The author of this book is a Chinese cultural anthropologist and writer living in the United States, who has taught Chinese language and culture overseas for many years. With the clear and accurate language and objective and extensive contents, this book is very interesting to read. The author includes the Chinese culture, philosophy, ethics and common people’s life in the book, introducing and analyzing the Chinese language in the perspective of cultural anthropology and based on his profound knowledge of Chinese language. This book is suited for teaching foreigners Chinese at the advanced level.
