《中國社會與文化》基於當前**外形勢與現狀，專門為中國高校學生(含非英語專業學生、留學生和英語專業學生)編寫的中國社會與文化教材，可為非英語專業學生開設大學英語拓展課，留學生開設中國文化課和英語專業學生開設中國文化素質通識課使用。全書圖文並茂，信息量大，內容涉及中國概貌，中國漢字、語言與教育，中國傳統節日，中國歷史故事、神話、寓言與民間傳說，中國文化瑰寶，中國文學，中國古典哲學，中國建築與園林，中國醫藥以及中國科學與技術，並有的放矢地提供了補充閱讀材料。本書由蒙興燦、熊躍萍編著。

Chapter 1 A Panoramic View of the Chinese Land
Section 1 Geography
Section 2 Administrative Divisions
Section 3 Population and Languages
Section 4 Distribution of Ethnic Groups
Section 5 The National Flag, Emblem and Political System
Section 6 Economic Development and Reform
Section 7 An Outline History
Section 8 GeneralValues of Chinese People
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 2 Chinese Characters, Language and Education
Section 1 Chinese Characters
Section 2 The Chinese Language
Section 3 TheChinese Education
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 3 Chinese Traditional Festivals
Section 1 Main Traditional Festivals
Section 2 OtherTraditional Festivals
Section 3 Some Ethnic Festivals
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 4 Chinese Historical Tales, Myths, Fables and Legends
Section 1 Chinese HistoricaITales
Section 2 Myths
Section 3 Fables
Section 4 Folklores
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 5 Chinese Cultural Gems
Section 1 The Four Books and The Five Classics (四書五經)
Section 2 Beijing Opera and Local Operas
Section 3 Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
Section 4 CulturaITokens in Daily Life
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 6 Chinese Literature
Section 1 The Summary of Chinese Literature
Section 2 Four Great Classical Chinese Novels
Section 3 OtherWell-Known Literary Pieces
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 7 Chinese Classic Philosophy
Section 1 Confucianism
Section 2 Daoism
Section 3 Buddhism
Section 4 Other Important Schools
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 8 Chinese Architecture and Gardening
Section 1 Ancient ArchitecturaIStyles
Section 2 Famous Ancient Constructions
Section 3 Chinese Gardening
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 9 Traditional Chinese Medicine
Section 1 TheoriesofTCM
Section 2 Diagnostic Methods
Section 3 Chinese Herbology
Section 4 FiveTraditionaITreatments
Section 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics
Section 6 Four Most FamousTCM Doctors
Section 7 The Status Quo of TCM
Supplementary Readings
Chapter 10 Chinese Science and Technology
Section 1 Science and Technology in Early Chinese History
Section 2 Science and Technology in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods
Section 3 Science and Technology in the Qin and Han Dynasties
Section 4 Science and Technology in the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties
Section 5 Science and Technology in the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
Section 6 Science and Technology in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
Section 7 Science and Technology from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty before Opium War
Section 8 Science and Technology from Opium War to the End of the Qing Dynasty
Section 9 Science and Technology in the R.C. and P.R.C.
Supplementary Readings
References