A Foolish Man Buys Shoes In the past there lived a foolish man in a small kingdom called Zheng. One...
Culture
The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Terror One day a tiger was hunting around in a forest.An unlucky fox was caught...
Being an important part of the Chinese language and culture，Chinese idioms and fables are precious gems of Chinese wisdom.As a...
Grammar and Tones Chinese grammar is much simpler than that of European languages.There are no article（a，an，the），no tenses and no plurals.The...
The official language of the People's Republic of China（PRC for short）is Chinese，which isbased on the northern dialect.It is usually referred...
Educator as well as Philosopher One of the most famous people in ancient China was a wise philosopher named Confucius....
The Imperial Examination System The imperial examination system(also called Keju examination system) is commonly regarded as having started around the...
Beginning of Ancient Education The historical importance of education in Chinese culture is derived from the teachings ofConfucius and philosophers...
Chinese Buddhism with a history of about 2,000 years has been playing an important role in forming the outlook of...
Daoism(or Taoism), like Confucianism, has made huge contributions to the Chinese philosophical thought. Daoism is based on the theory of...
Confucianism has influenced the Chinese for thousands of years and is deeply rooted inChinese culture.Confucianism is an integration of intellectual，political，and...
Republic of China（1912-1949） Guided by the Three Principles of the People，"nationalism，democracy，and people's livelihood”，Dr.Sun Yat-sen（1866-1925）led people to overthrow the Qing Dynasty...
The Opium Wars or Sino-British Opium War, lasting from 1840 to 1842 and 1856 to1860 respectively, was a turning point...
The Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) The Ming Dynasty was founded by a peasant uprising leader Zhu Yuanzhang at1368. He drove the Mongol...
The Song Dynasty(960-1279) The Song period was divided into two phases: Northern Song(960-1127) and Southern Song(1127-1279). With a thriving economy,...
The Sui Dynasty(581-618) China was reunified by the Sui dynasty founded by emperor Sui Wendi, Yang Jiang, with the capital...
The Han Dynasty(206 B.C.-220A.D.) In 206 B.C. Liu Bang succeeded in founding a new empire, the Han Dynasty, with its...
The Zhou Dynasty(1046B.C.-256B.C.) The Zhou Dynasty reigned for more than 8o0 years with 37 kings, the longest period of all...
The Xia Dynasty（2070B.C.-1600B.C.） Xia is the first prehistoric dynasty in Chinese history.It is said that when the legendary ruler Yu...
The population of China, which is the largest in the world, is over 1.3 billion with 56 ethnic groups. The...