THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF TEXTS PREPARED AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, THIS ADVANCED TEXT PRESUPPOSES MASTERY OF "BEGINNING CHINESE,""BEGINNING CHINESE READER," AND LESSONS 1 TO 6 OF "INTERMEDIATE CHINESE READER." A COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS ONE, "CHARACTER TEXT FOR ADVANCED CHINESE," PROVIDES READING PRACTICE AND REPETITION OF THE 904 NEW CHARACTERS INTRODUCED AT THIS LEVEL. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE MATERIAL PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME IS A BALANCE BETWEEN ACADEMIC LECTURES AND CLASSROOM DIALOGS ABOUT THE LECTURES. BY PRESENTING SIMPLIFIED LECTURES ON CHINESE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL SUBJECTS, THE TEXT PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO MORE FORMAL WRITTEN AND ORAL SPEECH STYLES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEW VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR POINTS ARE INTRODUCED, DRILLED, AND REVIEWED IN DIALOGS, ILLUSTRATIVE SENTENCES, EXERCISES, AND GRAMMAR DRILLS AND NOTES. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO CORRECT USAGE IN FORMAL AND LESS FORMAL SITUATIONS. ALL CHINESE MATERIAL IS WRITTEN IN PINYIN ROMANIZATION. TAPE RECORDINGS OF THE 20 LECTURES AND OTHER MATERIALS IN THE TEXT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF FAR EASTERN STUDIES, SETON HALL UNIV., SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. THIS TEXT IS AVAILABLE FOR $2.75 FROM THE YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 06511. (JD)