Table of Contents

第一部分
unit 1 the origin of traditional chinese culture
unit 2 chinese food and drink
unit 3 chinese myths and legends
unit 4 introduction of chinese architecture
unit 5 chinese martial arts
unit 6 chinese characters, calligraphy and painting
unit 7 chinese music and opera
unit 8 traditional chinese festivals
unit 9 chinese folk handicraft and entertainment
unit 10 traditional chinese literature (1)
unit 11 traditional chinese literature (2)
unit 12 traditional chinese education
unit 13 traditional chinese medicine
unit 14 chinese filial piety
unit 15 the historic emissaries between china and the world

第二部分
第一单元 中国传统文化的起源
第二单元 中国饮食
第三单元 中国神话与传说
第四单元 中国传统建筑
第五单元 中国武术
第六单元 汉字、书法与绘画
第七单元 中国古典音乐和戏曲
第八单元 中国传统节日
第九单元 中国民间手工艺和娱乐活动
第十单元 中国传统文学(1)
第十一单元 中国传统文学(2)
第十二单元 中国传统教育
第十三单元 中国传统医学
第十四单元 中国孝道
第十五单元 中外交流史上的和平使者
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The Han court dispatched Zhang Qian, a military officer who was familiar with the Xiongnu, to the Western Regions in 138 BC with a group of ninety-nine members to make contact and build an alliance with the Yuezhi against the Xiongnu. He was accompanied by a guide and interpreter named Ganfu, a Xiongnu who had been captured by Han army in war. The objective of Zhang Qian's first mission was to seek a military alliance with the Yuezhi, in modern Tajikistan. Unfortunately, Zhang Qian was captured by Xiongnu army, when he was forced to pass through land controlled by the Xiongnu. He was enslaved to the Xiongnu for ten years. During this time he married a Xiongnu wife and gained the trust of the Xiongnu leader.
Zhang and Ganfu were eventually able to escape and following the northern edge of the Tarim Basin, around the Kunlun Mountains, they made their way to Dayuan and ultimately to the land of the Yuezhi. However, when Zhang Qian made his intentions clear, the king of Yuezhi declined to join up with the Han Dynasty in an attack on the Xiongnu to avenge his country for the simple reason that the long distance between the two countries made it impossible for either to give direct and immediate aid to the other. Besides, Yuezhi had already acquired a vast stretch of land and the people were enjoying rich and happy life. Zhang spent a year in Yuezhi and the adjacent Bactrian territory, documenting their cultures, lifestyles and economy. The Yuezhi were agricultural people who produced strong horses and many crops unknown to Hart including Lucerne for animal fodder, grapes, sesame, walnut, garlic, carrot. Still they were unable to accomplish the mission and so they decided to return home.
This time to be back, they followed the southern edge of the Tarim Basin to avoid the Xiongnu. Unfortunately, on his return trip he was again captured by the Xiongnu who again spared his life because they valued his sense of duty and composure in the face of death. Two years later the Xiongnu leader died and in the midst of chaos and infighting Zhang Qian escaped once more.