Eight lectures on Chinese culture

LECTURE ONE CHINESE PAINTING
General Characteristics of Chinese Painting
History of Chinese Painting
LECTURE TWO CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
LECTURE THREE TRADITIONAL CHINESE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND THE AESTHETICS INVOLVED
History of Chinese Garden
Yihe Yuan (The Summer Palace)
Beihai Park
Chengde:Emperor Qianlong's Summer Retreat
General Characteristics of Chinese Gardens Today
LECTURE FOUR CHINESE PALACE ARCHITECTURE AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
History of Chinese Palace Architecture
The Palace Museum
The Potala Palace
LECTURE FIVE CHINESE IMPERIAL MAUSOLEUMS AND TOMBS
History of Imperial Tombs and Mausoleums
Buildings in Imperial Mausoleums
Underground Palace
Burial of Sacrificial Objects with the Dead
Ming Tombs
LECTURE SIX CHINESE RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE AND THE AESTHETICS INVOLVED
Introduction to Chinese Religious Architecture
Symbolism
Chinese Temple Architecture
Symbolism in Religious Architecture
Chinese Buddhist Pagodas
Tiantan
LECTURE SEVEN SUN ZI'S MILITARY ART AND CHINESE MILITARY TRADITION
Sun Wu's Contribution to the Chinese Military Tradition
Sun Wu's Teaching and Military Thought in the Imperial Period
Chinese and Western Approaches to War
LECTURE EIGHT CONFUCIANISM AND CHINESE CULTURE