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A Concise Reader of Chinese Culture

Part of the China Insights Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8867-5

ISBN: 978-981-13-8866-8

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

Aug 3, 2019

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Chapter 1Archaeological Finds and Origins of Chinese Civilization

Gan, Chunsong

Pages: 1 –19

[Archaeological finds are of paramount importance for anyone who attempts to understand seriously the formation and development of the civilization of a country. Without evidence provided by the excavated testimony and documents and materials handed down from the past, many historical records can...
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Chapter 2All Under Heaven, States, Institutions, Rites and Customs

Gan, Chunsong

Pages: 21 –125

[The word China (zhongguo in Chinese, literally, middle kingdom) first appeared in the early years of the Western Zhou, and was in wide use during the Spring and Autumn period, but it was not until modern times that it emerged as the name of the country]
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Chapter 3Thought and Beliefs

Gan, Chunsong

Pages: 127 –215

[There are a few important sources of human civilization in the world, such as ancient Egypt, India, Babylon, Greece, China, etc.; these early civilizations formed their own values and modes of thinking, so differently from one another due to their different geographical locations and ethnicities...
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Chapter 4Art and Aesthetics

Gan, Chunsong

Pages: 217 –261

[The comprehensive use of songs, dances, and music in the activities of the rites and ceremonials are most likely derived from the shamanistic rituals in remote antiquity.]
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Chapter 5Cultural Exchanges Between China and Other Countries and a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

Gan, Chunsong

Pages: 263 –281

[The term “Silk RoadSilk Road” was first coined by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. In 1877, he defined silk roadSilk Road as follows: “It refers to the route of which silk trade functioned as a medium to link China with the middle area of the rivers (Amu Darya and Syr Darya), and...

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