Reading the Classics (Enlightenment or Ignorance? Voices from the Folk)

Author: Hu Xiaoming, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Reading classics is neither "ignorance" nor necessarily "enlightenment"; it is an important supplement to modern education. This book collects over 60 articles on this topic, organized into sections such as "Origins," "Ideological Background," "Campus Intellectual Exercises," and "Folk Educational Practices," providing a comprehensive reflection of various viewpoints. Several articles in the book are worth reading, including Wang Yangming's "The Need for Classical Chinese Influence on Vernacular Literature" and "Blindness Without Classical Chinese," Yang Dongping's "On Reading Classics: Returning to Common Sense and Reality," Xu Jilin's "The Dilemma of Reading Classics," and Yuan Weishi's "Commentary on Reading Classics: Why Should Chinese People Die for Confucian Culture?" This book explores how to properly "read" classics to children, allowing them to develop a strong foundation in this language early on. It is undoubtedly the "childhood training for moral life" and the "foundation-building for spiritual maturity."