本书共14章，用英文通略地介绍了中国文化的各个层面，主要包括中国传统意识形态；东学西渐及西学东渐；古代科技、教育；丝绸之路与郑和下西洋；中国文化三大国宝；中国书画；中国传统节日；茶、酒及饮食文化；民间艺术与竞技体育；中国传统服饰及发饰；中国园林及建筑等。本书图文并茂，信息量大，主要供具有中等英语水平的非英语专业大学生和英语爱好者使用，同时也适合对中国文化感兴趣的外国友人。

Chapter One Brief History and Traditional Culture of China
Unit 1 A Brief History of China
Unit 2 Traditional Chinese Culture
Chapter Two Traditional Chinese Ideology
Unit 1 Chinese Traditional Way of Thinking
Unit 2 Reflections on the Limitations of Chinese Traditional Ideas
Chapter Three Interchange Between Oriental and Occidental Culture
Unit 1 Spreading of Oriental Culture to the West
Unit 2 Introduction of Western Culture to China
Chapter Four Ancient Science and Technology
Unit 1 Scientific and Technological Achievement of Ancient Chinese
Unit 2 The Four Great Inventions
Chapter Five The Silk Road and Zheng He's Voyages
Unit 1 The Silk Road
Unit 2 Zheng He and His Seven Voyages to the Western Seas
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