With a long history and profound connotations, Chinese culture is indispensable for the cultivation of Chinese national spirit, temperament and personality, and the demand is growing for an authoritative, practical and concise dictionary on Chinese culture. This book shoulders such responsibility by explaining words, famous sayings, basic concepts, figures and works representative of Chinese culture, with entries extensively collected from the cream of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and various schools of thought, totaling over 3,600. This book is not only a rigorous dictionary, but also a comprehensive and objective introduction to Chinese culture. It is indexed in two ways: a categorized one and an alphabetic one, enabling searching on demand.