This is the second edition of Zhong Wen / Chinese textbooks, designed for overseas students who plan to attend an after-school course, introduces 2,500 Chinese characters, covers a wide range of topics and provides an overview of Chinese culture including Chinese geography, history and philosophy. The 1-9 volumes introduce the basic knowledge of Chinese, including the characters, Pinyin system, sentence patterns and short composition. The 10-12 volumes talk about the Chinese geography, history, philosophy and so on. With simple words of the contents, students will learn Chinese language and culture easily.