Youth Essential Knowledge Illustrated Dictionary -- Foreign Culture Quality Reading: Youth Essential Knowledge Illustrated Dictionary

Author: Lu Weihong
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: In today's ever-changing society, only knowledge and quality are reliable wealth. The Essential Knowledge Atlas for Young People selects a batch of essential and crucial must-read knowledge from the vast pool of basic knowledge, compiling it into a unique and invaluable cultural book series to enhance personal literacy. The authors are all young scholars from two of China's most renowned universities—Peking University and Tsinghua University. They hold doctoral or master's degrees or higher and stand at the forefront of their respective fields. The must-read knowledge they have chosen is either frequently used or crucial for improving personal quality, all tailored to the needs of the current society, demonstrating strong practicality and classicism.
The ancient world is filled with too many mysteries and unsolved puzzles, which makes readers eager to open The Essential Readings in Foreign Culture with a curious gaze. This book contains numerous historical photographs and recently discovered materials, presenting a comprehensive overview of the vast and profound world culture through vivid and engaging text. As ancient cultures are gradually forgotten in the process of modernization, this book explores many vivid historical folk customs and legends that have occurred and are still happening across the world from the perspective of humanities and history. It records those ever-disappearing "sceneries" in words—the past has passed, but the melody of learning continues.