College Humanities Reader

Author: Cheng Jincheng
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is a teaching material for higher education institutions to cultivate students' humanities education. It can be used as a textbook for "College Chinese" courses or as supplementary reading for college students and other readers seeking humanities development. The book largely maintains the previous writing style of college Chinese, but it has new aspirations in its intrinsic qualities and editorial approach. With an eye toward cultivating the humanities of "generalists" and "global citizens," it absorbs the spiritual nourishment of humanity from ancient and modern times with a broader perspective. In handling the relationship between modern and ancient humanities, while continuing to emphasize traditional culture, it has strengthened the content of contemporary works and paid special attention to incorporating new achievements since the 20th century to enhance readers' understanding and engagement with the characteristics and trends of contemporary cultural spirit. This book is a teaching material for higher education institutions to cultivate students' humanities education. In addition to maintaining the basic writing style of previous college Chinese, it has new aspirations in handling the relationship between modern and ancient humanities, in the form of works, and in the guidance sections for the works.