These top ten classics of Chinese studies are not only classics of Chinese studies, but also popular bestsellers among modern people. These books combine the essence of China's wisdom, and behind each book stands a great wise man! I can't get tired of reading old books, but I only know it through careful reading! Reading should start from the classics of Chinese studies! The following are the classics that you must read in your life. Welcome to read the reference!
1, Historical Records of Sima Qian
Historical Records is a great historical work written by Sima Qian, a famous historian in China. It ranks first in the "Twenty-four History" and records the history of about 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi to the first year of Emperor Wudi's Yuanshou (BC 122). Known as "the historian's swan song, Li Sao's poetry without rhyme". Reading the history of China requires reading historical records.
2. The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's ancient poetry. This is the earliest collection of poems. Collected poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period (1 1 century to the 6th century), * * * 31,among which 6 poems are Sheng poems, that is, there are only titles but no contents, which are called Six Sheng Poems (.
3. Laozi's Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching is known as the "King of All Classics" and "Encyclopedia". Some say it's philosophy, some say it's intelligence, and some say it's military. But it is the general principle of how to "get the Tao", so the Tao Te Ching may be called the Tao Te Ching. Tao Te Ching is about Yifeng, with more than 5,000 words and 8 1 chapter. It is divided into two parts, the first part is called the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is called the Tao Te Ching. Tao Jing tells the origin of the universe, the mystery of the changes of everything in the world, and the general laws of the universe and nature. The Classic of Virtue is about the strategy of dealing with the world, the technique of advancing and retreating, and the expression of human outlook on life and morality. Tao is the foundation of virtue, and virtue is the carrier and embodiment of Tao. The wisdom of Tao Te Ching comes from Laozi's insight into the world and subtle thinking, which involves the cultivation of human nature, philosophy of life, the way of governing the country, military philosophy and so on. Laozi's thought is basically a practical knowledge.
4. Sima Guang's History as a Mirror
Zi Tong Zhi Jian is a chronological history book compiled by Sima Guang and his assistants Liu Ban, Liu Nu and Fan Zuyu according to a large number of historical materials, which records the history of the martyr Zhou Wei in the 23rd year (403 BC) and Zhou Shizong Xiande in the 6th year (959 AD) *** 1362. The book describes the historical development from strategy to the Five Dynasties, discusses the reasons for the rise and fall of the unified dynasties such as Qin, Han, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and dozens of regimes such as the Seven Heroes in the Warring States, the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, the Sixteen Countries in the Five Lakes, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Ten Countries in the Five Dynasties, and vividly depicts the way emperors treat people as political countries, as well as their joys and sorrows in life and death in the historical whirlpool. Today, Zi Tong Zhi Jian is still a must-read book to understand and learn the history of China.
5. Heng Tang judged "Three Hundred Tang Poems"
Three hundred Tang Poems is a widely circulated anthology of Tang poems. The 289-year-long Tang Dynasty (6 18 ~907) was the golden age of China's poetry development. There are many famous poets, and there are more than 50,000 Tang poems. Sun Qin 'an's "600 Kinds of Summaries and Prefaces of Selected Poems of Tang Poetry" points out that "the selected poems of Tang poetry have been lost in large numbers, and there are still more than 300 kinds. Among them, the most popular is "300 Tang Poems". " There are 77 poems in 300 Tang Poems, with ***3 10, including 38 poems by Du Fu, 29 poems by Wang Wei, 27 poems by Li Bai and 22 poems by Li Shangyin. It is the best introductory book for primary and middle school students to get in touch with China's classical poems.
6. Sun Wu's The Art of War
Sun Tzu's Art of War is also called Sun Wu's Art of War, Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sun Wu's Art of War, etc. Sun Tzu's Art of War is regarded as a military classic. It has a history of 2500 years since its birth, and it has been studied in all dynasties. Li Shimin said, "Look at the art of war, there is no Sun Wu". Sun Tzu's art of war is a strategy, and strategy is not a trick, but a great strategy and great wisdom. Today, Sun Tzu's art of war has gone global. It has also been translated into many languages and occupies an important position in the world military history.
7. Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi, also known as Nanhuajing, is a Taoist classic. Zhuangzi mainly reflects Zhuangzi's philosophy, art, aesthetics, outlook on life and politics. Zhuangzi's articles, with fantastic imagination, ingenious conception, rich and colorful ideological world and literary artistic conception, Wang Yang's wanton writing style, romantic artistic style and magnificent mystery, are typical works of pre-Qin philosophers. Zhuangzi's words seem to praise Wan Li with infinite imagination, but they are well-founded and more important than historical materials. Mr. Lu Xun said, "His style of writing is Wang Yang's, and his manners are all square. The works of the late Zhou philosophers should not be the first. " Known as "nine-flow pliers, bag a hundred bags."
8. Wu Chucai's "China Ancient Literature View"
The word "Guanzhi" means "the articles included in the anthology represent the highest level of classical Chinese". It is a literary reader selected by Kangxi in Qing Dynasty for the use of academic schools. In the past 300 years, Guanzhi of China's Ancient Literature has spread widely and exerted great influence, and it is unique among many selected works of China's ancient literature. When commenting on Guanzi, an ancient literature in China, Mr. Lu Xun thought that it was the same as Selected Works of Zhaoming, and "both of them had the same influence on literature."
9. The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius, as a collection of words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, has a wide range of contents, mostly involving human social life, which has had a great influence on the psychological quality and moral behavior of the Han nationality. It is a classic of Confucianism, and it has been a must-read book for beginners in China for more than two thousand years until the modern New Culture Movement. As an excellent collection of recorded prose, it recorded Confucius' remarks in implicit and meaningful language. The words of Confucius' persuasion recorded in the Analects of Confucius, or the simple response, stop immediately; Or stimulate debate, Kan Kan and conversation; Rich in change, expressive and touching. Moreover, The Analects of Confucius taught future generations how to be a man. The Analects of Confucius, the Book of Changes and Laozi are several classic original works of the Chinese nation. They are not only important carriers of morality and culture, but also the wisdom crystallization of ancient sages through self-cultivation, enlightenment and the unity of man and nature.
10, Zeng Guofan's letter Zeng Guofan
"Letters from Zeng Guofan" has a wide range of contents, including both the way of running the army and the way of dealing with the world. Since the first edition of 1879, it has spread widely and is an important material for studying him and the history of this period. Zeng Jiashu's writing is leisurely, free in form, free in thought and free in writing, and contains true knowledge and good words in plain family affairs. Zeng Guofan studied hard all his life, praised Confucianism and emphasized pragmatism, and became another "master of Confucianism" after Confucius, Mencius and Zhu. He revolutionized the literary theory of Tongcheng School, and poetry presided over Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi literary circles, which can be described as the highest generation of moral articles.
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