A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture

Author: Miao Deliang
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: Undergraduate textbook for the Primary Education Program in Normal Universities. This is a systematic and concise reader on traditional Chinese culture. The editors aim, on the one hand, to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the framework structure of traditional Chinese culture, and on the other hand, to help readers gain a clear grasp of its fundamental and distinctive content. Therefore, the book adopts the contemporary disciplinary classification system to divide traditional Chinese culture into eight categories: philosophy, history, literature, education, ethics, religion, art, and science. It briefly discusses the development, basic characteristics, and main contents of these disciplines. Additionally, the book includes a reference list of major references to provide clues for those who wish to delve deeper into the subject.
With the significant development of China's national economy, education has advanced at an unprecedented pace. The public's level of education has been steadily improving, and there is a growing demand for higher education. Educators have raised higher expectations for education, and the economy has placed increasingly stringent demands on the quality of labor. For a long time, the majority of primary school teachers in China had only completed junior high school or vocational school education, while only a small number had obtained associate degrees. This is no longer sufficient to meet the needs of the times or the development of the education sector. As a result, the gradual transition of primary school teachers' academic qualifications to the undergraduate level is an inevitable trend and a natural outcome of China's social, economic, and educational development.
During the writing process, we adhered to the principle of being systematic and concise. On the one hand, we aimed to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the framework structure of traditional Chinese culture, and on the other hand, to help them gain a clear grasp of its fundamental and distinctive content. Therefore, the book adopts the contemporary disciplinary classification system to divide traditional Chinese culture into eight categories: philosophy, history, literature, education, ethics, religion, art, and science. It briefly discusses the development, basic characteristics, and main contents of these disciplines.