侯先绒、刘胜兵主编的《英释国学经典选读》课题组从璨如星海的传统国学经典中精心选出《周易》《庄子》《论语》《中庸》《史记》《孙子兵法》《黄帝内经》和《聊斋志异》八部经典，既有百经之首、医之始祖，又有儒道瑰宝、兵学圣典，还有史家绝唱、短篇巨著、横贯历史长河，纵览上下数千年。不仅如此，这些国学经典均在不同历史时期为国内外译者屡次翻译推介，可见其在中国文化史和人类文明史上具有举足轻重的地位。课题组选择这些经典及其译文可以帮助学生体会经典的魅力、文化的影响力和翻译的创作力，为讲好中国故事、传播中国文化做好准备。

Unit1 The Zhou Book of Change
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
On the Trigrams
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit2 Zhuangzi the Book
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Free and Easy Wandering
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit3 The Analects of Confucius
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Education
Benevolence
Wisdom
Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit4 The Doctrine of the Mean
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Chapter One
Chapter Twenty
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit5 Records of the Historian
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Xiang Yu
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit6 The Art of War
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Making Assessments
Attacking by Stratagem
Weakness and Strength
Nine Regions
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit7 Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
Chapter 2 Comprehensive Discourse on Regulating the Spirit in Accordance
with the Qi of the Four Seasons
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Unit8 Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Selected Readings
The Taoist Priest of Laoshan
Painted Skin
Nie Xiaoqian
Inspectorate of Misdeeds
Chinese Philosophy
Practice
References
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Practice
Appendix Ⅱ Glossary
Appendix Ⅲ 汉英词汇表