Cultural Chinese Readings in Art, Literature, and History

Name: Cultural Chinese Readings in Art, Literature, and History
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ISBN: 9781589018822

ISBN-10: 1589018826

ISBN-13: 9781589018822

Edition: 2011

Authors: Zu-yan Chen, Hong Zhang

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Cultural Chinese: Readings in Art, Literature, and History is an advanced language textbook with a new approach to cultural integration and immersion. In this unique book, culture becomes the very core of language learning, transitioning its role from context to text.This textbook is ideal for courses in advanced Chinese and Chinese culture. Third- and fourth-year students and instructors will find themselves deeply immersed in the very fabric of Chinese culture that governs personal behavior and directs social dynamics.FEATURES: Each of nine lessons features a distinctive topic of Chinese culture that serves as a portal to Chinese perceptions and perspectives. Main text of each lesson…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


User's Guide





Calligraphy


"Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" and "The Pagoda of Many Treasures"


Eighteen Vats of Water


Major Dynasties





Chinese Painting


"Ink Plum Blossoms" and "Ink Bamboo"


The Poet and the Thief


Four Treasures of the Study





Tang Poetry


"A Night Mooring at the Maple Bridge" and "An Occasional Poem upon; Returning to My Hometown"


To Push or to Knock


The Tolling Bell at Hanshan Temple





Chinese Instrumental Music


"The High Mountain and Flowing Water" and "Ambush from All Sides"


Butterflies among the Flowers


Erhu and suona





Beijing Opera


The White Snake and The Empty City Stratagem


A Beijing Opera Master in America


Chinese Local Operas





Idioms


Awaiting the Hare under the Tree and Swordplay at the Rooster's Crow


Southbound Carriage, Northbound Tracks


Proverbs and Riddles





Holidays


Chang'e Flying to the Moon and Reunion on the Magpie Bridge


A Drowned Poet


Chinese New Year Traditions





Food and Drink


Li Bai Gets Drunk and Wu Song Beats the Tiger


Banquet at Hongmen


Gongbao Chicken





Etiquette


Standing in the Snow at the Teacher's Door and Thrice Visiting the Thatched House


A General's Apology


The Four Books and Five Classics


Appendix


English Translations of the Texts


Indexes


Vocabulary Index


Proper Names Index