"Chinese" is the course where we make full use of our native languages to enjoy literary works, to enrich our cultural taste, to develop our thinking and even to elevate human cultivation. This four-credit course is set for the freshman students: with 2 credits in each of the two semesters of the school year. In the first semester, the course covers important articles in literature, in the hope for the student learners to cultivate better ability to taste literary works when they have more vivid sense on the language. With fuller knowledge on what literature is about, they are expected to try creative writings. For the second semester, the course is mainly focused on the writings on thoughts. It is our expectation that throughout the reading and analysis of various great schools of philosophy, the student learners are given the opportunity to explore the huge minds of philosophers, who will thus be imitated and followed. Through the internalization, the students might benefit themse |