The virtue of reading

Author: Liu Xiaofeng, edited by Chen Shaoming
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The relationship between Chinese philosophy and classical interpretation is bound to be intertwined. Philosophical research and the study of the history of philosophy are not the same thing; only the study of the history of philosophy is necessarily the study of philosophical classics. However, in the Chinese intellectual tradition, these two aspects seem not to be clearly distinguished. In terms of form, it is reflected in the act of annotating classics or academic activities. This collection includes some research findings on the history of Chinese philosophy (including the history of thought-philosophy) by some faculty and students from the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University. The content primarily showcases the pre-Qin school of thought and the Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties. It is highly valuable for reference. Generally, people write as they read. Usually, meticulous authors are also meticulous readers, and vice versa. Unless one reads carefully for themselves, they cannot know what careful reading is. Reading precedes writing; before writing, we have already read; we learn to write through reading. One learns to write carefully by carefully reading good books—reading those books that have been carefully written—with care. Therefore, by studying an author's reading habits, we may be able to anticipate their writing habits.