Selected Writings of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties

Author: Wang Hui
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The Chinese nation has a history of thousands of years of civilization, having created a splendid and brilliant ancient culture, leaving behind rich spiritual treasures for humanity. It not only played a significant role in uniting and shaping the Chinese nation but also holds great practical significance today. It enables people to correctly understand their national history while receiving patriotic education, cultivating moral sentiments, improving the cultural quality of the entire nation, and promoting the prosperity of socialist culture. These are the cultural essence of our Yellow River descendants, shaping the national spirit of the Chinese nation. To inherit our excellent cultural heritage and carry forward the historical legacy of our ancient civilization, we have launched the "Chinese Traditional Culture Classics Library" series. This series adheres to the principle of innovating while promoting tradition. It selects and publishes a variety of classic works from China's historical records, including Confucian classics, historical texts, philosophical treatises, literary masterpieces, and scientific and technological achievements. We first focus on selecting timeless and iconic works in ancient Chinese philosophy, history, geography, literature, and science, while also including well-known and widely cherished selections passed down through generations. Considering the need for popularization and the target audience, most of these works are selected translations, with annotations provided for the selected parts. The translations aim to be accurate and fluent, easing readers into the complexities and difficulties of ancient texts and making them accessible in today's fast-paced world. This allows readers to directly engage with the essence of ancient Chinese culture, learn, and apply it simultaneously. The goal is to make the elderly, middle-aged, and young people all willing to read and understand these works, deriving benefits from them.