On this page you will find my guides to Chinese culture and to reading certain seminal works and viewing certain seminal films with enjoyment:
- PowerPoint: Why do Chinese Majors Need to Know about Japan (and Vice Versa)? and Introduction to Chinese Culture
- PowerPoint: Traditional Chinese Culture in Fours
- A Guide to Reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms (includes introduction to the Four Great Classical Novels)
- An Outline of Moss Roberts's Abbreviated Three Kingdoms
- A Guid to Reading Story of the Stone/Dream of the Red Chamber
- Chinese History and Bertolucci's The Last Emperor
- Reflections on Spring in a Small Town
- Reflections on Chungking Express
See also Famous Scenes from Record of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language.