The following are some books recommended to 80 students. If you can read one of them carefully, you will benefit a lot.
PS: Why do you recommend it to the post-80s generation? Because this generation has rich experience, stable jobs and happy families, it's time to settle down and study.
1. University
When I first came into contact with Chinese studies, the first book I read was University. The book "University" can be used as an introduction to Chinese studies, because it is short and easy to understand. The original intention of the university is "the study of adults", and the central idea of this book is made clear at the beginning-"the way of the university is clear about virtue, and the people are close to the best and stop at the best." . Then the whole article expounds how to "stop at perfection". Ceng Zi tells us that the way to achieve the goal is to "learn from things, be sincere and righteous, cultivate one's morality, govern the country and level the world". After reading "University", you will sigh the wisdom of the ancients, and you will feel the charm of Chinese studies that apply what you have learned.
Reading "University", you will feel the charm of traditional culture and stimulate your reading desire.
2. The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius should be second to none in Confucianism and Chinese studies. Speaking of The Analects, everyone has his own feelings about it, whether he has read it or not. But if you can calm down and slowly taste every word of Confucius, you can appreciate the wisdom of the ancients. If we can practice theory to guide practice, we will benefit a lot in life.
How many people have made various interpretations of The Analects of Confucius since ancient times, and some words are still controversial in academic circles. When reading, you should try your best to understand Confucius' thoughts, and you will have your own unique views in combination with the social background of the collapse of ethics and talents. This is also the charm of reading.
The following are some classic quotations from The Analects:
"Clever words, fresh and righteous!"
"A gentleman is Huai De, a villain is Huai Tu, a gentleman is pregnant with punishment, and a villain is Huai Li."
"If you listen, you will die at dusk."
"See Xian Si Qi Yan, see Xian Si Qi introspection."
"Germany is not alone, there must be neighbors."
To study Confucianism, we need to read The Analects of Confucius, and we don't need to explain why. This is a well-known holy book.
3. Tao Te Ching
When you study Taoist thought, you can read Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi, and you can appreciate the charm of another kind of thought, and you always feel suddenly enlightened.
Laozi is a representative figure of Taoism, and Tao Te Ching is a classic of Taoism. Laozi's thought is unique, and his "inaction" is a profound philosophical theory. We should experience Laozi's godlike thoughts in an immersive way.
4. Tan Caigen
Caigen Tan is a collection of quotations on self-cultivation, social life, socialization and fertility compiled by Taoist Hong Yingming in the early Ming Dynasty. It was a rare and precious training for the past. It has an incredible subtle influence on people's cultivation and moral cultivation. Those who want to improve their self-cultivation quality can have a look.
5. "Yan Family Instructions"
Family Instructions of Yan Family is Yan Zhitui's book about personal experience, thoughts and knowledge, which is used to warn future generations. He directly created the "family precepts" of later generations, which is a precious legacy in the treasure house of China's ancient family education theory. Known by Chen as "the ancestor of family precepts in ancient and modern times", it is an important work in the cultural history of China, which is highly praised by scholars in past dynasties and regarded as a model for educating future generations and family education.
6. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China's classical Four Great Classical Novels, is China's first chapter-by-chapter historical romance novel. This paper describes the historical situation of nearly a hundred years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, mainly describing the war, telling the story of the warlord melee in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and military struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu, and finally Sima Yan unified the three countries and established the Jin Dynasty. It reflects the transformation of various social struggles and contradictions during the Three Kingdoms period, summarizes the historical changes of this era, and shapes a group of heroes of the Three Kingdoms.
7. Historical records
Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, recording the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty. Historical Records is listed as the first of the "twenty-four histories", and it is also called the "first four histories" with the later Hanshu, Houhanshu and the History of the Three Kingdoms [8], which has had a far-reaching impact on the development of later historiography and literature. His original biographical method of compiling history was passed down by the "official history" of later generations. Historical Records is also an excellent literary work, which occupies an important position in the history of China literature. It is praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme", which has high literary value. Liu Xiang and others think that this book is "good in order and reason, argumentative but not flashy, qualitative but not vulgar".
8. A brief history of time
A Brief History of Time is a popular science work written by British physicist stephen william hawking, which was first published in 1988.
Chapter 12 tells the most advanced knowledge about the nature of the universe, including our cosmic image, space-time, expanding universe, uncertainty principle, black holes, the origin and fate of the universe, introduces distant galaxies, black holes, particles, antimatter and other knowledge in a simple way, and expounds ancient propositions such as the origin, space-time and relativity of the universe.
In this book, Hawking discusses the unresolved conflicts in the existing theories of the universe and points out the problems in unifying quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and general relativity. The orientation of this book is to let ordinary readers who are interested in cosmology know his theory and its mathematical principles.
9. A brief history of the future
In A Brief History of the Future, jacques attali tells an incredible story about the next 50 years from a known historical and scientific perspective. He analyzed how the relationship between countries will develop and how our daily life will change dramatically. Population turbulence, migration of residents, job changes, new forms of market, terror, violence, climate change and the promotion of religious influence will all play a role in it.
He revealed how great technological progress will subvert our work, leisure, education, health, culture and political system. He believes that those behaviors that look ugly today may be recognized by people one day.
In addition, he also put forward the following possibilities: human beings may be able to move towards a rich life; Poverty may be eliminated; Everyone can share the benefits of technology and market imagination fairly: we can safeguard freedom from the atrocities of the enemy and even ourselves; We can leave a better protective environment for future generations; We can also find a new way of life and creation based on all the wisdom in the world.
10. The Book of Songs
Finally, I recommend a romantic book of songs.
The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's ancient poems and the earliest collection of poems. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: style, elegance and ode. The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and feasting, and even astronomical phenomena, landforms, animals and plants. It is a mirror of the social life of the Zhou Dynasty.
What a pleasant life it is to make a pot of green tea, turn on the background music and open your favorite books in your spare time.