Civilization Manifestation: An Evaluation of 5,000 Years of Human Civilization

Author: Ruan Wei
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: In the foreseeable future, Chinese civilization will play a more important role than it does now. Are we culturally and psychologically prepared for this? Do we have an accurate understanding of the outstanding achievements of our own civilization? To embrace the responsibilities of the new century, we must first establish cultural confidence, and to do so, we must better understand our own civilization while deeply understanding other civilizations. With this in mind, this book provides a macro-comparison of human civilizations throughout history, revealing their strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures, and causal relationships, in order to present the exceptional achievements of Chinese civilization as clearly as possible. If there are no unexpected events, China will achieve modernization within half a century. At that time, Chinese civilization will become the first in human history to modernize without resorting to predatory or hegemonic means. With its vast scale and immense energy, and its profound cultural heritage, Chinese civilization will inevitably reshape the quality of humanity, making it more peaceful, just, and less hegemonic.