 3 History of Modern China，中國現代史

Part Two Philosophy and Religion／哲學與宗教
Chapter 3 Confucius and Other Great Thinkers in the Warring States Period／戰國時代的孔子及其他**的思想家
Section 1Confucius （551-479 BC） and Confucianism／孔子（公元前551-479）和“儒家思想”
Section 2 Mencius （372～289 BC）／孟子（公元前372～289）
Section 3 Mo Zi （468～376 BC）／墨子（公元前468～376）
Section 4 Xun Zi （about 313～238 BC）／荀子（約公元前313～238）
Section 5 Han Fei Zi （280～233 BC）／韓非子（公元前280～233）
Section 6 Sun Zi （about 535-470 BC）／孫子（約公元前535-470）
Chapter 4 Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi and Daoism／老子、莊子和“道家思想”
Section 1 Lao Zi（about 571～471 BC）／老子（約公元前571-471）
Section 2 Zhuang Zi （about 369～286 BC）／莊子（公元前約369～286）
Section 3 Daoism （Taoism）／道家思想
Chapter 5 Chinese Buddhism／中國佛教
Section 1 Chinese Buddhism and Its Schools／中國佛教及其宗派
Section 2 Buddhist Temples and the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains／佛教寺廟與佛教四大名山
Chapter 6 The Four Books and The Five Classics／四書五經
Section 1 The Great Learning／《大學》
Section 2 The Doctrine of the Mean／《中庸》
Section 3 The Analects of Confucius／《論語》
Section 4 The Mencius or The Works of Mencius／《孟子》
Section 5 The Class／c of Poetry／《詩經》
Section 6 The Classic of History （Shangshu），《尚書》
Section 7 The Classic of Rites／《禮記》
Section 8 The Classic of Changes／《易經》
Section 9 The Spring and Autumn Armals／《春秋》

Part Three Literature and Arts／文學與藝術
Chapter 7 Myths and Legends／神話和傳說
Section 1 Pan Gu and the Creation of the World／盤古開天闢地
Section 2 Nv Wa Created Man and Mended the Sky／女媧造人和女媧補天
Section 3 Jin Wei Determined to Fill up the Sea／精衛填海
Section 4 Kua Fu Chased the Sun／誇父追日
Section 5 Hou Yi, the Archer Shot down Nine Suns／後羿射日
Section 6 Chang E，the Goddess ofthe Moon／嫦娥奔月
Section 7 The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea／八仙過海
Section 8 Yan Di and Huang Di, the Legendary Chinese Ancestors，炎帝和黃帝
Section 9 Yv the Great and the Flood／大禹治水
Chapter 8 Poetry／詩歌
Section 1 Guti and Jinti Verse Forms／古體和今體
Section 2 Chuci and Qu Yuan／楚辭和屈原
Section 3 Folk Songs in Han Dynasty and Northem & Southem Dynasties／漢朝和南北朝民歌
Section 4 The Glorious Tang Poems／唐詩
Section 5 The Ci Poetry in Song Dynasty （960～1279）／宋詞
Section 6 Qu in Yuan Dynasty／元曲
Section 7 Modern／Contemporary Poetry／現當代詩歌
Chapter 9 Fiction／小說
Section 1 The Four Great Classical Chinese Novels／四大名著
Section 2 Other Famous Classical Chinese Novels／其他中國古典名著
Section 3 Modem／Contemporary Writers／現當代作家
Chapter 10 Drama／戲劇
Section 1 Zaju in Yuan Dynasty／元雜劇
Section 2 Tang Xianzu and His Peony Pavilion／湯顯祖及其《牡丹亭》
Section 3 Drama in Early Qing Dynasty／清初戲劇
Section 4 Modem Chinese Drama／現代戲劇
Chapter 11 Calligraphy and Painting／書法與繪畫
Section 1 Calligraphy／書法
Section 2 A BriefHistory ofTraditional Chinese Painting／中國畫簡史
Section 3 Famous Chinese Painters and Their Works／中國知名畫家及其作品
Chapter 12 Music and Musical Instruments／中同音樂和樂器
Section 1 Chinese Classical Music／中國古典音樂
Section 2 Musical Instruments／中國民族樂器
Chapter 13 Beijing Opera and Local Operas／京劇和地方劇
Section 1 Jingju／京劇
Section 2 Role Classification in Beijing Opera／京劇中的行當
Section 3 Styles ofFacial Make-up／臉譜的種類
Section 4 Kunqu／昆曲
Section 5 Chuanju／川劇
Section 6 Huangmei Opera／黃梅戲
Section 7 Yvju／豫劇
Section 8 Hebei Bangzi／河北梆子
Section 9 Yueju／越劇
Section 10 Pingju／評劇
Section 11 Qinqiang／秦腔
Section 12 Yueju or Cantonese Opera／粵劇
Chapter 14 Architecture／中國建築
Section 1 History of Traditional Chinese Architecture／中國傳統建築史
Section 2 Characteristics ofTraditional Chinese Architecture／中國建築特點
Section 3 Structural Classification ofTraditional Chinese Architecture／中國建築結構構成門類
Section 4 Classification ofTraditional Chinese Architecture／中國建築分類

Part Four Education／教育
Chapter 15 Education in China：Ancient Times and Today／古今中國教育簡述
Section 1 Types of Schools in Ancient Times／古代學校的分類
Section 2 Names of Ancient Schools／古代學校的名字
Section 3 Examination Content in Ancient Times／古代的考試內容
Section 4 Keju and Baguwen／科舉制度和八股文
Section 5 ConfucianisminAncientEducation／古代教育中的“儒家思想”
Section 6 EducationinModemTimesandToday／現當代教育

Part Five Science and Technology／科學與技術
Chapter 16 Ancient Science and Technology／古代的科學與技術
Chapter 17 The Four Great Inventions and Other Impressive Ancient Inventior四大發明及其他具有影響力的古代發明
Section 1 Paper-making／造紙術
Section 2 Printing／印刷術
Section 3 Compass／指南針
Section 4 Gunpowder／**
Section 5 OtherImpressiveAncientInventions／其他具有影響力的古代發明
Chapter 18 Traditional Chinese Medicine／巾醫
Section 1 Classical TCM History／古典中醫歷史
Section 2 The Theory ofYin and Yang／陰陽學說
Section 3 The Theory ofFive Elements／五行學說
Section 4 Acupuncture and Chinese Moxibustion／針灸療法
Chapter 19 Modem Achievements in Science and Technology／現代科技成果

Part Six Folk Customs／民俗風情
Chapter 20 The Lunar Calendar and Solar Terms／農歷和節氣
Section 1 The Chinese Calendar／農歷
Section 2 The Solar Terms／二十四節氣
Chapter 21 The Zodiacal Animal Signs／十二生肖
Chapter 22 Traditional Festivals／傳統節日
Section 1 Spring Festival／春節
Section 2 Mid．Autumn Festival／中秋節
Section 3 Qing Ming Festival／清明節
Section 4 Lantern Festival／元宵節
Section 5 Dragon Boat Festival／端午節
Section 6 Double Seventh Festival／七夕節
Section 7 Double Ninth Festival／重陽節
Chapter 23 Major Minority Festivals／少數民族節日
Section 1 Water-Splashing Festival of Dai／傣族的潑水節
Section 2 Torch Festival ofYi／彝族的火把節
Section 3 Bullfight Festival ofMiao／苗族的鬥牛節
Section 4 March Fair ofBai／白族的三月街
Section 5 Nadam Fair ofMongolian／蒙古族的那達慕大會
Chapter 24 Totem，Fengshui and Number Superstition／圖騰、風水和數字觀
Section 1 Dragon and Pheonix／龍和鳳
Section 2 Fengshui／風水
Section 3 Chinese Superstition onNumbers／中國的數字觀
Section 4 Western and Eastern Number Superstition Combined／東西方數字觀比較
Chapter 25 Culinary Culture／飲食文化
Section 1 Confucian Style&Daoist Style／儒家風格和道家風格
Section 2 The Eight Culinary Traditions ofChina／中國八大菜繫
Section 3 Tea Culture／茶道
Section 4 Wine Culture／酒文化
Section 5 Drinking Etiquette／飲酒禮儀
Section 6 Famous Chinese Wine／中國名酒
Chapter 26 Handicraft／手工藝
Section 1 Chinese New Year Picture／中國年畫
Section 2 Paper-cut／中國剪紙
Section 3 Kites／風箏
Section 4 Embroidery／刺繡
Section 5 Gold，Silver and Jade Wares／金銀玉器
Section 6 Chinese Cloisonn6／景泰藍
Section 7 Bamboo，Wood and Rattan Work／竹木籐制品
Chapter 27 Physical Culture and Entertainment／體育及娛樂文化
Section 1 Wushu or Kongfu／武術
Section 2 Dragon-Boat Race／賽龍舟
Section 3 Weiqi(go)and Xiangqi(chess)／圍棋和像棋
Section 4 Shuttlecock Kicking／踢毽子
Section 5 Stilts-Walking／踩高蹺
Section 6 Fireworks and Firecrackers／****
Section 7 Dragon Lantern Dance／耍龍燈
Section 8 Dragon Dance／舞龍
Section 9 Lion Dance／舞獅
Section 10 Drum Dance／腰鼓舞
Section 11 Er-ren-zhuan or Song-and-dance Duet／二人轉
Section 12 Shadow Play／皮影戲
Section 13 Nuo Dance／儺舞
Section 14 Ta Ge Dance／踏歌
Section 15 Pingshu／評書
Section 16 Shehuo／社火
Section 17 Xiaopin／小品
Section 18 Xiangsheng／相聲

Part Seven Tourism and World Heritage Sites in China中國的旅遊業和世界地質文化遺產
Chapter 28 Ancient Cities and Historical Sites／古城和歷史遺跡
Section 1 The Eight Greatest Ancient Capitals／八大古都
Section 2 Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China／**的歷史文化名城
Chapter 29 Famous Mountains／名山
Chapter 30 Chinese Rivers and Lakes／中國的河流和湖泊
Section 1 Well-known Rivers／**的河流
Section 2 Major Lakes／主要的湖泊
Chapter 31 W10rld Heritage Sites in China／中國的世界地質文化遺產

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