Introduction to Chinese Culture: New Century Series Textbooks for Professional Colleges in Local Universities

Author: Chen Jiangfeng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Chinese culture is the great creation of the Chinese people, embodying the unparalleled great contributions of the Chinese nation to the entire world. Therefore, it is an important task before us to strive to explore, uncover, and study the historical heritage of our national culture and serve the contemporary society. Culture is the dialectical unity of human ways of life and their achievements, a dynamic system, and an ongoing process of creation. In the sense of process, culture is, on the one hand, an unceasing process of creation based on humans and nature, and on the other hand, an unceasing process of transforming humans and nature, elevating humans from an animal state and continuously humanizing them. Only by fully recognizing the value of culture in these two aspects and understanding that this creation also involves the transformation of human beings themselves can cultural research become more meaningful, and cultural construction become more targeted. Therefore, this textbook pays attention to the study and introduction of the basic structure, core spirit, and historical context of traditional Chinese culture on the one hand, and on the other hand, it pays great attention to making a heartfelt call for the construction of the current cultural system in line with the needs of society. The realization of the Later Qian era is a great historical responsibility for the Chinese people today and for generations to come.