100 Books That Will Affect Your Life

Author: Guo Mianyu et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The number of classics is so vast that we don’t have the time to explore them all. We should trust the choices of those who came before us. One person may make a mistake, an entire generation may make a mistake, but humanity as a whole will not. — [French] Moroia
Source: Jingcai.com
Reading all the outstanding classics is like engaging in conversation with the noble figures of past eras, and it is a conversation that is well-prepared. These great thinkers, in their dialogues, do not show us anything but the essence of thought. — [French] Descartes
Classics record the development of society and the joys, sorrows, virtues, and vices of humanity. Reading a few classics in one’s lifetime can enhance cultural taste, refine personal, perfect one’s charisma, shape one’s inner world and emotions, and focus on true values and authentic life. The 100 Classics That Influence a Lifetime is a guide to help those who are eager to read open the door to the classics. It condenses the essence of 100 classic works, enabling readers to understand the thoughts of 100 cultural masters from ancient and modern times within a limited time.
The purpose of a classics introduction is to spark readers’ interest in the classics themselves. If readers can appreciate the charm of the original works from the introduction and then read them, the classics will produce a transcendence, a support, and a rational in our spirit and character. Let us read the classics, savoring different lives in their timeless words, and accepting the silent care of the passing years.