Xu Jialu on Culture

Author: Xu Jialu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The discussions on cultural issues in this book are scattered throughout the author's recent articles and speeches on cultural topics. The author delves deeply into cultural issues, aiming to grasp the profound laws of culture's impact on individuals and society, in order to provide strategic thinking for China's cultural construction. In the book, the author, with a sincere yearning for advanced socialist culture, paints a beautiful blueprint for such culture for the readers. The author believes that to build a strong socialist culture, the nation must not lose its identity. Therefore, it is essential to vigorously promote and protect outstanding traditional ethnic culture; to reject the fusion and complementarity of heterogeneous cultures, and to achieve a healthy interaction between refined and popular cultures. To inherit the footsteps of the predecessors, we have achieved what we have today. The author deeply mourns the renowned cultural figures such as Nie Kangnu, Wu Yincheng, and Yao Xueyin, analyzes and criticizes some current cultural phenomena that affect the progress or decline of society, and examines the history and present state of Chinese culture in the broader context of politics and the economy, conducting an in-depth investigation to trace the roots. Wisdom and emotion, beliefs and principles, are passionately expressed in the book. The articles and speeches collected in this book were published by the author in the past one to two years on cultural issues. The author delves deeply into cultural issues, aiming to grasp the profound laws of culture's impact on individuals and society, in order to provide strategic thinking for China's cultural construction. In the book, the author, with a sincere yearning for advanced socialist culture, paints a beautiful blueprint for such culture for the readers.