內容提要
用英語編寫中國傳統文化教材,介紹中國文化的主要內容,勾勒中國文化的發展大勢,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,這對於弘揚中華文化、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文化課程的教材或參考書,而且對於所有對中國傳統文化感興趣並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。
目錄
PrefaceⅠ
PrefaceⅡ
1AncientChineseHistory
1.1EarliestPeriod:FromLegendstoXiaandShangDynasties
1.2ZhouDynasty(周朝)
1.3QinDynasty(秦朝):TheFirstEmpire
1.4I-tanDynasty(漢朝):ConsolidationofEmpire
1.5TheThreeKingdom8,Jin,SouthernandNorthernDynasties(三國兩晉南北朝)
1.6SuiandTang(隋唐):RestorationofEmpire
1.7SongDynasty(宋朝):AWeakEmpire
1.8YuarrDynasty(元朝):AnEmpirewiththeLargestTerritory
l.9MingDynasty(明朝)
1.10QingDynastyinItsEarlierPeriod(清朝前期)
2AncientChinesePhilosophy
2.lABriefIntroduction
2.2PhilosophyDuringthePre-QinPeriod
2.3PhilosophyFromtheWesternHanDynastytotheSouthemandNorthernDynasties
2.4PhilosophyDuringtheTangandSongDynasties
2.5PhilosophyDuringtheMingandQingDynasties
3ChineseReligions
3.1PrimitiveandAncientReligion
3.2ChineseBuddhism
3.3Taoism
3.4WesternReligions
4AncientChineseEconomicThoughtsandBusinessCulture
4.1FundamentalEconomicThoughtinConfucianism
4.2TheEconomists:FromJiRantoGuanZhong
4.3MonopolyandDecentralizationinTheDebateonSaltandIron
4.4WangAnshiandtheNewPolicies
4.5Laisser—FaireandItsChineseOrigin—Wuwei
4.6TaxationinAncientChina
4.7StateMonopolyinAncientChina
4.8SocialRankofMerchantsandBusinessCultureinAncientChina
4.9AncientChineseCurrencies
4.10AdvertisinginAncientChina
4.11TheGodofFortune
4.12TheSilkRoadrSichouzhilu)
5ChineseLiterature
5.1TheBookofSongs
5.2ChiCi
5.3yue一Fu
5.4TangPoetry
5.5SongCi
5.6TheYuanVarietyPlay
5.7MingandQingFiction
6ChineseLanguageandCharacters
6.1ABriefIntroductiontotheChineseLanguage
6.2ABriefIntroductiontoChineseCharacters
6.3aguwen
6.4TheStructureofChineseCharacters
6.5UniqueCharacteristicsofChineseCharacters
7ChineseCalligraphyandPainting
7.1ChineseCalligraphy
7.2ChinesePainting
Appendix
Bibliorgraphy
Postscript