A Concise Reader of Chinese Culture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Archaeological Finds and Origins of Chinese Civilization

   • Chunsong Gan

   Pages 1-19

3. All Under Heaven, States, Institutions, Rites and Customs

   • Chunsong Gan

   Pages 21-125

4. Thought and Beliefs

   • Chunsong Gan

   Pages 127-215

5. Art and Aesthetics

   • Chunsong Gan

   Pages 217-261

6. Cultural Exchanges Between China and Other Countries and a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

   • Chunsong Gan

   Pages 263-281

7. Back Matter

   Pages 283-289

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This book uses the mutual interactions between Chinese and Western culture as a point of departure in order to concisely introduce the origins and evolution of Chinese culture at the aspects of constitution, thinking, values and atheistic. This book also analyzes utensil culture, constitution culture and ideology culture, which were perfected by absorbing classic arguments from academia. As such, the book offers an essential guide to understanding the development, civilization and key ideologies in Chinese history, and will thus help to promote Chinese culture and increase cultural awareness.

• Hongshan Culture
• Chinese Myths
• The Regime of "Tianxia"
• The Son of Heaven and the Emperor
• Ancient Chinese Military system
• Main Categories of Chinese Ideologies
• Wisdom of Chinese People
• Culture of Rituals and Music
• Tang Poetry and Song Poetry
• The Silk Road

• Peking University, Beijing, China

  Chunsong Gan

Chunsong Gan (1965-) born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. He is Ph.D. in Philosophy, and currently a professor at Peking University. His other duties include standing vice president of Chinese Confucius Academy and Thaishan Scholar at Chinese Research Institute of Confucius. His main research fields are Confucianism; ideology and culture in China. He published about 14 monographs and 18 papers. His major works include Constitutional Confucianism, Back to Wangdao: Confucianism and World Order, etc.

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