Cultural Chinese

by Chen, Zu-yan; Zhang, Hong

• ISBN13: 9781589018822
• ISBN10: 1589018826
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-15
• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Zu-Yan Chen is a professor of Chinese language and literature and director of the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University, SUNY. He is the author of Confucius's Analects: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Culture and Li Bai and Du Fu: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Literature. Hong Zhang is a senior lecturer of Chinese at Binghamton University. She is coauthor of Chinese through Song.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
User's Guide	p. xi
	p. 1
Calligraphy	p. 1
"Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" and "The Pagoda of Many Treasures"	p. 3
Eighteen Vats of Water	p. 7
Major Dynasties	p. 9
	p. 19
Chinese Painting	p. 19
"Ink Plum Blossoms" and "Ink Bamboo"	p. 21
The Poet and the Thief	p. 24
Four Treasures of the Study	p. 25
	p. 35
Tang Poetry	p. 35
"A Night Mooring at the Maple Bridge" and "An Occasional Poem upon; Returning to My Hometown"	p. 37
To Push or to Knock	p. 40
The Tolling Bell at Hanshan Temple	p. 41
	p. 51
Chinese Instrumental Music	p. 51
"The High Mountain and Flowing Water" and "Ambush from All Sides"	p. 53
Butterflies among the Flowers	p. 56
Erhu and suona	p. 57
	p. 69
Beijing Opera	p. 69
The White Snake and The Empty City Stratagem	p. 71
A Beijing Opera Master in America	p. 74
Chinese Local Operas	p. 76
	p. 87
Idioms	p. 87
Awaiting the Hare under the Tree and Swordplay at the Rooster's Crow	p. 89
Southbound Carriage, Northbound Tracks	p. 92
Proverbs and Riddles	p. 94
	p. 105
Holidays	p. 105
Chang'e Flying to the Moon and Reunion on the Magpie Bridge	p. 107
A Drowned Poet	p. 110
Chinese New Year Traditions	p. 111
	p. 121
Food and Drink	p. 121
Li Bai Gets Drunk and Wu Song Beats the Tiger	p. 123
Banquet at Hongmen	p. 126
Gongbao Chicken	p. 127
	p. 139
Etiquette	p. 139
Standing in the Snow at the Teacher's Door and Thrice Visiting the Thatched House	p. 141
A General's Apology	p. 144
The Four Books and Five Classics	p. 146
Appendix	p. 157
English Translations of the Texts	p. 157
Indexes
Vocabulary Index	p. 179
Proper Names Index	p. 207
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