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.