了解一个国家，必先了解此国的人。在本书中，你将一览中国历史长河，认识曾在哲学、艺术、文学、宗教、科技和政治等领域留下深深烙印的88位重要人物。 To understand a country is to understand its people. In this book, we will take you on a tour through the long history of China to recall the life stories of 88 important figures who left their personal marks in philosophy, art and literature, religion, science and technology and political movements.

Chinese literature, spanning over three thousand years, has well shaped the splendid and profound cultural identity of the Chinese people. Chinese literature is of immediate practical use from its source. It concerns human relationships and everyday life as well as political education. Moreover, it is closely related with the spiritual life of the people. The Chinese people strive for the harmony of man:with nature, firmly believing that the foundation of human relationships and everyday life is in communion with the heavenly principles. What the geniuses in the field of literature aspire to know and concern themselves with are the whole universe, history, and the bitter sorrow of the common people. All these are the great splendors in the tradition of Chinese literature.

本书介绍了中国古代动物画的著名绘画作品，时期包括唐、五代、两宋、元、明、清等多个朝代的作品，着重介绍中国古代动物画的特色、艺术成就和赏析。本书是英文版的《中国古代动物画》。

This book gives a brief account of the life stories and military and political deeds of 16 well-known emperors in different dynasties, hoping to help the readers have a better understanding of the monarchic system in China's feudal society.

Catalogued according to different scientific fields, the book draws wisdom from authoritative experts in the institute of the History of Natural Sciences (IHNS) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and comprehensively introduces ancient Chinas scientific and technological achieve- ments in such fields as astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, biology, agriculture, medicine, printing, spinning and weaving, metal-lurgy and foundry, machinery, architecture, ship-building and navigation, and military technology, etc. This book is Of high academic quality yet writ- ten in the simplest language possible, and thus is a very readable popular science collection.

仕女画在中国传统绘画中属于人物画的范围，它以女性人物为主要描绘对象，并通过塑造优美动人的妇女形象，来反映当时的社会生活，传达特定的艺术趣味和审美观念。本画集所选的作品在题材内容、思想内涵、创作方法、表现形式等方面都有自身的独特之处。

本画册是西班牙画家乔得龙以中国为主题的水墨画集，收入画家在山西、江浙、广西、新疆所创作的画作，较我社此前出版的《水墨紫禁城》和《水墨北京》题材更宽广，反映的民风民俗更丰富。书中所附文字表现画家和各地人民的交往，以“酒”为主线，贯穿始终。

丛书从源远流长的中国文化中，选取有代表性的10个领域和专题进行介绍，包括哲学思想、文学、艺术、汉字、节日、饮食、工艺、服饰、建筑、医药等10分册。通过流畅、轻松的文字和精美的图片，使海内外广大读者在愉快的阅读体验中，领略中国文化的丰富多彩、博大精深。整个系列中的每种图书既各自独立，综合起来又在精心搭就的框架下，勾勒出中国文化的总体面貌。 《中国文化 节日》是一次对当下中国节日蜻蜓点水式的观察。我们从众多的节日中选出21个节日，然后从节日的内在精神出发，分为坚韧的记忆、神圣的祭拜、世俗的狂欢、生产的节律等七大主题进行书写。在进行历史的追溯的同时，更加着力于现状的展呈，希望为读者勾勒出中国节日的进行时。 The Chinese Culture book series includes ten books on philosophical thoughts, literature, art, Chinese characters, festivals,

Chinese painting prior to the 20th cen-tury achieved great success in depic-tions of landscapes. To engage in such a genre,either wholeheartedly or as a dilettant, is anexciting experience. Specially prepared for the Western reader in-terested in Chinese painting, this manual with250 colour ill ustrations shows how "mountainsand waters" (which are the predominant mo-tifs of Chinese landscape) are painted, withcomparative explanations of Chinese andWestern artists' different approaches.

《论语》汉西对照版是中国国家重点出版项目《大中华文库》多语种项目之一。《论语》是部儒家经典，成书于战国初期，是中国古代哲学家、教育家孔子的弟子和后学关于孔子思想言行的记录，全书共20篇。《论语》的核心思想是“仁”，孔子认为“仁”即“爱人”，即所谓“忠恕”之道，但“仁”的实现要以“礼”为规范，“克己复礼为仁”。《论语》还体现了孔子提倡德治、反对苛政的政治理想，体现了孔子的“有教无类”、因材施教的教育思想，也反映了孔子对鬼神迷信的存疑态度。本书西译立足于周密详尽的考订，是一个极有影响的《论语》全译本。

《六韬三略 百战奇略（图文精释版）》收录了姜子牙的《六韬》、黄石公的《三略》和刘基的《百战奇略》。其中，《六韬》通过周文王、武王与吕望对话的形式，论述治国、治军和指导战争的理论、原则，是一部具有重要价值的兵书。《三略》是中国古代部专讲战略的兵书，以论述政治战略为主，兼及军事战略。《百战奇略》是一部以论述作战原则和作战方法为主旨的古代军事理论专著。

An Outline History of Chinese Philosophy has been jointly written and compiled by over 20 spe- cialists and scholars from nine renowned universi- ties in China. including Wuha*l University and Sun Yat-sen University. It provides a concise intro- duction to the origin and devdopment of Chinese philosophy from antiquity to 1949, the year the Peoplc's Republic of China was founded, expounding its status and features at diffcrent historical stages. It gives a historical and logical delineation of the development of Chinese philosophy by highlighting its origin and dcwelopment during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the golden age of philosophical thought during the Warring States Period, and the strides made by the Chinese philosophical system from Qin-Han rimes to the Ming and Qjng dynasties, as well as new visions brought by social reforms since the mid-Ming Dynasty. This book presents readers with a detailed and accurate text. lucid discussions and simple explanations of complex ideas. It is not only a monog

无论你是充满好奇心的游客，或是艺术历史学者，无论你是希望探寻中国文化的博物馆管理人员，还是中国艺术的爱好者，都不容错过《中国博物馆指南（英文版）》。《中国博物馆指南（英文版）》由三位英美作者撰写、中国博物馆协会编写的手册，收录有我国近200家博物馆，以地道的英文，海量精彩图片，引领读者跨越古今，感受令人心醉神迷的中国历史、艺术与文化。

中国是茶的故乡，中国人种茶、制茶、喝茶、爱茶，并把茶叶传向海内外，茶已成为中国*代表性的文化符号之一。作为一种绿色饮品，茶有着独特的保健功效，同时，还是招待客人、增进友谊的媒介。本书对中国茶历史、名茶、泡茶方法、茶礼茶俗等做了生动讲解。

元曲在中国古典诗歌艺术中占有重要一席，是新理念、新潮流与传统诗歌表达的结合。蒙古治下的元朝为中国的诗歌艺术注入了来自北方外来民族的、新奇的韵律、曲调及语言氛围，影响了几代中国诗人。元曲以其生动及鲜明的表现力至今深受人们的喜爱。 《大中华文库 元曲选》汉德对照版由元曲专家编选，收录了以关汉卿、马致远、郑光祖以及一些佚名诗人为代表的45位作者的共百余传世名篇。它首次尝试将题材和风格丰富、多样化的元曲以德语再现给读者。每首元曲均译自原文，除辅以大量历史、文化背景的注释与鉴赏，还对每位作者生平加以概要介绍。德译文努力做到在忠实原作的基础上，又不失流畅、生动与精准。

中国的太极文化，源远流长，博大精深，是中国古代哲学思想的重要观念和根源。纵观中国数千年历史，太极文化影响着包括儒家、道家等中华文化的主要流派，几乎存在于养生、武术、兵法、体育等每一个领域。

该书汇集了一些名家对唐诗的解读赏析文章，包括叶嘉莹的“唐诗的源流”、袁行霈的“愤激的呼喊——浅析陈子昂《登幽州台歌》”、顾学颉的“白居易诗学杜甫一例”以及钟元凯的“哲理与诗情的交融——说李白诗《日出入行》”等名篇，这些名家对诗歌的领悟力和审美感受力都很高，名家对唐诗入情入理的解读，有助于外国读者更好地了解中国经典文化。