《中國文化英語教程》以生動的事例和材料，對中國文化具備特色的內容進行深入淺出的介紹，引導學生領悟中國文化的精髓，學會相應的英語表達，從而向世界展示中國的多彩文化和中國人的心靈世界與文化生活。本書具有如下特色：
燦爛文化 靈動藝術 從智慧與信仰到創造與交流，從藝術與美感到民俗與風情，展示古代中國的燦爛文化和當代社會的豐富內涵。
繪聲繪色 詩意享受 清新的文字與精美的插圖交相輝映，呈現中華文明立體而流動的美好畫面，折射中國人的審美觀和生活情趣。對比文化堋練思維練習活動的設計融入了中西方文化的比較，有助於學生開拓視野，培養文化意識與思辨能力。
模擬情境 強調應用 圍繞學生在日常生活和學習中遇到的文化交流問題設計任務，使學生融入其中。實現語言與文化兩個層面的輸出。
《中國文化英語教程》選材精良，編寫嚴謹，體現深厚的文化底蘊與思想內涵，是以英語教授中國文化的選擇教程，也可作為英語學習者的自我提高用書。

Part1 Wisdom and Beliefs
Unit 1 Confucian Thought on Heaven and Humanity
Unit 2 Laozis Philosophy of Non-action
Unit 3 Sunzi k Art of War： Source for All Books on War
Unit 4 The Temple of Heaven： Reverence with Awe and Gratitude
Unit 5 Eco-awareness in Traditional Chinese Culture
PartII Creativity and Exchange
Unit 6 Chinese Characters： Poetic Symbols
Unit 7 The Silk Road
Unit 8 Openness of the Great Tang
Unit 9 Zheng Hes Voyages to the Western Seas
Unit 10 The Great Wall
Unit 11 The Forbidden City： Glorious and Awe-inspiring
Part III Art and Aesthetics
Unit 12 Music： Govern the Country. Nourish the Mind
Unit 13 A Silent Army
Unit 14 The Eternal Smile of the Buddha
Unit 15 Flying Strokes of Calligraphy
Unit 16 Porcelain——Calling Card of Chinese Culture
Unit 17 Gardens South of the Yangtze River
Unit 18 Peking Opera： Artistry of Performers
Unit 19 A Variety of Splendid Folk Arts
Part IV Tolk Customs
Unit 20 Urban Customs in A Riverside Scene atQingming Festival
Unit 21 Customs and Charms ofOld Beijing
Unit 22 Culinary Delights in China
Unit 23 Life with Fragrant Tea
Unit 24 Martial Arts and Cuju

3 Laozi was first introduced into Europe possibly as early as the 15th century and has been one of the most translated philosophical works of ancient China. Many of Laozis enlightening views are based on his philosophy of naturalness and non-action. Naturalness and Non-action.
4 "Naturalness" is an important concept of Laozis philosophy. It refers to a natural state of being， an attitude of following the way of nature. Laozi emphasized that everything in the world has its own way of being and development： birds fly in the sky， fish swim in the water， clouds float in the sky， flowers bloom and flowers fall. All these phenomena occur independently and naturally without following any human will， and humans should not try to change anything natural. Laozi admonished （告誡） people to give up on any desire to control the world. Following the way of nature is the way to resolving conflicts between humans and the world.
5 "Non-action" is another important concept of Laozis philosophy. It is the guarantee of"naturalness". Laozi said， "（Dao or the Way） acts through non-action，" by which he didnot mean that one should do nothing and passively wait for something to be achieved.Neither did he deny human creativity. What he meant is that human enterprises shouldbe built on the basis of naturalness， not on any attempts to interrupt the rhythm of nature.Human creativity should be in compliance with （依從） the ways of nature.Laozi said， "Great ingenuity （足智多謀） appears to be stupidity." This is the essence of"naturalness" and "non-action". "Great ingenuity" refers to the highest level of ingenuity，arising so naturally that it does not resemble ingenuity at all. Ingenuity can be achievedthrough human effort， but "great ingenuity" is superior to ordinary ingenuity. To Laozi，resorting to deceit （期騙） is true futility （無益的事） and would accomplish just the oppositeresult. Those who intend to play tricks are not genuine and therefore are not natural. Deceitis detrimental to naturalness and to the harmony of life.

近期頒布的《國家中長期教育改革和發展規劃綱要（2010-2020年）》為高校教育未來十年的發展指明了方向，提出了新的要求。它指出：“鼓勵學校優勢學科面向世界，支持參與和設立國際學術合作組織、國際科學計劃，支持與海內外高水平教育、科研機構建立聯合研發基地。加快創建世界一流大學和高水平大學的步伐，培養一批撥尖創新人纔，形成一批世界一流學科，產生一批國際領先的原創性成果，為提升我國綜合國力貢獻力量”。
這樣的國際學術交流與合作背景，勢必要求各高等院校重視培養學生跨文化交際的意識與能力，使學生成為文化交流的使者，在進行學術交流的同時也能比較深入地將有著幾千年文明歷史的中國文化介紹給感興趣的外國人，讓世界各國人民全面、深入地認識中華民族。而目前大學後續英語課程中多以英美國家文化為主，缺少中國文化內容，這與學生的現實需求不符，高等院校後續英語課程設置急需進行調整以適應新的形勢和要求。
基於以上考慮，我們為大學本科生和研究生編寫了（《中國文化英語教程》，該教程從《中國文化讀本》（英文版）中精選了24個專題，並增加了相應的注釋和練習。《中國文化讀本》（英文版）是從其中文版翻譯而來，中文版由北京大學葉朗和朱良志兩位教授撰寫，英文版由外語教學與研究出版社副總編輯章思英老師和資深翻譯陳海燕老師翻譯。葉朗教授曾同時兼任北京大學哲學繫、宗教學繫、藝術學繫三個繫的繫主任，是當代頗具影響力的哲學家、美學家。朱良志教授也是這個領域出色的學者，對中國哲學、藝術有長期深入的研究，特別是在繪畫、書法、園林等中國傳統藝術和禪宗哲學上有很深的造詣。我們希望本教程為學習者提供一種對中國文化的生動的、通俗的介紹，同時通過思維拓展的練習活動，幫助學習者形成一種對中國文化的新鮮的、有深度的認識，以提高他們的跨文化交際能力。