Provides a translation of Mencius, which was influential in ancient Chinese philosophy.

Provides an elaborate history of China, organized by periods.

Lesson Plans

Lists

Provides information on an ancient game that has continued to the present, Xiang Qi or Chinese chess.

Provides sources of information on the I Ching, pronounced "Yi Jing," a classical Chinese text that is valued for its philosophy. It is often used in a ceremonial way to provide guidance.

Provides sources of information on the Tao Te Ching, the central text for Taoism. Taoism is pronounced "Daoism." Text was written by Lao-tzu.

Provides resources on Chinese culture. From China. 2-00

Provides online versions of newspapers and magazines from China.

Provides over 100 annotated and rated resources. Includes grade level.

Provides comprehensive factual and cultural information.

Provides hundreds of sources of information on China. 2-00

News

Provides Chinese business, culture, news, and entertainment, from a Chinese government perspective. 12-99

Provides news from a Chinese government perspective. 12-99

Provides news from a Chinese perspective. (Stories are in Chinese.) 12-99

Papers

Provides pictures and text for classical Chinese furniture.

Provides samples of classical Chinese literature, including Confucian, Taoist, and others.

Provides a short description and a picture of the gongs, drums, guan, sheng, suona, bawu, di, and others.

Provides a comprehensive view of ancient China, including daily life activities and overall history.

"This dictionary uses traditional etymologies and a unique series of charts based on them to show the close relationships between Chinese characters -- which are all derived from about 200 simple pictographs and ideographs in ways that are usually quite logical and easy to remember." - Gene R. Thursby

Provides information for appreciation of the art form. 3-00

Provides information by subject, such as calligraphy, painting, poetry, stories, dictionaries, and more. 3-00

Provides the Web page for China's Embassy in the USA. Warning- Information on Tibetan history and culture should be regarded as propoganda rather than factual information. 2-00

Periodicals

Provides a magazine on Chinese art and culture.

Projects

Provides information and activities related to Chines culture and Chinese-American culture.

Provides a variety of current ethical dilemmas that students may face and requires them to answer from four points of view from ancient China - Confucianist, Taoist, Buddhist, and Legalist.