So far as I know, this may be the first history of Chinese cultureto be written in English and published in China. There is a cry-ing need for such a book,which is intended for Chinese studentsof English, who should be able to talk and write about Chineseculture in the context of international exchanges, and for foreignstudents of Chinese,to whom a background knowledge of Chi-nese culture is essential for proficiency in the Chinese language.It is obvious that culture and its primary bearer, language, areinseparable.

Preface

Authors' Foreword

Part One Philosophy and Religion

Chapter 1 Philosophy during the Pre-Qin Period(l)

  Ⅰ  Introduction

  Ⅱ  Confucianism

  Ⅲ  Taoism

Chapter 2 Philosophy during the Pre-Qin Period(2)

  Ⅳ  Moism

  Ⅴ  The Legalist School

  Ⅵ  The School of Logicians

  Ⅶ  The Yin -Yang School

  Ⅷ  Other Schools

Chapter 3 Philosophy from the Western Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties

  Ⅰ  The Han Philosophers

  Ⅱ  Neo-Taoism during the Wei and Jin Period

  Ⅲ  Fan Zhen's Criticism of Buddhism

Chapter 4 Philosophy during the Tang and Song Dynasties

  Ⅰ  Philosophers of the Tang Dynasty

  Ⅱ  Philosophers of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 5 Philosophy during the Ming and Qing Dynasties

  Ⅰ  Philosophers of the Ming Dynasty

  Ⅱ  Philosophers of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 6 Modern Philosophy

Chapter 7 Confucian Classics

  Ⅰ  Confucian Classics in General

  Ⅱ  The Individual-Classics

  Ⅲ  Controversies Between the Modern Text School

and the Ancient Text School in the Study of

the Classics

Chapter 8 Buddhism

  Ⅰ  An Introduction to Buddhism

  Ⅱ  Chinese.Buddhism and Its Development

  Ⅲ  Monastm Communty and Buddhist Holidays

  Ⅳ  BOddhim'and Chinese Culture

Chapter 9 Religious Taoism

  Ⅰ  Origins of Religious Taoism

  Ⅱ  Development of Religious Taoism

  Ⅲ  Principal Tenets and Practices

  Ⅳ  Religious Taoism and Chinese Culture

Part Two Systems and Institutions

Chapter 1 System of Governmental Organization

  Ⅰ  Governmental Organizations of the Western Zhou 'Dynasty

  Ⅱ  Governmental Organizations of the Qin and Han Dynasties

  Ⅲ  Governmental Organizations of the Tang Dynasty

  Ⅳ  Governmental Organizations of the Song Dynasty

  Ⅴ  Govermientat Organizations of the Yuan Dynasty

  Ⅵ  Governmental Organizations of the Ming Dynasty

  Ⅶ  Governmental Organizations of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 2 The Personnel System

  Ⅰ  The Personnel System during the Pre-Han Period

  Ⅱ The Personnel System of the Han Dynasty

  Ⅲ The Personnel System of the Wei-Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties

  Ⅳ The Personnel System of the Sui and Tang

Chapter 3 The Educational System

Chapter 4 The Legal System

Part Three Literature

Chapter 1 Mythology

Chapter 2 Poetry

Chapter 3 Prose

Chapter 4 Fiction

Chapter 5 Drama

Part Four Art

Chapter 1 Characters and Calligraphy

Chapter 2 Painting

Chapter 3 Music

Chapter 4 Dance

Chapter 5 Theatre

Part Five Miscellanies

Chapter 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 2 Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Chapter 3 Chinese Qigong

Chapter 4 Classical Gardens

Chapter 5 Ceramics

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