Literature Grand Classroom China·From Yuan to Modern Era 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 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 splendid culture! Praises the majestic virtue 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 Taibai, scooping up the moonlight from the river also scooping up the poetic soul of a generation. We stand before the thatched cottage with the sky far away and the wind clear, feeling the touch of a century of solitude. We see Fan Zhongyan looking up from a high point, and we see Xin Jiaxuan tapping the railings, sighing over unfulfilled ambitions, expressing the concerns of the world. Who still has the leisure to linger by the bright moon over the Twenty-Four Bridges? To linger by the river where jade people play the flute? We see a river of spring water flowing eastward, carrying away a full heart of nostalgia for the 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 mournful Qiang flute echoes from the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and the vast Gobi Desert. That flute sound moves the tears of ancestors and touches the emotions of the present. That flute sound transforms the rationality of the pre-Qin era, the romanticism of Quzi, the style of the Wei and Jin period, the grand imagination 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.