本书为修订版。本版在延续第一版的理论基础和内容框架的基础上，大量增加了新的内容，包括理论本身的改进、增加诸多实用的功能、增加大量范例等等，内容扩充了近一倍。无论如何，这本书的目标没有变化，还是想让海外的汉语学习者能够“一看就懂，一学就用”，真正发挥语法应有的功能，让学习汉语更富效率。

“道生一，一生二，二生三，三生无数”这句话，应当是对汉语语法内在特质最为精当的概括。本书力求简单实用，向海外学习者展现汉语智慧与美，彰显运用之便利，以帮助海内外学习者轻松高效掌握汉语基础应用。

Chapter 1 About the Chinese Characters

Chapter 2 Creating New Words

Chapter 3 Basic Rules for Combining Words

 Section 1：Where Both Words Refer to Objects

 Section 2：Where Words Refer to Objects and States

 Section 3：Where Both Words Refer to States

 Section 4：Where Both Words Refer to Actions

 Section 5：Where Words Refer to Objects and Actions

 Section 6：Where Words Refer to States and Actions

 Section 7：Summary

Chapter 4 Advanced Skills in Application

 Section 1：The Construction of Complex Words

 Section 2：Principles and Practical Skills

Chapter 5 Sentence Construction

 Section 1：mypical structure：Orders and Suggestions

 Section 2：mypical Structure：Describing the Actions

 Section 3：Typical Structure：Describing the Subject

 Section 4：TVpical Structure：Describing Existence

 Section 5：Special Structures

Chapter 6 Specifying Tenses

Chapter 7 Raising a Question

 Section 1：Questions Requiring Confirmation

 Section 2：Questioning Specific Components

Chapter 8 Constructing Complex Sentences

Chapter 9 Advanced Skills in Making Sentences