Reading Chinese Level 5 4

Read Laozi with ease, understand Dao De Jing in depth, and appreciate the modern inspiration of millennia-old wisdom.
浅显易懂读老子，深入浅出解《道德经》，感悟千年智慧的现代启迪。

This book is one of the Chinese graded reader series for foreign learners, corresponding to Level 5 of the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. It is intended for extended reading by Chinese learners, and its theme is to introduce and evaluate Laozi and his work Dao De Jing. The book is divided into 9 chapters, with 4 lessons in each chapter. It explains Laozi's life and main thoughts in an easy-to-understand way, and provides detailed explanations of Dao De Jing, covering aspects such as thought and philosophy, society and politics, health preservation and self-cultivation, and ways of dealing with people and the world. Each lesson contains the main text, a vocabulary list (Level 5 words and beyond-level words), and exercises. The vocabulary is accompanied by pinyin and English explanations. The editor has certain teaching and compiling experience. Within the vocabulary and grammar scope of Level 5, and centering on the theme, the editor has written a series of short articles, each of about two to three thousand characters. Starting from Laozi's life, the book explains the profound philosophy contained in Dao De Jing and its far-reaching influence in history, and finally explains the inspiration of Laozi's thought for modern people. The writing in this book is fluent and the logic is smooth. Even more commendably, the exposition of Laozi's thought is precise and powerful, reaching a certain depth of thought.
本书是面向外国学习者的中文分级系列读物之一，对应《中文水平等级标准》五级水平，用于中文学习者的拓展阅读，主题为介绍、评价老子及其作品《道德经》。全书共分9章，每章有4课，浅显易懂地说明了老子的生平、主要思想，并对《道德经》做了详尽的解释，涉及思想哲学、社会与政治、养生与修身、为人与处世等方面。每课包含正文、词语表（五级词和超纲词）和练习，词语附有拼音和英语解释。编者有一定的教学和编写经验，在第五级的词汇、语法范围内，围绕主题编写了一系列小文章，每篇有两三千字左右，从老子生平说起，解释了《道德经》所蕴含的深刻哲学、在历史上的深远影响，最后说明了老子思想对现代人的启发。本书文字流畅，逻辑通顺，更难能可贵的是，对老子思想的阐述精当有力，达到了一定的思想深度。