Must read classics

What must-read classics are there? In this chapter, I will introduce some classics that must be read. I hope everyone will watch it together.

A must-read classic The Analects of Confucius

◆ The cornerstone of China's political ethics and social ethics for two thousand years.

Without reading this book, you can't deeply understand the traditional culture of China.

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

◆ One of the 100 books that have influenced human culture.

◆ Philosophy book that best represents China culture.

China people listed by famous historian Qian Mu must read.

In ancient times, there was a saying that the Analects of Confucius ruled the world. The Analects of Confucius was a record of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. This textbook, which has been read by China people for thousands of years, contains China's ancient political thoughts and ways of governing the country, and is a key to our understanding of ancient China society.

Because the Analects of Confucius has a close relationship with China culture for thousands of years, thinkers of past dynasties have interpreted and exerted it countless times, so the cultural value contained in the Analects of Confucius has greatly exceeded the original connotation of the book.

Origin of species

◆ Classic works that affect the historical process.

◆ One of the 10 books that shocked the world.

A masterpiece that has had a wide impact on the process of human development.

◆ Classical translation that influenced modern China society.

◆ 1985 American Life Magazine selected the best books in human history.

◆ 1986 The ideal library recommended by the French magazine Reading.

1859165438+1October 24th, which is a very extraordinary day in London, England. On this day, many Londoners flocked to a bookstore to buy a newly published book. The first edition of this book, 1250 copies, was sold out on the day of publication.

This sensational new book is The Origin of Species, which is the first masterpiece of Darwin, the founder of evolution. The publication of this book, for the first time, established biology on a complete scientific basis, and overturned the theories of' creationism' and' species invariance' with a brand-new idea of biological evolution.

General history of the world

◆ "Proverbs of Salvation" in today's society

◆ Purple Tongzhi Sword in Modern Society

◆ A new starting point for the compilation of contemporary world history

◆ One of the 10 books that influenced world history.

◆ Classic works in the history of human civilization development

Authors Stavri and Anoos adopted a brand-new historical viewpoint and method, regarded the whole world as an inseparable organic unity, studied the emergence and development of human civilization in various regions of the world from a global perspective rather than a national or regional perspective, focused on human historical events and their mutual relations and interactions, and tried to reflect the opposition and interaction between the local and the whole.

The book is new in information and covers a wide range, involving not only politics and economy, but also military affairs, culture, education, religion, science and technology. , and absorbed the new achievements in various fields of world history research in the past 20 years, which is quite novel and realistic to read. Therefore, this book was translated into many languages as soon as it came out in the mid-20th century, and was well received.

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history

◆ The best teaching material for governing the country and keeping the country safe.

◆ Historical books that best represent China culture.

◆ Classic books that have influenced the history of China.

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

◆ A masterpiece showing the unique features of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years.

◆ One of the 100 books that influenced the historical process.

◆ Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan and Qian Mu have listed the least required books.

Historical Records is China's first biographical general history, written by Sima Qian, a writer and historian of the Han Dynasty. This is a record with extensive materials and exquisite materials. Among them, the sources of information are classics and archives; There are official records and folk word of mouth; With written materials and physical evidence, the book contains hundreds of books, covering thousands of generations, and is an immortal masterpiece in the field of literature and history.

the art of war

◆ It condensed the essence of the best strategic wisdom in ancient China.

◆ Military leaders.

◆ The source of human wisdom

◆ Classic works that best represent Chinese civilization.

◆ Ancient military art books that have influenced the course of world history.

Sun Tzu's Art of War 13, about 6000 words. It was written by Sun Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, and it has been more than 2,500 years since then. It is the oldest existing art book in China and even in the world, and has always been regarded as a treasure by politicians, strategists, businessmen and scholars.

Since its publication, this book has had a great and far-reaching influence on the development of ancient military art in China, and it is known as "military classic" and "the ancestor of discussing military affairs through the ages". Military strategists and politicians of all ages have drawn nutrition from it to guide war practice and develop military theory.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

A masterpiece of wisdom and strategy.

◆ The pioneering work of long historical novels

◆ Four magical books

◆ One of China's four classical masterpieces.

◆ Classic works that best represent Chinese civilization.

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

1986 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, an ideal book collection recommended by the French magazine Reading, was born in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It is a famous historical novel in China, and no novel has had such a great and profound impact on a country's social life and customs.

At the same time, with the cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has also spread overseas, translated into dozens of languages such as Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Britain, France, Germany and Russia, and spread all over the world. Russian sinologists praised this book as "a masterpiece that really enriched people's nature". French scholars believe that "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the most famous historical novel".

In the hero-worshipping American society, people praised The Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a masterpiece describing the heroic achievements in the early days. The British academic circles unanimously recommended The Romance of the Three Kingdoms as an epic work ... With the passage of time, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has further expanded its influence with its unparalleled rich connotation.

The Water Margin?

◆ The talents listed by Jin Shengtan are required reading.

◆ Literary books that best represent China culture.

◆ One of China's four classical masterpieces.

◆ Classic works on the theme of peasant uprising

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

◆ A masterpiece showing the unique features of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years.

Outlaws of the Marsh is a milestone in the development history of China vernacular literature, which indicates that the vernacular Chinese with a history of hundreds of years has entered a mature stage. With Water Margin, China had his first successful vernacular novel.

Looking at Water Margin, we will feel a rough and bold artistic atmosphere, just like the strong wind blowing from osawa, which makes people respect. It is a novel with distinct tendentiousness and huge scale, which is rare in the history of world novels and describes the people's struggle against violence.

Zeng Guofan's letter

Family precepts set an example, and knowledge means everyone.

◆ A thinker's observation experience of the world and people's hearts.

◆ The exposure of the spiritual world of a great man with a thousand ditches and valleys in his chest.

◆ China 100 is one of the classics of Chinese studies.

◆ Disseminate classic works of Chinese civilization.

Zeng Guofan is an important historical figure in the modern history of China, known as the "first minister" in the late Qing Dynasty. Later generations praised him as a "swan song" and a "model of officialdom." He purged the political style, advocated learning from the West, and initiated "Tongzhi Zhongxing", which made the Qing Dynasty, which was about to collapse, continue for another 60 years. His achievements are unparalleled, and his works and thoughts have far-reaching influence and are favored by future generations.

mao:a biography

◆ High-level credit history with academic and authoritative characteristics.

◆ A vivid and profound biography that can be trusted.

◆ Famous biographies of 20th century celebrities

A gentle face, black hair, strong hands, bright eyes, a mole on the chin, which is particularly prominent in the face without wrinkles, is a great politician, strategist and a typical China figure, deeply branded with his mark in the modern history of China. Anyone who wants to know the history of China, anyone who really seeks the liberation of the oppressed nation, can't avoid the great name "Mao Zedong".

A Dream in Red Mansions

◆ China's first wonderful book in ancient and modern times.

◆ "Pyramid" of China's Classical Novels

◆ Encyclopedia of China Traditional Society.

A book you don't read is a great regret in life.

◆ One of China's four classical masterpieces.

◆ Literary books that best represent China culture.

◆ Classic books that have influenced the history of China.

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions has been loved by readers for more than 200 years and has become a folk literature with a broad mass base. There is a saying in Zhi Zhu's words that' if you don't talk about a dream of red mansions, you will be confused without canon'. A Dream of Red Mansions is a great masterpiece, and its theme, content and application of various art forms are unprecedented in the history of China's novels.

According to incomplete statistics, A Dream of Red Mansions has been published in 18 languages and more than 60 translations all over the world. It is a first-class treasure of world literature and has been and will continue to be appreciated and praised by people all over the world.

[Literary Works] Journey to the West

◆ Fairy tales suitable for people of all ages.

◆ Encourage people to work hard, never lose heart, and persevere in achieving their goals.

◆ A masterpiece showing the unique features of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years.

◆ One of China's four classical masterpieces.

◆ Classic works of world myths and legends

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

Among China's classical novels, The Journey to the West's content is the most complicated. It combines the thoughts and contents of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, which not only allows the immortals of Buddhism and Taoism to perform at the same time, but also injects the human feelings of the real society into the world of gods and buddhas, and sometimes inserts a few words of Confucian wisdom like a schoolbag, which is harmonious and interesting. This feature has undoubtedly won the interest of readers of all cultural levels.

squeal

◆ Textbooks that Chinese people must read for self-policing.

◆ Understand China people and analyze the classics of China people.

◆ 20th Century China Novels 100 Top.

◆ Classic works that have influenced the history of China.

◆ An important classic for building the ladder of Chinese civilization

In the' Top 20 China Novels 100' jointly selected by Asia Weekly and scholars and writers from all over the world, Scream ranks first, ranking first in the century.

insectology

◆ World Insect Epic

◆ A book that can never be read.

◆ The most influential books recommended by Harvard University 1 13.

Landmark works in French history.

◆ Classic works that affect the world.

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, Fabres, an outstanding French entomologist and writer, published a book "The Story of Insects", and the world echoed with admiration. No entomologist has the literary accomplishment as high as Fabres, and no writer has the entomological attainments as high as Fabres. Entomology is a model of the perfect combination of science and literature.

Arabian Nights

◆ The highest achievement of Arabic literature.

Encyclopedia of Arab social life

Like a treasure mountain. When you walk in, you will always find your favorite treasure.

◆ One of the 100 books that have influenced the world.

◆ 1986 French reading magazine

Arabian Nights is the product of multi-ethnic cultural integration bred on the fertile soil of Arab culture in the Middle Ages. This literary masterpiece brings together myths, legends and fables of all ethnic groups in the ancient Near East and Central Asia. The plot is mysterious, fantastic, beautiful and moving, which affects the hearts of readers all over the world and glows with enduring charm.

The characters in the book are all kinds, which constitute a vast historical picture, vividly reappearing the social outlook and customs of the Arab countries and neighboring countries in the Middle Ages. Arabian Nights has a great and far-reaching influence on world literature.

This crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Arab nation in the Middle Ages, with its broad connotation and superb art, provided sufficient nourishment for the creation of later writers. The creations of Dante, Boccaccio, Shakespeare and Goethe were all inspired by it. In the fields of song and dance, drama, film and television, its influence is equally extensive and far-reaching.

Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams

◆ Open the door to the subconscious world.

A milestone in the history of psychoanalysis

◆ Must-read documents for learning Freudianism.

◆ One of the 100 books that influenced the historical process.

◆ The most important classic works of humanities and social sciences in the 20th century.

◆ 1986 The ideal library recommended by the French magazine Reading.

100 years ago, Freud shocked the whole world with his interpretation of dreams, awakened the attention of the dead scientific community to dreams, and became a watershed and milestone with special significance in the history of human scientific thought. Freud undoubtedly occupied a prominent position in the topographic map of human culture in the 20th century. It is precisely because of this that Freud's various works have become enduring bestsellers in the world in the 20th century.

Freud wrote a lot in his life, one of which is world-famous and still reprinted around the world, The Interpretation of Dreams, which was published a century ago. After the book was published, with the spread and development of psychoanalysis, its thoughts had an important influence on literature, art, history and religion.

Border towns

◆ The purest novel text in the history of modern literature

Pastoral legend, the pinnacle of China's modern literature.

◆ Asia Weekly ranked first in the 20th century 100 as the best Chinese novel.

◆ One of the most influential 10 novels of China in the 20th century.

Shen Congwen is known as a "custom painter" in modern China. His novels have constructed a world of Xiangxi belonging to him with a simple style, prose style and poetic mood, which embodies a "beautiful, healthy and natural life form" and shapes many vivid characters. Border Town is the soul of his "Xiangxi World".

Border Town is a nostalgic work, a kind of nostalgia with regret. When the author created it, he felt unspeakable warmth in his heart. In a clear, beautiful but somewhat sad pastoral, he showed a beautiful, natural and not contrary to human nature, and made an appropriate explanation for human love.

When reading Border Town, readers are first shocked by Shen Congwen's careless and understated language, and the border town moved by his poetic brushwork is like a leisurely paradise. The novel expresses the beauty of nature, folklore and humanity with the beautiful brushwork of lyric poetry and prose, and depicts the scenery and human feelings seen on a boat near the water. It is a poetic picture of Xiangxi, full of pastoral sentiment and local color, forming a unique lyric local novel.

The unbearable lightness of life

One of the greatest novels of the 20th century.

◆ One of the top ten outstanding literary works in the world in 1980s.

Milan Kundera promoted philosophical novels to a new height of dreamy lyricism and strong feelings. Silence contains harsh truth, eloquence contains beautiful lies, confused eyes touch dialectical questions, two paradoxes of doubt, about memory and forgetting, about kitsch and anti-vulgarity, about freedom and responsibility. ...

In this book, Milan Kundera examines the emptiness and enrichment of the human soul, the body and weight of the soul, and interprets some eternal truths in life with its unique life perspective, cold and handsome thinking and a little wisdom. In Milan Kundera's view, life is painful, and this kind of pain stems from our wrong grasp of the purpose of life.

Although there are many people in the world, everyone is working hard according to their own goals in life, but each goal has its own emptiness. Those who seek fame are nothing more than a mirage, and those who seek wealth are nothing more than things.

Milan Kundera's novels are famous for their profundity, but his pen and ink skills and narrative style are also outstanding, and he is a rare master in the text. Milan Kundera is not only full of the depth of philosophers, but also obviously has the passion of a poet and the acumen of an essayist, any of which is enough to make him stand proudly in the present world.

Romance of the West Chamber

◆ Great works of art with eternal and universal vitality.

◆ Jin Shengtan is listed as one of the must-read books for talents in the world.

◆ One of the top ten classic comedies in China.

The Story of the West Chamber, formerly known as Yingying Biography, is also known as Huizhen Ji, which is the masterpiece of Wang Shifu, a famous opera writer in the Yuan Dynasty, and also the most beautiful and grand large-scale comedy in the Yuan Dynasty. It occupies a very important position in the history of China literature and China opera, and it is one of the peaks of the development of ancient China opera.

Because it is passed down from generation to generation, there are many versions and they have been widely circulated. It has been banned by rulers for many times, but it has sold hundreds of times, especially in the Ming Dynasty, where there are many engravings and critics are like clouds.

Sophie's World

A philosophy book that is popular all over the world and super best-selling.

◆ The most readable philosophy book in the world.

A novel about the history of philosophy.

◆ One of the 20th century 100 classic works.

◆ 1994 won the German Youth Literature Award and the Best Works Award.

Sophie's World, in the form of a novel, reveals the development of western philosophy through the process of a philosophical tutor imparting philosophical knowledge to a girl named Sophie. The thoughts from Socrates to Sartre, Aristotle, Descartes, Hegel, etc., are vividly reflected on the paper by the author's vivid brushstrokes, and explained with the historical background at that time, which is fascinating.

Critics believe that this book is the most suitable introductory book for those who have never read philosophy classes, and it can also refresh old knowledge for those who have read some philosophy before and completely forgotten it.

Walden

◆ A fresh, healthy and inspirational book.

Guide to self-reliance and simple life

◆ A model of green classic library

◆ One of the representative works of western environmental science.

◆ The first of the 10 books that constitute the American character.

Walden is a famous literary work by Thoreau, an American writer in the19th century. Thoreau was not very famous before his death, but with the passage of time, his fame increased day by day, and he was known as the ideological pioneer of the American environmental movement.

This is a fresh, healthy and inspiring book, which reveals the true meaning of life discovered by the author in his life experiment of returning to nature-if a person can meet the basic needs of life, he can actually enjoy life more calmly and fully.

It is said that the poet Haizi took four books with him when he went to Shanhaiguan to commit suicide, one of which was Thoreau's Walden Lake, which is very similar to Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection, and was written by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin until his death. A book published more than 0/00 years ago fascinated many people to death.

The course of beauty

China's classic works on aesthetics are required reading as an introduction to aesthetics.

The Course of Beauty is a very short book, with the length exceeding100000 words; The course of beauty is another masterpiece, which examines the artistic development of the Chinese nation from ancient totems to painting and calligraphy techniques in Ming and Qing dynasties for thousands of years.

Starting from the concept of "humanization of nature", the author puts forward "anthropological historical ontology". The book is tightly structured and magnificent, which not only responds to the current popular aesthetic schools at home and abroad, but also unifies social and natural from a philosophical point of view, discusses the ontological existence of beauty and human beings, the' mathematical equation' of aesthetic feeling and psychological emotion, and puts forward the prospect that aesthetics is related to human destiny.

Reading it makes people fascinated for thousands of years, inviting them to swim in the long river of history and constantly appreciate the artistic spirit of one era after another. This book is full of narration and discussion, with precise views and concise words. Not only professional researchers regard it as a necessary reference book, but also ordinary readers will be interested in reading it. This book has been all the rage and reprinted many times since it was published in the early 1980s. It was once listed as a must-read book for teenagers, guiding a group of readers into the palace of beauty.

The catcher in the rye

◆ The earliest anti-hero image in contemporary American literature is a reader with a strong youthful atmosphere.

One of the top ten classics of modern literature, a young reader in the history of American literature.

According to the data of bookstore sales research company, The Guardian listed the British favorite 20th century classic novels, and The Catcher in the Rye topped the list. This is a book that can be read in one breath, and it is full of meditation. It is called' one of the top ten classics of modern literature' by Time magazine.

Although The Catcher in the Rye has only a few hundred thousand words, it has had a great influence on American society and literature. When the novel came out, it immediately caused a sensation and was warmly welcomed by college and middle school students. They all imitate the clothes of the protagonist Holden and speak the' Holden-style' language, because this novel tells their hearts and reflects their ideals, anguish and wishes.

Salinger's The Thin Catcher in the Rye has influenced several generations of American youth, and maybe more than one generation of China youth. This book is also a' modern classic' in world literature. Since it was translated into Chinese in the early 1980s, many versions have been printed many times and have been selling well.

Aesop's Fables

◆ 100 books that have influenced human culture are one of the oldest fables in the world.

The most widely read book in the world has the greatest influence on western ethics and political thought. The essence of eastern and western folk literature and the crystallization of the wisdom of working people.

Aesop's Fables is the oldest collection of fables in the world, with short length and informal form. Simple stories often shine with the light of wisdom, and generate shines with the spark of wisdom, which contains profound implications. It is not only an enlightenment textbook to instill the concept of good, evil, beauty and ugliness in children, but also a life textbook, which has a great influence on future generations.

In the history of European literature, it laid the foundation for fable creation. Aesop's Fables is often quoted by literary works and even political works all over the world, either as a metaphor for reasoning or as a weapon of attack and satire. The essence of this book still has positive practical significance.

"alive"

◆ Italian Greenzana Carver Literature Award

Hong Kong Boyi 15 Good Book Award

Taiwan Province Province * * * * 10 Good Book Award.

"To be alive" is a work that the author Yu Hua thinks is "noble", and life has become a running account of life and death under the "dark and cold life".

As soon as Alive came out, it was highly praised by critics. This book tells an ordinary and profound story about a person and his fate, about a person's courage to endure all kinds of disasters, about how China people survive in a specific era, about the value of suffering and the greatness of people.

This is a person's enrichment history, and it is also a human enrichment history. It teaches us to observe the smile through tears and experience the joy of living through suffering. We will approach ourselves and a writer's deep spiritual world by approaching this book.

Me and Ditan

◆ One of China's 50 contemporary classic works.

◆ One of the outstanding works of China in the 20th century.

After watching Ditan and Me, I can't help crying, thank God. There are flowers, trees, strange couples and ancient altars everywhere ... Everything that is alive and lifeless is so gentle and tactile in Shi Tiesheng's pen and mind. He used paper and pen to describe the world he was attached to with warmth and affection.

The full text of Me and Ditan is profound and meaningful, and its philosophy is profound and touching. According to his own personal experience, Shi Tiesheng described various lifestyles and feelings about fate he observed during his years of meditation and wandering in ditan park. Shi Tiesheng was in a wheelchair when he suddenly became paralyzed at the most arrogant age. Every day, he came to an altar abandoned by ancient emperors-Ditan. At the intersection of time and space, he thought about the problems that philosophers of all ages have been puzzled about all their lives-death and life.

Friends who are tired of contemporary literature and art and contemporary life may wish to see Shi Tiesheng's "I and Ditan", and he will tell you a lot. After the pain, the author suddenly entered a clear realm, faced his mind in a torture way, and almost found the reason and value of existence in despair.

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