中国文化掠影

出版时间：2006-11  出版社：Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press  作者：丁往道  页数：174  
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内容概要

全球一体化的趋势，让中国与其他国家的距离越来越近。而随着近年来中外交流日益频繁，越来越多的外国朋友迫切渴望探知这个神秘国度的文化。为此，作者编写了本书。
本书没有厚重的中国历史，没有繁重的文化全景。它只是用随笔的形式，为读者在悠长漫长的中国历史长河中撷取最为精彩、最为耀眼的片断。
全书语言优美，风格清新，即使在此之前，对中国文化一无所知，也可以很容易地走进中国文化所经历的五千年，从而从古老的历史中读懂今天中国的一点一滴。
本书对于外国朋友来说，是可以轻松了解中国文化的一条捷径。而其平易流畅的英语，对于希望提高英语水平，增进翻译能力的大、中学生来说，也不失为一个优秀的读本。

作者简介

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.

书籍目录

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

章节摘录

版权页：插图：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.

编辑推荐

《中国文化掠影(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.

用户评论 (总计22条)

•   一直想看一本英文版的中国文化书籍，可惜常不如愿。当时来当当看看，不经意间看到了此书，非常高兴，马上就买了。这本书从买到现在已经有2个多月了，我看了5遍！词汇多了，翻译强了，英语水平提高很快。现在我还经常与我们学校的老外一起探讨中国的文化，他们非常感兴趣，多亏了这本书呀，呵呵。推荐此书！很希望当当还能多进点此类书籍！
•   大二寒假前老师建议我们多了解一些中国的文化,说这样对口译很有帮助,当时它推荐了许多书,其中就有这本。后来我买了一本,读过后觉得真的很不错。语言虽很简单,但内容却很丰富,在了解本国文化的同时也能学到一些词句的译法,真是一举两得。
•   翻译生动，简洁，准确。非常感谢！
•   不愧是大家的作品，虽然字小了点，但是很有读书的感觉。按年代编写，侧重文学内容。阅读中。
•   刚看几页，但书中的文字，以及书的印刷，都让人感觉十分舒服。
•   外研社的书，质量内容就是不一般
•   书不错，质量和内容都不错，就是有点贵了。
•   很好的书 从内容到纸张 都是很合心意 爱不释手的
•   小巧轻便很不错的~
•   内容较全面，文字易懂，对中国文化进行概括性的介绍，比较适合一般了解性的阅读。
•   一直想找本叙述中国文化的英文书籍，终于找到了～很不错～小本带着方便，随处可翻，语言还易读，但内容不乏生动～
•   作者使用的英文非常好懂，喜欢这种平易近人的英语，赞一个！
•   经典之作，大家作品，值得品读
•   这本书就像是简体版的中国历史，总的来说还是蛮有意思的。书尽管有些小，但是模起来很有手感。如若出行，方便携带阅读。文章的语言，简单易懂。看完后，能把英文和中文对照起来，收获还是很大的。这本书，值得一看。如果有更具体的介绍，我认为会更好。
•   老师规定读本，自然有读得价值。不过限于篇幅，内容稍显单薄，深度不够。但如若作为简单了解，还是很合适的。
•   没翻译的，有基础的可以看看，内容还行，就是外观不太好看
•   书名是中国文化掠影，内容纯粹就是中国古代名人故事集！
•   货物油墨很重，申请退货未成功！对方连书和发票一起拿走，还未退钱，说询问中还没有消息，请速速联系！
•   感觉没有那个价钱，太薄了
•   很不错的一本书，我买了2本。用荧光笔涂涂画画，总共读了3遍。
•   封面稍微有点划痕，不过不影响阅读啦~
•   应该给点内容简介和文章选读。