Literature Grand Classroom China · Pre-Qin to Northern and Southern Dynasties Volume

Author: Guo Jie, Wei Qiang, Editors
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The history of the Chinese nation is the history of literature, the history of beauty, and also the history of people. "The road is long and the journey is arduous, yet I will seek above and below." The advocacy of pursuing goodness and the pursuit of noble character. We strike the great bells and chimes, singing of the profound cultural heritage! Praises the majestic achievements of Yu and Shun! We see the "Three Caos" and the "Seven Sages," tempering their general's spirit amidst the shadows of swords, gathering as scholars in the bamboo groves. We embark on a light boat, in the cries of monkeys seeking the of Li Bai, scooping up the bright moon of a river, also scooping up the poetic soul of a generation. We stand before the thatched cottage with the vast sky and clear wind, feeling the touch of a century of solitude. We see Fan Zhongyan looking up from a high point, and Xin Jiakuan tapping the railings, lamenting the unfulfilled ambitions, expressing the worries of the world. Who still has the leisure to linger by the bright moon over the Twenty-Four Bridges? To linger by the river with a jade person playing the flute? We see a river of spring water flowing eastward, carrying away the thoughts of a lifetime of homeland. Do you understand? Why do the scholars become intoxicated by the boundless frost forest and the even more boundless separations? Have you heard? Why do the masters sigh for a thousand years when facing the silent ruins and the finale of civilization! In the sound of sighs, a distant and melancholic Qiang flute echoes from the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the vast Gobi Desert. That flute sound moves the tears of ancestors and stirs the emotions of the present. That flute sound transforms the rationality of pre-Qin times, the romanticism of Qu Yuan, the elegance of the Wei and Jin period, the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty, the artistic conception of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the sorrow of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the modern anxieties, and the contemporary expressions into a magnificent chapter. It condenses the long flow of life into a glimpse of aesthetics, nurturing the noble spirit, and reciting the hearts of generations.