本书是一套汉英语教学辅助读物，可供海外华裔青少年通过课堂学习或自学的方式了解中国文化、历史常识。该书上起170万年前的远古时代，下至公元2001年，系统介绍了华夏文明的起源、发展以及在中国历史发展进程中所发生的重大事件和涌现的杰出人物。主要内容包括中国境内最早的人类、世界第一部兵书——《孙子兵法》、大泽乡起义、司马迁与《史记》、孝文帝改革、西晋八王之乱等。

中国古代史

Period before the Opium War of 1840

中国历史的开篇——先秦

The Dawn of Chinese History—The Pre-Qin Period

 概述 Introduction

中国境内最早的人类 The Earliest Human Beings in China

开天辟地的创世神话 The Great Myth of the Creation of Man in Ancient China

华夏之祖 Ancestors of the Chinese Nation

大禹治水 Yu the Great Harnesses the Flood

武王伐纣 King Wu Attacks King Zhou

周公东征 Duke Zhou's Conquest of the East

春秋五霸 The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period

战国七雄 The Seven Powers of the Warring States Period

大教育家孔子 Confucius,the Great Educator

诸子百家 The "Hundred Schools of Thought" and Their Exponents

世界第一部兵书——《孙子兵法》 The Art of War—The World First Treatise on Military Science

封建大一统时期——秦、汉

The Period of Great Feudal Unity—The Qin and Han Dynasties

 概述 Introduction

中国的第一位皇帝——秦始皇 Qinshihuang,the First Emperor in Chinese History

万里长城 The Great Wall

大泽乡起义 The Dazexiang Uprising

刘邦与项羽 Liu Bang and Xiang Yu

汉武大帝 Emperor Wudi the Great of the Han Dynasty

张骞出使西域 Zhang Qian's Mission to the Western Regions

昭君出塞 Zhaojun Goes Beyond the Great Wall as a Bride

司马迁与《史记》 Sima Qian and His Records of the historian

科学家张衡 Zhang Heng,a Pioneering Scientist

“医圣”张仲景与“外科鼻祖”华佗 Zhang Zhongjing,the Saint of Medicine and Hua Tuo,the Founder of Surgery

封建国家的分裂和民族大融合时期——三国、两晋、南北朝

The Division of China Once More and the Intermingling of Ethnic Groups—The Three Kingdoms,the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties

 概述 Introduction

曹橾 Cao Cao

诸葛亮 Zhuge Liang

赤壁之战 The Battle of the Red Cliff

西晋八王之乱 Eight Kings' Insurrection in the Western Jin Dynasty

淝水之战 The Battle of Feishui

孝文帝改革 The Reforms of Emperor Xiaowen

花木兰代父从军 Hua Mulan Joined the Army in Place of Her Father

“书圣”王義之与“画绝”顾恺之 Wang Xizhi,the Saint of Calligraphy,and Gu Kaizhi,the Matchless Painter

数学家祖冲之 Zu Chongzhi,the Remarkable Mathematician

封建社会的繁荣时期——隋、唐

The Heyday of Feudal Society—The Sui and Tang Dynasties

 概述 Introduction

隋朝大运河 The Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty

贞观之治 The Benign Administration of the Zhenguan Reign Period

女皇帝武则天 Wu Zetian,China's First Female Monarch

开元盛世 The Flourishing Kaiyuan Reign Period

繁盛的长安城 The Heyday of Chang'an

松赞干布与文成公主 Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng

玄奘西游 Xuanzang's Journey to the West

鉴真东渡 Jianzhen Crosses the Ocean toJapan

三大石窟 The Three Famous Grottoes

科举制 The Imperial Civil Examination System

封建社会的继续发展和民族政权并立时期——五代、辽、宋、夏、金、元

The Continued Development of Feudal Society and the Coexistence of Ethnic Regimes—The Five Dynasties,and the Liao,Song,Xia,Jin and Yuan Dynasties

 概述 Introduction

杯酒释兵权 Relieving the Generals of Their Commands at a Feast

赤胆忠心的杨家将 The Loyal Generals of the Yang Family

秉公执法的“包青天” Bao the Upright Judge

忠心报国的岳飞 General Yue Fei,a Paragon of Loyalty

历史名臣文天祥 Wen Tianxiang,a Renowned Minister

成吉思汗与忽必烈 Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan

马可·波罗来华 Marco Pole's Travels in China

四大发明 The Four Great Inventions

《清明上河图》 Riverside scene on the Pure Brightness Festival

司马光与《资治通鉴》 Sima Guang and the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government

统一的多民族国家进一步发展和封建社会由盛而衰时期——明、清(鸦片战争以前)

The Period of Further Development of the Unitary Multi-ethnic Country and the Decline of Feudal Society—The Ming and Qing Dynasties (Before the Opium War of 1840)

 概述 Introduction

明朝开国皇帝朱元璋 Zhu Yuanzhang,the First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

郑和下西洋 Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Seas

戚继光抗倭 Qi Jiguang Repels Japanese Pirates

清官海瑞 Hai Rui,an Upright and Incorruptible Official

闯王李自成 Daring King Li Zicheng

郑成功收复台湾 Zheng Chenggong Recovers Taiwan

康乾盛世 The Golden Age of Three Emperors

科学巨匠与巨著 Great Scientists and Their Contributions

中国近代史

Modern Period

 概述 Introduction

林则徐与虎门销烟 Lin Zexu and the Destruction of Opium at Humen

第一次鸦片战争 The First Opium War

太平天国农民运动 The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement

第二次鸦片战争 The Second Opium War

洋务运动 The Westernization Movement

中日甲午战争与《马关条约》 Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Treaty of Shimonoseki

戊戌变法 The Reform Movement of 1898

义和团运动 The Yihetuan Movement

孙中山与辛亥革命 Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the Revolution of 1911

“五四”运动 The May 4th Movement

中国共产党的成立 The Founding of the Communist Party of China

第一次国共合作 The First Round of KMT-CPC Cooperation

北伐战争 The Northern Expedition

南昌起义 The Nanchang Uprising

二万五千里长征 The Long March of 25 000 li

“九一八”事变 The September 18th Incident

华北事变与“一·二·九”运动 The Huabei Incident and the December 9th Movement

西安事变 The Xi'an Incident

“七七”事变 The July 7th Incident

平型关大捷 The Victory at Pingxing Pass

南京大屠杀 The Nanking Massacre

台儿庄战役 The Taierzhuang Campaign

华侨与抗日战争 Overseas Chinese and the Anti-Japanese War

重庆谈判 The Chongqing Negotiations

解放战争 The War of Liberation

现代中国

Contemporary Period

 概述 Introduction

毛泽东与新中国的建立 Mao Zedong and the Founding of New China

抗美援朝保家卫国 The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

周恩来与新中国外交 Zhou Enlai and New China's Diplomacy

邓小平与改革开放 Deng Xiaoping and the Reform and Opening-up Policies

香港回归 Hong Kong's Return to China

澳门回归 Macao's Return to China

载人航天飞行的巨大成就 Great Achievement in Manned Spaceflight

中国体育走向世界 China as a World Power in Sports

附录 Appendix

中国历史年代简表 A Brief Chronology of Chinese History