Unit 1 Chinese Visionaries and Crusades ................................... 001
Overview................................................................................................001
Quotations..............................................................................................002
Lin Zexu and International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
    Trafficking......................................................................................002
Words and Expressions..........................................................................005
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................008
Language Exercises ...............................................................................009
Reading ..................................................................................................012
Unit 2
Chinese Scholars and National Identity............................. 015
Overview................................................................................................015
Quotations..............................................................................................016
The Character of Chinese People...........................................................016
Words and Expressions..........................................................................019
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................021
Language Exercises ...............................................................................023
Reading ..................................................................................................025
Unit 3 Chinese Poets and Architecture .......................................031
Overview................................................................................................031
Quotations..............................................................................................032
Poetic Alleys and Lanes.........................................................................032
Words and Expressions..........................................................................035
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................039
Language Exercises ...............................................................................039
Reading ..................................................................................................042
Unit 4 Chinese Food and Wars....................................................047
Overview................................................................................................047
Quotations..............................................................................................048
Delicious Treats from Turbulent Times .................................................048
Words and Expressions..........................................................................051
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................053
Language Exercises ...............................................................................054
Reading ..................................................................................................057
Unit 5
Chinese Food and Environment........................................063
Overview................................................................................................063
Quotations..............................................................................................063
Legends of Local Delicacies..................................................................064
Words and Expressions..........................................................................067
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................070
Language Exercises ...............................................................................071
Reading ..................................................................................................073
Unit 6 Chinese Festivals and Family............................................079
Overview................................................................................................079
Quotations..............................................................................................080
Folklore and Customs of Filial Piety and Reunion Festivals.................080
Words and Expressions..........................................................................083
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................084
Language Exercises ...............................................................................086
Reading ..................................................................................................088
Unit 7
Chinese Festivals and Heroes .........................................093
Overview................................................................................................093
Quotations..............................................................................................094
Local Custom and Belief .......................................................................094
Words and Expressions..........................................................................097
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................100
Language Exercises ...............................................................................101
Reading ..................................................................................................105
Unit 8
Chinese Resilience and Ingenuity ......................................111
Overview................................................................................................111
Quotations..............................................................................................112
Very Long-term Guests of Character.....................................................112
Words and Expressions..........................................................................115
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................117
Language Exercises ...............................................................................118
Reading ..................................................................................................120
Unit 9 Chinese Creativity and Craftsmanship .............................. 125
Overview................................................................................................125
Quotations..............................................................................................126
A Bodiless but Timeless Treasure ..........................................................126
Words and Expressions..........................................................................129
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................132
Language Exercises ...............................................................................133
Reading ..................................................................................................135
Unit 10 Chinese Commitment and Inheritance ............................. 141
Overview................................................................................................141
Quotations..............................................................................................141
Incredible Stone and Committed Carvers..............................................142
Words and Expressions..........................................................................144
Understanding the Text ..........................................................................146
Language Exercises ...............................................................................147
Reading ..................................................................................................150
參考譯文 ..........................................................................................155