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A breakthrough in learning Chinese based on spatial character recognition. Northwestern University Professor Gu Licheng has been using this method of artistic character representation with great success to teach Chinese to his students for many years. Color images depict characters artistically so that students learn to associate characters with vivid mental images that are easy to remember. Here is Professor Gu's innovative method collected and published for the first time!

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 - Ups and Downs
Lesson 2 - Big and Small
Lesson 3 - Bird and Island
Lesson 4 - Wood and Fire
Lesson 5 - Nest and Water
Lesson 6 - River and Air
Lesson 7 - Weather and Farm
Lesson 8 - Man and Woman
Lesson 9 - Parent and Baby
Lesson 10 - Child and Health
Lesson 11 - Crops and Science
Lesson 12 - Paint and Point
Lesson 13 - Sun and Moon
Lesson 14 - Grass and Flower
Lesson 15 - Mulberry and Worm
Lesson 16 - Horse and Riding
Lesson 17 - Fight and Punish
Lesson 18 - Weapon and Soldier
Lesson 19 - Speech and Debate
Lesson 20 - Look and Come
Lesson 21 - Ask and Answer
Lesson 22 - Clothes and Mend
Lesson 23 - Pointed and Number
Lesson 24 - Walk and Follow