The Path of European Civilization

Author: Wu Jisong
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: All human emotions can be expressed through "looking." Love at first sight is due to "looking," conveying emotions through "eyebrows and eyes" requires skill in "looking," and "enmity arising from mutual suspicion" is the result of "seeing" conflicts. There are also phrases like "staring 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 this world 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... 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 in the "sea of books," gazing at the other shore, and searching through 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 shared 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.