1. Four Books and Five Classics?
The Four Books and Five Classics is China's Bible. "Four Books and Five Classics" are the general names of Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius (four books), The Book of Songs, The Book of Rites, The Book of Changes and The Spring and Autumn Annals (five classics).
This textbook, which has been read by China people for thousands of years, contains China's ancient political ideal and the way of governing the country, and is a key for us to understand the ancient society of China. Many languages in the book, such as "doing one's duty", "justified" and "clever words", are still in use today. ?
2. Lao Zi?
Laozi has 5, words, which is a great shock to the present, and there are countless books to study it. Laozi was the first pure philosopher in China, and his thoughts became a deep-rooted ideological tendency of China people. Taoism and quietism's thought have an important influence on almost every literate China people. Laozi is concise in words, thorough in reasoning, profound in meaning and full of dialectical spirit, which can inspire people's thinking. The text of Laozi is not particularly difficult, and there are many annotators in past dynasties. Choosing a better version should be helpful for reading and understanding. ?
3. Zhuangzi?
Zhuangzi inherits and develops the ideas of Laozi, and together with Laozi, it is called "Laozi and Zhuangzi" and becomes a Taoist classic. Zhuangzi's attitude towards life and death is very philosophical, and "singing with drums and pots" has become a typical portrait of Zhuangzi. In Zhuangzi, Wang Yang is wanton and rich, which represents the highest achievement of pre-Qin prose and has a far-reaching influence on the development of ancient China prose. The book uses a lot of fables to explain the truth, such as "My Skilled Man Helps the Cow" is a famous one. ?
4. Everything is done wrong?
Han Feizi is a collection of pre-Qin legalists' thoughts. Han Feizi's thought was the dominant thought of the first unified feudal dynasty in China. Legalist school thought is the representative of the "hegemony" of China's ancient politics, and together with the "kingly way" represented by the "Four Books and Five Classics", they are both external and internal, and the rulers of past dynasties are more or less influenced by it. ?
5. The Art of War?
Sun Tzu's Art of War is not the first military book in China, but it is the best. It was born under the background of hundreds of years of war in the Spring and Autumn Period, covering all important military issues, and was regarded as a standard by Chinese military strategists in past dynasties. It has also been translated into many foreign languages, with world influence. The concise sentences in Sun Tzu's Art of War contain rich contents, which also inspire people's behavior in contemporary commercial society.
Extended information:
Chinese traditional culture should first include thoughts, characters and languages, followed by six arts, namely, ceremony, music, archery, calligraphy and numeracy, and then calligraphy, music, martial arts, quyi, chess, festivals and folk customs derived from rich life. Traditional culture is something that is closely related and integrated into our lives, and we enjoy it without knowing it.
Chinese traditional culture should include: ancient prose, ancient poetry, words, music, fu, national music, national drama, folk art, Chinese painting, calligraphy, couplets, riddles, shots, alcoholic drinks, two-part allegorical sayings and so on.
Traditional festivals (all according to the lunar calendar) include: Spring Festival on the first day of the first month (Lunar New Year), Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, Cold Food Festival around Tomb-Sweeping Day and Tomb-Sweeping Day on April 5th, Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th, Chinese Valentine's Day on July 7th, Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, New Year's Eve on the twelfth month and various folk activities. China's ancient natural sciences, including traditional calendars, and the traditional cultures of various regions and ethnic minorities living in China are also part of Chinese traditional culture.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Te Ching (Lao Zi)