《中国文化经典选读》为重庆市“‘中国文化走出去’实验班教学改革探索”高等教育教学改革研究重大项目和四川外国语大学“三特”项目“中国文化走出去”实验班,以及“三特”教材资助项目的建设成果之一。教材用于《中国文学导论及经典文本选读》该专业核心课程,主要内容包括中国思想史的介绍、中国思想经典文本中英文对照选本、中外学者对中国思想文化英文评述选篇和思考题。这样的内容设计,是为了满足实验班本科阶段培养具有扎实的中英文语言文化基础、具备深入进行跨文化研究与运用潜质的高素质专业人才的培养目标,从目前来说很难在靠前外找到符合这一课程设计的教材。目前靠前外常见的中国文化英文读本教材都适用于用英文介绍中国文化的概况、文学、哲学、物质文化等方面的知识,以介绍性为主、以点带面,基本不涉及对经典文本本身的阅读和讨论,例如《中国文化通览》(高等教育出版社,2006年)、中国文化英语教程(外语教学与研究出版社出版,2010年)、Chinese Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2012)等。而国外大学东方学系的选本教材,从其内容的深度和广度来说,又超出靠前三年级英语专业本科生能够承受的难度,例如A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (Princeton University Press,1963), Sources of Chinese Tradition (Columbia University Press,1960)等。而这些国外选本教材所用的译本偏旧,也存在一些问题。近年来,随着国家对经典外译工作的重视,不少经典篇目有了很新的译本,有些翻译甚至超过了过去的经典译本,所以,将很合适的译本带给学生会极大地提高教学质量。此外,将文化述评类的英文文章与选本结合,这种形式笔者也尚未在市面上看到,这是本教材的另一独特之处。
ContentsIntroduction An Overview of Chinese Culture and Thought ..............................1Timeline of Chinese Culture and Thought .............................................................10Chapter One Spatial and Temporal Ideas of Early Chinese Culture................13 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 13 Selected Passages from The Book of Changes ....................................................................... 15 “The Announcement of the Duke of Shao” from The Classic of Documents ........................ 18 Extensive Reading A Foreword to I Ching ......................................................................... 21 Extensive Reading B Geographic Background of the Chinese People...............................23 Extensive Reading C North and South................................................................................ 25 Extensive Reading D The History of China from 220 AD—1200 AD ............................... 28 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 32Chapter Two The Development of Confucianism ...............................................34 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 34 Selected Passages from The Analects..................................................................................... 36 Selected Passages from Mencius............................................................................................ 37 “The Merit of the Confucian” from The Works of Xunzi........................................................ 39 An Explanation of the Diagram of the Great Ultimate ......................................................... 43 Extensive Reading A Chapter Nine from The Book of Rites............................................... 45 Extensive Reading B “The Great Harmony” from Correcting Youthful Ignorance............ 48 Extensive Reading C An Excerpt from The Problem of China........................................... 52 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 57Chapter Three Philosophical Daoism and Its Imaginativeness .........................60 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 60 Selected Passages from Dao De Jing ..................................................................................... 62 “External Things” from Zhuangzi .......................................................................................... 65 Selected Passages from On the Nourishment of Life.............................................................. 68 Extensive Reading A Introduction to Painting .................................................................... 69 Extensive Reading B Selected Passages from Commentary on Zhuangzi .......................... 71 Extensive Reading C The Perfection of the Chinese in the Art of Gardening .................... 73 Extensive Reading D Painting and Calligraphy from The Heritage of Chinese Art ........... 75 Extensive Reading E A Selection from The Tao and the Logos.......................................... 80 Study Questions...................................................................................................................... 83Chapter Four Chinese Buddhism.........................................................................86 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 86 Selected Passages from The Disposition of Error.................................................................. 88 Selected Passages from Confirmation of the Consciousness-Only System Translated from Sanskrit ................................................................................................................................. 91 Extensive Reading A An Excerpt from A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang..... 94 Extensive Reading B Selections from the Dunhuang Version of the Platform Sutra ......... 97 Extensive Reading C Buddhist Influence on Chinese Religious Life ................................. 98 Study Questions.................................................................................................................... 101 Chapter Five The “Others” in Chinese Classics ...............................................102 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 102 Selected Passages from The Mohist Canons ........................................................................ 104 Selected Passages from Han Feizi........................................................................................ 107 “Memorial on the Burning of Books” from “Li Si” of the Records of the Historian .......... 110 A Selection from Gongsun Longzi on the “White Horse”.................................................... 111 Extensive Reading A Implications of Chinese Epistemology...........................................113 Extensive Reading B Selections from The Spirit of the Chinese People .......................... 116 Study Questions.................................................................................................................... 120目录引言中国文化思想简述 1 中国思想文化历史时间表 10章 早期中国文化的时空思想 13引言............................... 13 《易经》选篇........................... 15 《尚书. 召诰》选篇........................ 18 拓展阅读A 《易经》前言..................... 21 拓展阅读B 中国文化的地理背景.................. 23 拓展阅读C 南方与北方...................... 25 拓展阅读D 公元220 年至1200 年的中国历史............. 28练习............................... 32 第二章 儒家思想的发展 34引言............................... 34 《论语》选篇........................... 36 《孟子》选篇........................... 37 《荀子. 儒效》选篇........................ 39 太极图说............................. 43 拓展阅读A 《礼记. 礼运》选篇.................. 45 拓展阅读B 《正蒙. 太和》选篇.................. 48 拓展阅读C 《中国问题》选篇................... 52 练习............................... 57 第三章 道家思想及其想象性 60引言............................... 60 《道德经》选篇.......................... 62 《庄子. 外物》选篇........................ 65 《答难养生论》选篇........................ 68 拓展阅读A 叙画......................... 69 拓展阅读B 《庄子注》选篇.................... 71 拓展阅读C 完美的中国园林艺术.................. 73 拓展阅读D 《中国艺术的遗产》选篇“绘画与书法”......... 75 拓展阅读E 《道与逻各斯》选篇.................. 80 练习............................... 83 第四章 中国佛教思想 86引言............................... 86 《理惑论》选篇.......................... 88 《成唯识论》选篇......................... 91 拓展阅读A 《洛阳伽蓝记》选篇.................. 94 拓展阅读B 敦煌写本《六祖坛经》选篇............... 97 拓展阅读C 佛教对中国人宗教生活的影响.............. 98 练习.............................. 101 第五章 中国的子学思想 102 引言.............................. 102 《墨经》选篇.......................... 104 《韩非子》选篇......................... 107 《史记. 李斯列传》选篇..................... 110 《公孙龙子·白马论》选篇.................... 111 拓展阅读A 中国认识论探微................... 113 拓展阅读B 《中国人的精神》选篇................ 116 练习.............................. 120