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 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