Introduction to Chinese Culture

Author: Zhang Jiapeng, Wang Xiang, Editors
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book focuses exclusively within the framework of the "Four Levels of Culture Theory," with its primary emphasis on the core of culture, specifically the content of the mindset culture layer. Culture is a dynamic and ever-evolving process, existing within both space and time. It forms different cultural types based on spatial and regional variations. Along the timeline of history, culture undergoes distinct stages of origin, evolution, and transformation. The content of this book is broadly divided into three sections. The first part introduces the origins and background of Chinese culture, then vertically reveals the inheritance and transformation of its development from ancient times to the modern era. The second part shifts horizontally to summarize and outline the achievements, fundamental characteristics, and the position of major categories of Chinese culture within the broader traditional culture. The last part elaborates on the features and spirit of Chinese culture, as well as issues of cultural exchange between China and the world, and the modernization of traditional Chinese culture. The entire book is grounded in reality, aiming to present a vivid and diverse historical panorama while prompting a comprehensive reflection on traditional Chinese culture. This effort seeks to strengthen national confidence and pride, deepen the understanding of the importance and urgency of contemporary transformations of traditional culture, and effectively fulfill the purpose and significance of the course.