The Application Of The Six Categories Of Chinese Characters In Teaching Chinese Characters To Foreigners

China:Empire of Living Symbols by the Swedish Sinologist Cecilia Lindqvist is a classic book that teaches foreigners to learn Chinese characters in the way of The Six Categories of Chinese Characters.In her teaching,She used Chinese characters to show the appearance of Chinese society,combined classified teaching with the stories of Chinese characters,combined ethnic Chinese characters teaching with The Six Categories of Chinese Characters method,separated many Chinese characters from the same theme and used historical relics to show the source of Chinese characters.Finally,she presented the beauty of Chinese characters with prose strokes.Cecilia Lindqvist’s teaching methods not only provide reference for foreign learners to learn Chinese characters,but also become an important reference for teaching Chinese characters to foreigners.