An Introduction to Chinese Culture for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages is based on the characteristics of international Chinese language teaching, and selects the general knowledge of Chinese culture that teachers of Chinese should know, including 14 aspects of Chinese history, Chinese geography, Chinese philosophy, Chinese religion, social system of ancient China, Chinese literature, Chinese art, Chinese crafts, Chinese architecture and gardens, Chinese folklore, Chinese education and the imperial examination system, and so on. Teachers of Chinese can give corresponding explanation in combination with Chinese cultural knowledge in language teaching, thus achieving better teaching results.

Du Daoming, a professor and doctor supervisor at the Chinese Culture Research Institute of Beijing Language and Culture University, serves as a director of the Chinese Association of Quyuan and a director of the Association for Yan Huang Culture of China, etc. He is mainly engaged in research on literary aesthetics, classical literature and Chinese culture. Professor Du has been invited to give lectures at the Department of Sinology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and the Matsuyama University, Japan. He has published many monographs, including Taoism and Liberation, The Road to Harmony: China’s Harmonious Culture and Aesthetics, An Examination of Aesthetic Culture in Ancient China, and An Introduction to the Culture of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and co-authored Introduction and Comment on Figures in Wen Xin Diao Long and Appreciation and Analysis of Jiang Kui’s Poetry. Meanwhile, he has published more than 70 academic papers in core journals at home and abroad.

An Introduction to Chinese Culture for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages can be used both as a teaching book for the core curriculum of the Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL) and as a tutorial for the exam of Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (CTCSOL).

It is recommended for teachers and students majoring in international Chinese language education and readers interested in teaching foreigners Chinese language.