特刊收入四位中國文化研究所訪問教授論文,分別為：

Traditions of Political Dissent in Tang China
David Mcmullen

Zhengyi Registers 正一籙
John Lagerwey

The Politics of Gesture in Chinese Gardens
Martin J. Powers

Privacy Concepts, Values and Terminology in Hong Kong Fiction
Bonnie S. McDougall

書前有中國文化研究所所長蘇芳淑教授〈前言〉,介紹此書出版緣由。