中国学生学习拉丁语最佳零基础入门教材
本书以上个世纪初在中国广泛使用的一部拉丁语入门教程为蓝本，经作者十余年使用教学并根据学生反馈进行改编，使之更加符合当代中国学生学习拉丁语的习惯，突出了学习重点和难点，是一部优秀的拉丁语入门教材。
本教程分为两部：语法篇和文献篇。本书为语法篇，由浅及深地讲解了字母、发音、各种类型的词、语法，包含了拉丁语的基本文法知识。章节设置合理，结构清晰，利于学生学习掌握。书后还附有一份词汇表，包括最常用的488个单词及其复合词，不啻于一部小型的拉汉词典，便于学生查阅和记忆。
掌握了本册中的拉丁语基础知识，读者可以尝试阅读本教程的文献篇，那里提供了数十部拉丁语经典的阅读资料，涵盖文、史、哲、法律、宗教等领域。读者不仅可以通过阅读这些文献检验自己的学习成果，更可进一步深入了解拉丁语文化。
我爱那轻柔的拉丁语变种，像女人的吻一样令人融化。——拜伦勋爵，《贝波》
我会让他们都学英语，然后让聪明孩子去学拉丁语作为一种荣誉，学希腊语作为一种嘉赏。——温斯顿·丘吉尔，《我的早年生活》

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