The Path of European Civilization · Greece · Italy · United Kingdom

Author: Wu Jisong
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: All of human emotions can be expressed through looking. "Love at first sight" is due to looking, "passing a message through eyes" requires the ability to look, and "enmity arising from mutual suspicion" is the result of seeing conflicts. There are also phrases like "looking sideways," "eyes splitting with rage," "contempt," "scorn," "longing," and "staring." Human ways of looking are diverse, and the study of looking is vast. It can be said that the history of human civilization is inseparable from looking. Looking—communication and connection; looking—gives the world its color. Many beautiful things in the world are born from the need to look, such as architecture, decoration, clothing, movies, books, and more. Seeing—more than just a coincidence; many stories in the world have unfolded because of seeing.
This book introduces the content: How many people have dreamed of traveling the world since childhood? Although it is almost impossible. However, some people have realized this dream in their own ways, and I am one of them. We are rowing through the "sea of books," gazing at the other shore. We are searching in the "forest of books." At that time, how much we longed for a book that objectively and truthfully recorded this vast world, written by Chinese people, by those who share our skin color, our facial features, our national sentiments, and our cultural traditions. Perhaps due to our limited scope of knowledge or the limitations of the era, I couldn't find it, and neither could my friends.