University, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Classic of Filial Piety

Author: Beijing Four Seas Classics Culture Communication Center
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The wisdom of Chinese classics is an important part of the world's treasure trove of wisdom. It contains life insights and sources of wisdom that are a common heritage of humanity, and its unique value remains timeless. This time, they published the first batch of books, totaling 9 titles, including "The Analects," "Tao Te Ching," "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon," "Mencius," "The Great Learning," "The Doctrine of the Mean," "The Classic of Rites," "The Book of Changes," "Three-Character Classic," "Hundred Family Surnames," "Thousand-Character Classic," "Monograph for the Instructed," "Dragon's Whisper," "Rhythm Enlightenment," and "Lakshman's Rhyme." Among them, there are both time-honored classics of Chinese culture and traditional introductory reading materials. Through recitation, it can not only enlighten wisdom and inherit culture but also regulate behavior and cultivate character. The target audience of this series is mainly Chinese children and overseas Chinese learners. It adopts a large-character layout and is accompanied by Pinyin. The format of this series is the original text with Pinyin annotations. Ancient characters, variant characters, and proper nouns such as names, places, and dynasties are marked with black frames in the lower right corner, and the Pinyin of proper nouns is changed. For the sake of protecting children's eyesight, we adopted a large-character layout, hoping that children can recite while reading in a relaxed manner. To ensure the quality of this series, we invited professional scholars to annotate and proofread the classic texts and had authoritative experts review them to guarantee the quality of the books. Reading requires a method. When the method is correct, the effort is doubled. Some great scholars have advised that reading is valuable in reading classics, and reading classics is valuable in reciting them to gain insights, using the insights, and refining them to create new ideas. This is also the original intention of the Classic Recitation Project. In short, it boils down to six words: precision, familiarity, insight, application, skill, and innovation. Among them, insight, application, and innovation are explained. However, the explanation should be based on precision and familiarity. As for the enlightenment and realization that occurs when the mind is undisturbed and focused on recitation, that is truly extraordinary. In such cases, ordinary explanations are no longer needed.