China's traditional culture is extensive and profound, and its ancient books are vast. Where should I start reading?

The Chinese Poetry Conference, which rose earlier, set off an upsurge of learning classical poetry. Xinhua News Agency spoke highly of this, saying that "poetry never dies, but love never changes". Poetry is just a drop in the bucket in China's extensive and profound Chinese studies, and the vast ancient books are all-encompassing. Each dynasty has its own unique cultural form, such as Tang poetry and Song poetry, as well as novels in Ming and Qing dynasties. The classics of Chinese studies are not limited to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As for how to read it, it depends on which section you feel.

Entry-level classical books

The so-called entry level is equivalent to some children's enlightenment books. If you haven't seen it before, you might as well start with the simplest, such as the three-character classic and the thousand-character text. If you think they are too simple to read, you might as well consider the four books and five classics with certain difficulties, namely, University, Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. There are complete versions of the whole set of books online, and some of them are translated.

Novels and classic books

Ancient novels are no worse than today's and more vivid. I recommend four great classical novels to you. When I was in junior high school, I loved to watch Four Great Classical Novels again and again. A red chamber shows the rise and fall of several families. Lin Daiyu's sentimentality caught up with the devil incarnate Jia Baoyu, which was my first impression of love. 108 heroes in the water margin also have distinct personalities, and each image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; The Three Kingdoms is a Machiavellian man's world, and the idea that the world will be divided for a long time will accompany me to understand the history of each dynasty; The eighty-one difficulty in The Journey to the West is also the epitome of our way to study. Success belongs to the persevering.

Regarding reading, Liang Qichao once said, "If you don't know the details, you will get nothing, which is equal to reading in vain; If your eyes are unhappy, you don't have enough time to search for information. " So I hope everyone can do intensive reading and extensive reading when reading Chinese classics.