Chinese history for dummies

• 作者: Tricia Carswell
• 来源期刊: 中国周刊
• 学科: 历史
• 关键词: PEKING Imperial Marco Italian COURT TURNER DIFFICULTY desire DYNASTY GUEST
• 年，卷（期）: zgzk_2003,（9）
• 页码范围: 34-37
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: K87

摘要

【正】 What did I know about 5,000 years of Chinese history when I landed at Peking? Well, I knew the Great Wall was very old and the Silk Road mysterious. I’d heard of Genghis and Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo, Italian guest to the Imperial court. My curiosity was aroused by Peking Man. I had difficulty connecting Peking and Beijing, Mao Tse Tung and Mao Zedong, Kuomintang and Communism, Cantonese and Pinyin. Mr. Turner, my Grade 11 History teacher