Concepts and Chinese Cultural Traditions

Author: Chen Jiangfeng
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: This book summarizes the author's recent insights into cultural studies and reflections on cultural construction. Each chapter starts from different cultural categories, using archetypal theory as the core methodology to observe and reveal various phenomena of Chinese cultural evolution. For readability, the writing is somewhat literary. Chapter 12 reviews the process of Chinese cultural selection and explores some fundamental theoretical issues of cultural reconstruction, bringing the entire book to a profound conclusion. This book also attempts to explore the evolution and construction of Chinese culture, serving as a stepping stone on the path of cultural development. Based on the ancient astronomical belief centered around the North Pole and the cultural archetypes formed from it, the book reveals the profound influence of concepts and beliefs on Chinese culture through various aspects such as the cultural characteristics of traditional politics, cultural patterns in architecture, traditional environmental theory, the relationship between the Dao and philosophy, cosmology and modes of thinking, celestial worship and folk customs, the Dao and literature, and philosophy and health preservation. It also conducts an in-depth and valuable exploration of how to confront tradition and create a new culture by carrying forward the legacy.