Humanistic Essays (Spring Issue 2006)

Author: Xiao Min, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Essay is the spirit of freedom plus the style of writing. Freedom is the inner freedom, the freedom of the spirit, and unrestrained also exceeds the rules; writing is a small, marginal, and anti-normative genre. Humanities, with the person as the foundation. Man is the measure of all things, and also the measure of the spirit. Without spirit, it is not an essay; without freedom, it is not an essay. This book selects essays rich in humanistic spirit published in spring 2006 from new periodicals, allowing readers not only to appreciate the beauty of literary freedom but also to receive humanistic education centered on the person. The Cultural Revolution was a disaster; for the entire nation, it was a great evil. However, it also provided conditions for reform and opening up. If the Cultural Revolution had not taken this system's flaws to their extreme, perhaps there would not be today's favorable situation for reform and opening up. Of course, bad things happened to turn into good ones, but the cost and sacrifice were too severe, and I absolutely do not believe that such a great evil became good. The fact that we did not conduct a thorough theoretical and ideological critique of the Cultural Revolution remains a regret. This book includes more than 30 essay articles centered around the theme of "humanistic spirit," pursuing the beauty of thought and literature. Some of the more important articles in the book include: "Topic" focuses on the "Red Guard Incident of 1966"; "World" by Liu Shahe discusses "Looking Back at World War II"; and in "Facial Shadows," Yu Jie interprets "Gorky in the Cage." Essay is the spirit of freedom plus the style of writing. Freedom is the inner freedom, the freedom of the spirit, and unrestrained also exceeds the rules; writing is a small, marginal, and anti-normative genre. Humanities, with the person as the foundation. Man is the measure of all things, and also the measure of the spirit. Without spirit, it is not an essay; without freedom, it is not an essay. This book selects essays rich in humanistic spirit published in spring 2006 from new periodicals, allowing readers not only to appreciate the beauty of literary freedom but also to receive humanistic education centered on the person. The Cultural Revolution was a disaster; for the entire nation, it was a great evil. However, it also provided conditions for reform and opening up. If the Cultural Revolution had not taken this system's flaws to their extreme, perhaps there would not be today's favorable situation for reform and opening up. Of course, bad things happened to turn into good ones, but the cost and sacrifice were too severe, and I absolutely do not believe that such a great evil became good. The fact that we did not conduct a thorough theoretical and ideological critique of the Cultural Revolution remains a regret. This book includes more than 30 essay articles centered around the theme of "humanistic spirit," pursuing the beauty of thought and literature. Some of the more important articles in the book include: "Topic" focuses on the "Red Guard Incident of 1966"; "World" by Liu Shahe discusses "Looking Back at World War II"; and in "Facial Shadows," Yu Jie interprets "Gorky in the Cage."