Introduction to Chinese Culture

Introduction

I. Definition of "Culture"

II. Culture in the Broad and Narrow Meanings

III. Chinese Culture and Traditional Chinese Culture

IV. Purpose, Significance, and Methods of Learning the Introduction to Chinese Culture

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Chapter 1 Historical Geography of Chinese Culture

Section I. Basic Characteristics of China's Historical Geography

Boundaries, Political Regions

Ethnicity, Population

Topography, Landforms

Climate

Section II. The Role and Influence of the Geographic Environment on Chinese Culture

Influence of Geography on Humans and Human Society

The Influence of the Geographic Environment on the Formation and Continuity of Chinese Culture

The Influence of the Geographic Environment on the Diversity of Chinese Culture

The Influence of the Geographic Environment on Openness and Closure

CHAPTER II ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH THE CHINESE CULTURE WAS Rooted

Section I. The Natural Economy of Agrarianism was the Mainstay of the Social Economy of Ancient China

The Birthplace of the Agrarian Civilization and its Center of Gravity Southward shift

Long-term rivalry and integration between farming and nomadic peoples

Diversified economic components under the system of agrarian natural economy

Introverted maritime trade

Section II: Stages of development and forms of traditional Chinese natural economy

Yin, Shang, and Western Zhou: the stage of natural economy with land ownership

Privatization of land and evolution of individual production forms since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty

Evolution of land privatization and individual production forms since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the evolution of individual forms of production

The wave-like advance of the commodity economy

The level of economic development attained by traditional Chinese societies

Section 3: Reasons for the difficulty of generating a capitalist mode of production in China

Socio-economics that is both precocious and immature

The cyclical dislocations between stability and war, population growth and production development

Superstructural clamps and restraints on socio-economic development

Section 4: The basic characteristics of the traditional Chinese natural economy and its impact on cultural development

The continuity of the agrarian economy and the continuity of Chinese culture

The pluralistic structure of the agrarian economy and the inclusiveness of Chinese culture

Premature maturity of the agrarian economy and the cohesion of Chinese culture

Section I The Creation and Establishment of the Patriarchal System

The Creation of the Patriarchal System

The Establishment of the Patriarchal System

Section II The Characteristics of the Traditional Social Structure of China under the Influence of the Patriarchal System

The Continuity of the Family World

Feudal States Continuously

The Family System The Continuity of the Family World

The Family-State Synthesis

Section III Autocracy and the Chinese Socio-Political Structure

Differences between the Chinese and European Polities

Characteristics of China's Monarchical Autocracy

The Influence of Traditional Socio-Political Structure on Chinese Culture

Chapter IV: Development of Chinese Traditional Culture

Chapter V: Multi-Ethnicity Cultural Integration and the Crossroads of Chinese and Foreign Cultures

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Chapter 6 Chinese Language and Literature

Chapter 7 Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Chapter 8 Ancient Chinese Education

Chapter 9 Ancient Chinese Literature

Chapter 10 Ancient Chinese Arts

Chapter 11 Ancient Chinese Historiography

Chapter 12 Traditional Chinese Ethics

Chapter 13 Ancient Chinese Religion

Chapter 14 Ancient Chinese Philosophy

Next Chapter

Chapter 15 Types and Characteristics of Chinese Culture

Chapter 16 The Fundamental Spirit of Chinese Culture

Chapter 17 The Value System of Traditional Chinese Culture

Chapter 18 The Transformation of Traditional Chinese Transformation of Culture to Modern Times

Chapter 19 Building a New Chinese Culture for Socialism

Afterword

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