中國文化掠影

內(nèi)容概要

全球一體化的趨勢，讓中國與其他國家的距離越來越近。而隨著近年來中外交流日益頻繁，越來越多的外國朋友迫切渴望探知這個神秘國度的文化。為此，作者編寫了本書。
本書沒有厚重的中國歷史，沒有繁重的文化全景。它只是用隨筆的形式，為讀者在悠長漫長的中國歷史長河中擷取最為精彩、最為耀眼的片斷。
全書語言優(yōu)美，風(fēng)格清新，即使在此之前，對中國文化一無所知，也可以很容易地走進中國文化所經(jīng)歷的五千年，從而從古老的歷史中讀懂今天中國的一點一滴。
本書對于外國朋友來說，是可以輕松了解中國文化的一條捷徑。而其平易流暢的英語，對于希望提高英語水平，增進翻譯能力的大、中學(xué)生來說，也不失為一個優(yōu)秀的讀本。

作者簡介

丁往道，Professor Ding Wangdao was born in Wuwei County, Anhui Province in 1924. He graduated from the English Department of Sichuan University in 1946 and started teaching in the English Department of Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages (now Beijing Foreign Studies University) in 1950. He was secretary general of China English Language Education Association and was a visiting professor of Western Washington University and Moscow Foreign LanguagesUniversity respectively for one year. He retired in 1991.

書籍目錄

1.Beginnings of Chinese Culture
2.Confucius:The First Private Teacher in Chinese History
3.Lan Zi:The Founder of Taoism
4.The Warring States Period:The Contention of a Hundred
Schools
5.Ancient Historians:Uninterrupted Recording of Chi-nese
History
6.Dong Zhongshu and wang Chong:Two Contra-dictory Great
Philosophers of the Han Dynasties
7.The Coming of Buddhism to China
8.Pure Talk and Mysterious Learning
9.Chan（Zen）Buddhism and Huineng the Sixth Patriarch
10.Tang Poetry and Major Tang Poets
11.Tang Prose and Fiction:The Literary Reform
12.Wang Anshi,Sima Guang and Su shi:Three Great Figures of the
Northern Song Dynasty
13.Zhu Xi:The Synthesizer of the Philosophy of Principle
14.Ci-Poems in Irregular Meter
15.The Four Great Inventions
16.Yuan Drama:One of the Three Peaks in the History of Drama in the
World
17.The Rebuilding of Beijing and Zheng He's Voyages
18.Ming Novels and Its Three Masterpieces
19.The Rise of Southern Drama and Great Ad-vance of Short Fictions
in the Ming Dynasty
20.Ming and Early Qing Thinkers:The Yangming School and Outstanding
Progressive Scholars
21.Early Qing Fiction and Drama
22.Cao Xueqin and Dream of the Red Man-sions
23.Traditional Chinese Painting
24.The Opium War and Changes in Cultural Trends After it
25.Causes of the Long Feudal Period

章節(jié)摘錄

版權(quán)頁：插圖：Lao Zi also discusses the right way to live, behave and handle things. He advises people to be peaceful, qui- et, submissive, tolerant, modest, contented, humble, to live a simple life, not to strive for wealth, fame or power, which will only give one worries and trouble. Even when one has won a great success, one had better with- draw from the scene without claiming credit for it. He says, "He does not show himself, and so is conspicuous; he does not consider himself right, and so is famous： he does not brag, and so is given credit; he is not conceited, and so can endure for long. It is just because he does not contend that no one in the world can contend with him." He also says," To yield is to be preserved; to bend is to become straight： to be low is to be full： to be worn out is to be renewed： to have little is to gain： to have plenty is to be perplexed."These sayings also show the truth that a state or quality will turn to its opposite when it reaches the extreme. Another similar saying, which is widely known, is that "good fortune may exist beside misfortune, and misfortune may hide in good fortune". The well-known story about the old man on the frontier losing his horse may be considered a good illustration of this statement. When one of his horses runs away, he says that may be a blessing. Soon the horse comes back, bringing with it another horse. But the old man fears a misfortune may happen. His son, who likes riding a horse, falls from the new horse and breaks his leg. This turns out to be a blessing when a war breaks out, for the son, now crippled, is not called up to fight in the war.

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《中國文化掠影(新)》Glimpses of Chinese Culture is a solution for you to have a basic understanding of Chinese culture in a short period of time.A brief account of Chinese history and culture from the perspective of a Chinese scholar.25 topics involving Chinese history, philosophy, religion, politics, economics, arts and literature, science and technology, etc.With stories told on almost 200 historical figures, the book is a collection of the most gorgeous episodes in the history of Chinese culture.

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