The wisdom of Chinese Characters
汉字的智慧
Course Syllabus 课程章节
3China is one of the four ancient civilizations, with a long and splendid culture and extensive and profound Chinese language. At present, China is playing an increasingly important role in the world economic and cultural exchanges. The most effective way to understand China is to master the Chinese language. Knowing the origin and evolution of Chinese characters and understanding the wisdom of Chinese characters will undoubtedly be of great help to students in learning Chinese. The wisdom course of Chinese characters is mainly designed for foreign students who have no basic knowledge. Therefore, in the process of teaching, the teaching content fully considers the learning situation of students, and the teaching content is mainly based on the combination of image and text. This course takes the appreciation of famous calligraphy and painting as the introduction point, and leads students into the world of ancient calligraphy and painting. Then it introduces the origin and evolution of Chinese characters, focusing on different periods of Chinese characters: oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, big seal script, small seal script, regular script, clerical script, cursive script, running script, etc. In the end, it introduces five ways of Chinese characters formation, leading students to understand the wisdom of Chinese characters systematically. With five thousand years of civilization, Chinese language is endowed with infinite vitality. It is hoped that students can have a better understanding of the origin and evolution, construction and meaning of Chinese characters through the study of this course, and increase their interest in learning Chinese characters and Chinese.
中国是四大文明古国之一,有着悠久辉煌的文化,中文博大精深。当下中国在世界经济文化交流中扮演着越来越重要的角色,了解中国,最有效的途径就是掌握中文,而了解汉字的起源和演变,领略汉字的智慧,无疑对同学们学习中文有着莫大的帮助。汉字的智慧课程,主要授课于零基础的留学生,所以在教学的过程中,教学内容充分考虑学生的学情,授课内容以图文结合的方式为主。本课程从字画名篇鉴赏为引入点,带领学生走入古代书画的世界。接着介绍汉字的起源和演化,着重讲解了不同时期的汉字:甲骨文、金文、大篆、小篆、楷书、隶属、草书、行书等。最后还介绍了汉字的五种造字方法,整体地系统地带领学生了解汉字的智慧。
中国有五千年文明史,这些历史与文化赋予汉语言以无限的生命力。希望学生通过对本课程的学习,能够更好的了解汉字的起源与演变,构造与含义,增加对学习汉字和汉语的兴趣。