中华文化源远流长，博大精深，蕴涵[1]宽广，诸如科学、艺术、宗教、道德、法律、政治、经济、医药、社会制度等无一不包。中华文化历史悠久，历五千年而弥新[2]，其传衍与充实光大，是我炎黄子孙共同的责任。

Chinese culture, deriving its origins from the distant past, is broad profound and comprehensive. It covers all fields of human endeavor including science, art religion, law, Politics, morality, medicine and social system. Chinese culture. With a long, long history. Remains flourishing and thriving after weathering dynastic vicissitudes over 5,000 years. The continuity and propagation[3] of Chinese culture have now become the common mission of the descents of the Yellow Emperor.

华侨遍及全球，鉴于侨胞长期旅居海外，广泛深入接触中华文化不易。中华民国侨务委员会特敦请国内学者专家，编撰[4]「海华文库丛书」，内容有关认识中国文字、语文、文化、中国历史故事以及唐诗欣赏、成语故事、儿歌、儿童诗等，文词深入浅出，简明易懂，适合各种程度的侨胞阅读。

Overseas Chinese scatter around all parts of the globe. Since most of them reside overseas for a long time. It is not easy for them to get an in-depth understanding of Chinese culture. To fill this gap, the ROC Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission has invited scholars and experts at home to compile this Overseas Chinese Library. Contents of the Library cover a variety of topics including Chinese characters, language, culture, Chinese historical stories, and poems of Tang Chinese idiom stories children's song and children's poems. Written in plain language and easy to understand, the Library suits overseas Chinese with various levels of Chinese proficiency.

[1] 蕴涵 yùnhán contain

蕴藏 yùncáng (动) hold in store; contain: HSK 6 new

[2]历久弥新： 时间越久越清新。 Remains flourishing and thriving after weathering long history

[3] propagation noun [ U ] UK /ˌprɒp.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌprɑː.pəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ [U] 传播; 传衍 (YAO) (GROWING) the act of producing a new plant from a parent plant:

[4]编撰 biānzhuàn compile; write; compose