A Lifetime Reading Plan: The 100 Most Important Theories You Should Know in Your Life (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Wang Yuanchuan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: About "standing tickets," "spiritual homeland," and books You and every person on Earth, from the moment you step into this world, begin boarding a fast-moving train of life. At the end of the train, there hangs a signboard painted with a "skull." Some are born and placed in comfortable soft-sleeper compartments, while you, holding a "standing ticket," board the train. Amidst the noisy and crowded carriage, you still can't find a seat to call your own. When will your "standing ticket" be exchanged for a "seating ticket"? Your heart is filled with confusion and helplessness. On this painful journey of life, please build for yourself a "spiritual homeland" filled with the fragrance of books! Let books be companions for your entire life! On long, rainy nights, falling asleep with books under your pillow, you will find your mind at peace, nightmares vanishing. You will become wise, fearless, and strong.
About A Lifetime Reading Plan How many books can one read in a lifetime? Suppose a person with 99 life cycles, starting from the age of 6, begins reading, and spends 2 hours a day reading (it is estimated that a person with a high school education can read about 20,000 words in an hour with slight reflection). Calculated this way, even a prodigy who lives to 99 years old would only read 4,526 books in their lifetime (assuming each book has 300,000 words). Moreover, this person must ensure that even on their wedding night, they still have 2 hours of "reading homework" waiting for them. As of the end of 1998, the collection of the National Library of China contained 21.6 million books, and it was growing at a rapid rate of 600 to 700,000 books per year. With such a vast collection, the library ranks only fifth among national libraries worldwide. The number 4,526 seems insignificant when compared to the 216 million. How can one "salvage" those books that cannot be missed in the vast sea of books? How can one read more books, more useful books, in the fleeting years of life? Under the guidance of top domestic experts and scholars, formulating an A Lifetime Reading Plan should be the preferred solution!
About the Five Functions of A Lifetime Reading Plan
Function 1: Allows you to establish a "mini library" with minimal investment, always ready for your visit on your pillow or beside your desk.
Function 2: Provides you with a "battle map" to conquer the "mountain of books," accurately marking the "reading shortcuts" outlined by top domestic experts.
Function 3: Under the collaborative effort of top domestic experts, it builds a "platform" for you to engage in dialogues with "great thinkers of humanity," enabling you to sit down and talk with them heart-to-heart. They might even surprise you with a "magic spell" like "Open sesame," lighting the miraculous "Aladdin's lamp" for you.
Function 4: Helps you quickly master knowledge in disciplines outside your field with minimal time and effort, significantly boosting your "conversation capital" and effectively improving your "reputation."
Function 5: After reading this series, you and your family and friends will suddenly realize that you have gained a refreshing "scholarly aura."
About "conversation capital," "reputation," and "scholarly aura" Many world-renowned figures regard interpersonal communication as the most important aspect of life. In social interactions, smooth and effective communication is the key to gaining the "voice" in conversations. "Conversation capital" (also known as "talking capital") is an indispensable "energy source" in human communication. It has become a unique "secret weapon" for seizing the "voice" in social interactions! On the stage of life, a person without the "voice" is forever forgotten in the "corner" and will never earn respect (reputation). Only by reading classic books can one greatly enhance their cultural taste and cultivation (scholarly aura), which is the best path to mastering the art of "conversation capital."
About the Editor-in-Chief and Authors
Editor-in-Chief Wang Yuanchuan graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University in 1988 and joined the faculty. In 1993, he was promoted to professor at the age of 35, in 1994 he was listed as a "young and middle-aged academic backbone of Peking University," in 1995 as an expert in Beijing's "Theory Talent Project," in 1996 as a member of the "Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Committee Review Committee," in 1997 as a doctoral supervisor at Peking University, and in 1998 he served as a visiting professor at Kanazawa University in Japan for two years. In 1999, he became a special government allowance expert. Currently, he is the vice president of the China Society of Comparative Literature, the secretary-general of the College Committee of the Chinese National Aesthetic Association, a researcher at the China Culture College, and a part-time professor at six universities, including Fudan University.
Executive Editor Liu Lutu is a renowned contemporary historical novelist, with over ten long historical novels to his name. The authors of A Lifetime Reading Plan are all well-known experts and scholars in China.
About 100 Theories You Must Know in a Lifetime Under the lamp / Holding a book / Through the faint dance of tea fragrance / Master the 100 theories that shaped world history / Think about where people come from / Wonder where they go / Darwin mocked by opponents in cartoons / Listen to Sartre's laughter refusing the Nobel Prize—how delightful!