Unit 1 Overview: East Meets West
Text A Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Critical Thinking Skills
Part IV Cultural Note
Text B Place of Philosophy in Chinese Civilization
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Cultural Note
Unit 2 Geography
Text A Geographical Inequalities
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Critical Thinking Skills
Part IV Cultural Note
Text B A Clear and Present Danger: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Cultural Note
Unit 3 History
Text A China Turns Inward
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Critical Thinking Skills
Part IV Cultural Note
Text B Conceit and Military Weakness During the Song Dynasty
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Cultural Note
Unit 4 Arts
Text A Peony Dreams
Part I Understanding the Text
Part IT Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Critical Thinking Skills
Part IV Cultural Note
Text B The Three Perfections: Painting, Poetry and Calligraphy Classification of Chinese Traditional Paintings
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Cultural Note
Unit 5 Literature
Text A Four Schools of Fiction in the Ching Dynasty and Their Later Development
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Critical Thinking Skills
Part IV Cultural Notes
Text B Will Mo Yans Nobel Prize Finally Mean Better Sales Abroad?
Part I Understanding the Text
Part II Building Your Vocabulary
Part III Cultural Note
Unit 6 Way of Living
Text A The Cult of \