中国语言与文化

　　《中国语言与文化》是一本用英文介绍中国传统语言与文化的教材。全书分为十单元，包括中国语言文化中的和谐思想，等级思想，自由思想，和平思想 ，中国的人名和地名，中国的饮食文化、酒文化和茶文化，中国艺术，中国人的思维方式，传统中医药，中国的诗歌和小说。每单元都包括导入故事、知识要点、课后练习、继续阅读几部分。

　　冯学芳，女，华中科技大学外国语学院副教授，硕士生导师，教育部学位中**位论文评审专家，湖北省精品课程“大学英语听说”主讲教师。先后主持国家社科基金项目、湖北省教改基金、华中科技大学自主创新基金和教学改革项目等课题多项。在外语类核心期刊和正式期刊发表论文20多篇。出版编著7部。

Unit 1 Harmony in Chinese Culture and Language
Lead-in Story： Confucius
1．Harmony in Confucianism
2．The Five Classics and Four Books of Confucians
3．Foundations of Education
4．Noble Men
5．Mellowness in Chinese Character
6．Harmony in Chinese Language
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 2 Hierarchy in Chinese Culture and Language
Lead-in Story： Mencius
1．Social Hierarchy Promoted by Confucianism
2．The Way of Heaven
3．The Way of Humans
4．Hierarchy in Chinese Language
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 3 Freedom in Chinese Culture and Language
Lead-in Story： Laozi
1．Development of Taoism
2．Tao Promoted by Taoism
3．Eight Immortals
4．Old Roguery in Chinese Character
5．Freedom in Chinese Language
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 4 Pacifism in Chinese Culture and Character
Lead-in Story： Tang Xuanzang
1．The Development of Buddhism
2．The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
3．Cause and Effect Advocated by Buddhism
4．Recycling of Life
5．Pacifism in Chinese Character
6．Influence of Buddhism Scriptures on Chinese Language
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 5 Chinese Names of People and Places
Lead-in Story： Yan Di and Huang Di
1．Origin of Chinese Family Names
2．Relations Between Given Name and Alias
3．Features of Chinese Names
4．The Five Elements （ Wu Xing）
5．Values Reflected in Chinese Names
6．Chinese Place Names
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 6 Chinese Cuisine， Wine and Tea
Lead-in Story： Su Dongpo and Dongpo pork
1．Table Manners
2．Eight Cuisines
3．Features of Chinese Cuisine Culture
4．Values Reflected in Chinese Dish Names
5．Wine Culture
6．Tea Culture
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 7 Chinese Arts
Lead-in Story： Wang Xizhi
1．Chinese Calligraphy
2．Chinese Painting
3．Opera
4．Chinese Architecture
5．Chinese Jade and Chinese Cloisonne （Jing Tai Lan）
6．Chinese Cloisonne （Jing Tai Lan）
7．Features of Chinese Arts
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 8 Chinese Way of Thinking
Lead-in Story： Wang Yangming
1．Heaven and Human in One
2．Wang Yangming's Philosophy
3．The Heart-mind and the Things-events
4．Chinese Mind （Excerpts from My Country and My People）
5．Comparison of Chinese and Western Way of Thinking
6．Metaphor in Chinese
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 9 Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead-in Story： Li Shizhen
1．Thoughts of TCM
2．Medical Theories
3．Therapeutical Methods of TCM
4．Traditional Chinese Life Nourishing Methods
5．Features of TCM
Exercises
Further Reading
Unit 10 Chinese Poetry and Novels
Lead-in Story： Li Bai
1．Development of Chinese Poetry
2．Poetry's Religious Function（ Excerpt from My Country and My People）
3．Appreciation of Tang Poetry and Song Ci
4．Features of Chinese Poetry
5．Development of Chinese Novels
6．Features of Chinese Novels
Exercises
Further Reading
Keys to Exercises
Bibliography