Unit 1 Creation

Text 1 Pangu Creating the World

Text 2 Nuwa(女娲)and the Creation of Humans

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： The Four Supernatural Beasts in Ancient China

Text 4 Lecture on Chinese Creation Myths

Unit 2 Philosophy

Text 1 Taoism and Confucianism — Major Chinese Philosophies

Text 2 Three Fables in Zhuangzi

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About the Book of Changes(The I Ching)

Text 4 An Introduction to the "Hundred Schools of Thought" (诸子百家)

Unit 3 Language and Literature

Text 1 Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Text 2 Poetry of the Tang Dynasty

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About Journey to the WestUnit 1 Creation

Text 1 Pangu Creating the World

Text 2 Nuwa(女娲)and the Creation of Humans

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： The Four Supernatural Beasts in Ancient China

Text 4 Lecture on Chinese Creation Myths

Unit 2 Philosophy

Text 1 Taoism and Confucianism — Major Chinese Philosophies

Text 2 Three Fables in Zhuangzi

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About the Book of Changes(The I Ching)

Text 4 An Introduction to the "Hundred Schools of Thought" (诸子百家)

Unit 3 Language and Literature

Text 1 Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Text 2 Poetry of the Tang Dynasty

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About Journey to the West

Text 4 Lecture： An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Literature in Part

Unit 4 Education in Ancient China

Text 1 History of Ancient Chinese Education

Text 2 Confucian Educational Theory

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： On Chinese Imperial Examination

Text 4 An Introduction to China Ancient Academies (书院)

Unit 5 Science and Technology

Text 1 The Four Great Inventions

Text 2 Shen Kuo and Dream Pool Essays

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： Xu Guangqi

Text 4 An Introduction to Zhaozhou Bridge

Unit 6 Traditional Customs

Text 1 Traditional Marriage Rituals

Text 2Traditional Chinese Mascots (吉祥物)

Text 3 A Situational Dialogue on Fengshui

Text 4 An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Zodiac (生肖)

Unit 7 Beijing in History

Text 1 A Brief History of Beijing

Text 2 Walls and Gates of Beijing

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About the Forbidden City

Text 4 A Tour guide to Beijing`s Hutong and Siheyuan

Unit 8 Leisure

Text 1 Tea Culture

Text 2 Traditional Music

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About Go(围棋)

Text 4 An Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

Unit 9 Virtues

Text 1 The Five Constant Virtues

Text 2 Women of Ancient China

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： About Filial Piety in China

Text 4 An Introduction to Four Gentlemen in Plants

Unit 10 National Treasures

Text 1 Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

Text 2 Tang TriColored Glazed Pottery

Text 3 Situational Dialogue： FaceChanging in Sichuan Opera

Text 4 The Qingming Festival by the Riverside