1. "Night Talk around the Lu" is a famous literary criticism work in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It evaluates and discusses the anecdotes, people, events, articles, etc. in the literary world at that time and in the past. This book was completed by the author Wang Yongbin "in the second month of Jiayin year of Xianfeng period in the Qing Dynasty, in the Qiaoxi Pavilion" in the "Yijingtang". The author imagined a situation in which he hugged the stove on a winter day and made friends to talk about literature and art. The language of this book is friendly, natural and easy to read, and it occupies an important position in the history of literature because of its unique insights. "Wailu Night Talk" is divided into 221 chapters, with the general topic of "settling down and establishing a career", and reveals the ten aspects of "establishing virtue, establishing merit, and establishing reputation" from ten aspects such as morality, self-cultivation, reading, living in poverty and living happily, educating children, loyalty, filial piety, and diligence and thrift. All are based on the profound meaning of "establishing a career".
2. "Laozi" ("Tao Te Ching")
Reasons for reading
"Tao Te Ching", also known as "Tao Te Ching", "Lao Zi" ", "Five Thousand Words" and "Laozi's Five Thousand Essays" are works written by the pre-Qin scholars in ancient China before they split up. They were admired by the scholars at that time and are an important source of Taoist philosophical thought. The words are simple but the meaning is profound, and the text is far-reaching.
"Laozi" (or "Tao Te Ching") is the Chinese classic with the fewest words and the most translations. A small number of words contains many possibilities for understanding and interpretation. "Laozi" is a classic work in traditional Chinese culture, which has had a huge and far-reaching impact on our country's philosophy, art, thought and other aspects. Although "Laozi" only has 5,000 words, it contains rich philosophy and wisdom. It is the first complete philosophical work in Chinese history and was hailed as the King of Classics by the Chinese ancestors.
3. "Cai Gen Tan"
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"Cai Gen Tan" is a collection and compilation by Hong Yingming, a Taoist at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, discussing cultivation, life, A collection of quotes about life and birth. It has the crystallization of the truths of the three religions and the timeless way of teaching people to pass down from generation to generation. It is an ancient and rare treasure. It has incredible and subtle power in cultivating people's moral integrity and cultivating their moral character. His writing is concise, clear and meaningful, and is both elegant and popular. It is like a quotation, but it has the interest that a quotation does not have; it is like an essay, but it has a neatness that is difficult to achieve in an essay; it is like an admonishment, but it has a kind and soberness that admonishment lacks; and it is tinged with the scenery of the mountains after the rain and the sound of bells in the quiet night. , what he said is clear and refreshing, and the wind and moon are boundless.
The author combines Confucianism’s Doctrine of the Mean, Taoism’s inaction, Buddhism’s birth and his own experience, forming a set of rules for entering and exiting the world, and a way of being in the world that is passed down to future generations, expressing the Chinese people’s view of life. , interpersonal relationships, and unique insights into human nature. Although there are certainly many differences in concepts and methods between modern people and people more than 400 years ago, whether they are looking for ways to cultivate their moral character, principles for doing things and treating others, or exploring strategies for doing business, or the differences in knowing talents for politics, etc., "Cai Gen Tan" all provides profound enlightenment to people, and the brilliance of its profound wisdom has not been diminished by the passage of time.
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"Small Window's Secret", a "Zuigutang Sword Sweeper", twelve volumes, short essays with aphorisms and aphorisms. Written by Chen Jiru of Ming Dynasty. Chen Jiru (1558-1639), whose courtesy name was Zhongchun and whose nickname was Meigong, was from Huating, Songjiang. He was good at poetry, writing, calligraphy, and painting, and he was famous for a while. He was repeatedly summoned by imperial edicts, but he was always criticized. What he wrote "sometimes picked up trivial words and unusual things, and translated them into books, and people from far and near competed to buy and write them." People praised him as a wise man who could understand the issues of life and death and see through the fame and fortune fair. "Little Window's Secret" is divided into twelve episodes: Xing, Qing, Qiao, Ling, Su, Jing, Yun, Qi, Qi, Hao, Fa and Qian. The content mainly explains the importance of cultivating one's mind and life, and reflects the indifference of a reclusive scholar. Fame and fortune, the Tao Ran detached feeling of enjoying being in the mountains and forests, the writing is elegant, the style is superb, the analysis of things and the truth is unique and persuasive. The whole book begins with "awakening" and ends with "qian". Although it is mixed in the dust, it has a high view of the outside world. In its criticism of the world's trend, it reveals the coldness of a philosopher. Its aphorisms are exquisite, short and exquisite, and are inspiring. Save money and benefit people's minds. Since its publication, it has spread like wildfire and has attracted the attention of readers again and again. Its cultural charm is becoming more and more recognized by readers.
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"Sun Tzu's Art of War"
Reasons for reading
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is also known as "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Wu's Art of War". "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", etc. are the world's first military works and are known as "Grand Ceremony of Military Science".
"The Art of War" is a brilliant treasure in the Chinese Han classical military cultural heritage and an important part of China's excellent cultural traditions. Its content is extensive and profound, its thoughts are profound and rich, and its logic is rigorous and precise. A concentrated expression of the essence of thought.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is known as a national treasure and is regarded as a military classic in China. It has a history of 2,500 years since its birth, and has been studied throughout the ages. The art of war is a strategy, and a strategy is not a small trick, but a grand strategy and great wisdom. Today, Sun Tzu's Art of War has gone global. It has also been translated into many languages ????and also plays an important role in world military history.
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"The Travels of Lao Can"
Reason for Must-Read
"The Travels of Lao Can" written by Liu E in the late Qing Dynasty was praised by Mr. Lu Xun It is rated as one of the four "condemnation novels" in the late Qing Dynasty. It is rich in content, profound in meaning, and has achieved high artistic achievements. It has been translated into many languages ??and has a huge influence at home and abroad. It has been recognized as a world literary masterpiece by UNESCO.
The artistic taste of "Lao Can's Travels" is very high, leaving a clear mark of transformation from the old to the new. The first is the change in narrative mode, from storyteller narrative to writer narrative. The novel has a strong subjective emotional color, and the writer's creative personality and subjective consciousness are fully promoted. The perspective of the novel also changes from the traditional omniscient narrative to a third-person restricted narrative. The second is the application of psychological analysis techniques. In "Episode 2", Yiyun, the concubine of Dou Lao's palace, tells a long confession about her passionate love with Mr. Ren, which is a bold attempt. The writer's pen touches the most secret heartstrings in people's subconscious, and reveals a young girl's strong desire for lust and material desires, which has the meaning of modern psychological analysis. The most prominent artistic feature of "Lao Can's Travels" is that it reflects the transformation of Chinese novels from narrative to descriptive. Incorporating the writing techniques of poetry and prose, it opens up the aesthetic space. The writing style is clear and elegant, and the artistic conception is profound and lofty, reaching a very high level. Line drawings of natural scenery especially show artistic skill. For example, if you write about the autumn colors of Daming Lake, one and a half red maples are dotted among the Buddhist monk towers and green pines and cypresses, and you will suddenly feel full of autumn. The Yellow River is frozen and angry, and it is vast and powerful.
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"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"
Reasons to read
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is an incredible film The classic "Zhiguai" is a masterpiece by master Pu Songling. Up to now, among our country's classical novels, there is no work that is as popular as it is in ancient and modern times, appreciated by both refined and popular people, and loved by young and old alike.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has a wide range of themes, rich content, and high artistic achievements. The work has successfully shaped many artistic models, with vivid and vivid characters, twists and turns of the story, rigorous and ingenious structural layout, concise writing style and delicate description. It can be called the pinnacle of Chinese classical short stories. It seems that every chapter is about ghosts, foxes, fairies, and monsters. In fact, every word is about people, emotions, world, and attitudes. Everything between the lines contains the author's rich experience and profound wisdom about life and society.
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" integrates the "spirits", "legends" and "human feelings" in ancient novels, absorbs the strengths of ancient vernacular novels, and forms a unique simple and elegant classical Chinese style. At the same time, it adopts a creative technique that combines realism and romanticism, is full of rich imagination, and has strong social criticism. It has successfully created many artistic images, all of which are vivid and vivid: when writing about corrupt officials, they are all ugly and treacherous; when writing about imperial examinations, the candidates are imitating others, and the examiners are blind; when writing about love, they are obsessed with men and blame women, which is so touching. When writing about women, they hold flowers and smile, elegant and affectionate. From the perspective of story structure, the plot has twists and turns and the layout is rigorous and ingenious, leaving readers full of interest after opening the book and unwilling to put it down.
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"The Words of the World"
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"The Words of the World" - a peak you cannot avoid , a great master of traditional Chinese studies - Master Wang Guowei, a century-old classic, showing the way with new eyes! With his profound literary literacy, he explored the function and beauty of words and put forward his own literary theory. What is new and interesting is that Wang Guowei not only excavated and updated the traditional Ci theory, but also incorporated Western philosophical viewpoints into it, and expressed it through appropriate metaphors and concise language, making "Human Ci Hua" a landmark book.
"Human Poetry" is the most famous work on poetry in modern China. It can be called an epoch-making work in the history of the development of Chinese poetry and poetry. The whole book has novel ideas, incisive arguments, and a self-contained system. It has always been valued by scholars at home and abroad. The book puts forward a Ci theory with the theory of "realm" as the core, taking a solid step forward on the road of exchange and integration of Chinese and Western literary and artistic ideas.
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"The Book of Songs"
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"The Book of Songs" is China's first purely literary monograph. He opened up the narrative and lyrical connotations of Chinese poetry and is known as the "ancestor of pure literature". As the earliest collection of poems in China, "The Book of Songs" has a lofty status in the history of literature and has pioneering value. It is the beginning of Chinese realist literature. Its content, techniques and forms have been adopted by later generations. and imitate. The syntax of "The Book of Songs" is mostly four-character, regular but flexible. It was the first to use the three artistic techniques of Fu, Bi and Xing. It made great achievements and profoundly influenced the development of Chinese literature for more than two thousand years. Many of its excellent works are well known to women and children. They are not only vivid in description and beautiful in language, but also rich in rhythm and healthy in thinking. Even after thousands of years, they are still irreplaceable.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "The Book of Songs" was included in one of the Five Classics, known as the "Book of Songs", and became a Confucian classic, a magic weapon for educating the people and a spiritual pillar for a stable society. With the passage of time, scholars of all dynasties have looked up to it, worshiped it, and regarded it as a sacred pronoun. Because of this, "The Book of Songs" has become the cultural wealth of the Chinese people and a symbol of Chinese culture. It was spread to North Korea, Vietnam, Japan and other Asian countries during the Tang Dynasty, and was introduced to Europe during the Ming Dynasty. It lasted for hundreds of years and remained popular, even It is regarded as an immortal work in this world. No matter in the past or today, it exudes infinite charm with its unique cultural heritage and profound beauty.
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"Gu Wen Guan Zhi"
Reason for Must Reading
"Gu Wen Guan Zhi" is the most comprehensive account of China's five thousand years of history so far An ancient document with more exquisite writing.
There are more than 200 short, concise and catchy short essays in it, which show the breadth and depth of ancient Chinese culture and the extraordinary wisdom of ancient Chinese people from multiple angles. It contains relatively famous articles by famous literati before the Qing Dynasty, as well as the "Four Books and Five Classics", "Book of Rites", "Zuo Zhuan", etc. that ancient people must learn. For example, Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection", Han Yu's "Shi Shuo", Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower" and many others. Can understand their inner thoughts. The book has a large knowledge capacity, including historical materials, ancient literature, poetry and painting reviews, and introductions to landscapes... May the light of wisdom illuminate thousands of households, and at the same time illuminate millions of souls who want knowledge, making human spiritual space more enlightened. Bright and radiant. The selected articles of "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" can contain the essence of ancient articles of all ages, and can also use annotations to eliminate obstacles in reading and understanding ancient articles. The comments can also explain the beauty of the writing method. This kind of reading book will naturally be welcomed by beginners, so Wu Xingzuo said that "it can be used as a source of support to benefit later students, and the merits are shallow and fresh" ("Preface").
"Guanzhi Ancient Prose" is the author's sharp perspective and the most splendid, most valuable and most representative exquisite ancient prose collected from the vast ocean of Chinese literature. Therefore, this book is also the most outstanding ancient prose. Selected edition. For hundreds of years, not only scholars have been familiar with it, but also the general public has loved it and spread it widely.
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