1. In terms of content, Chinese traditional culture covers traditional views on nature, society, family, and religion; in terms of era, it runs through the entire ancient times from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. ?
2. "Chinese Studies" should include the Five Arts, the Six Arts, and the theories of various schools of thought. Among them, there are hundreds of schools of thought, including "Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Xing, Ming, Dharma, Mohism" and so on. They are the schools of "establishing the mind for heaven and earth"; among them, the six arts include "ritual, music, archery, imperialism" and so on. ", calligraphy, and mathematics". In ancient times, among the "six arts", etiquette, music, archery, and chastity, they were called "great arts" and were necessary skills for nobles to engage in politics. Children of nobles must study them in depth during the imperial education stage.
3. Calligraphy and mathematics are called "small arts", which are skills needed for people's daily life. They are compulsory courses at the "elementary school" stage in ancient times. They are the skills of "making a living for the people"; Among them, the five arts are the knowledge of "carrying on the unique knowledge for the past saints" and "studying the relationship between heaven and man", including "mountain, medicine, divination, fortune-telling, fortune-telling", etc.
4. Those who are slandered as "superstitious" by modern people and who easily deny all knowledge of the relationship between "the relationship between heaven and man" actually rarely stand on the ultimate concern that is closely related to the state of human existence. From the perspective of human beings, we should seriously explore the true meaning and intrinsic value of the relationship between heaven and man, to draw closer to the indirect and direct connection between the existence of life and the relationship between heaven and man, and to set up a bridge of communication between tradition and the times, culture and life. bridge.
5. It has rich philosophical connotations in Chinese traditional culture. Although Chinese studies are not philosophy, the development history of Chinese studies encompasses the development of philosophy in China over thousands of years. Chinese studies cannot be singled out from traditional Chinese culture. The basic basis for establishing a degree must be found to comprehensively revive China's Chinese culture and implement the Spring and Autumn Period. During this period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the revival of culture including the Five Arts, the Six Arts, and the Hundred Schools of Thoughts was the day when the true renaissance of Chinese studies took place. The modernization of Chinese studies is to scientifically revive and modernize the literature, art, and cultural knowledge of the Five Arts, Six Arts, and Hundreds of Confucian Schools. : China State Net
Chinese Traditional Culture:
1. In recent years, the rise of Traditional Chinese Studies shows that traditional culture is receiving more and more attention. In order to carry forward Chinese traditional studies and continue the excellent cultural tradition, New World Publishing House began to edit and publish a series of Chinese traditional studies in early 2002. Looking at the domestic publishing industry, there is no shortage of profound academic research monographs, but there is still no shortage of Chinese studies textbooks for ordinary readers; in the academic world, there are many elderly academic leaders, but ordinary Chinese, especially young students, are not interested in Chinese studies knowledge. Little is known.
2. The editor believes that the current task of publishers should first be to popularize and improve the public’s knowledge of Chinese studies, and that the promotion of traditional national culture should start from the foundation work. Therefore, when the topic of this series was established, New World Press positioned its reading group at the broad masses of young people and ordinary people, and regarded this series as a set of academic popular readings, targeting people with college education and above. It is hoped that this series will both It has reference value for academic research, popularizes traditional cultural knowledge, and enlightens readers' minds.
3. This series of books summarizes the various disciplines of Chinese studies in the form of independent studies in the Chinese academic field, introduces the development and changes of the discipline, as well as the main content, representative figures of each discipline and the academic achievements of each period. The results of the research interpret Chinese studies from a unique perspective. Readers can trace their origins and explore the foundation of Chinese culture, thereby achieving the purpose of learning from the past and understanding the present, inheriting the legacy of sages and revealing the gleam of latent virtues.
4. In order to ensure the academic authority of the series, the authors of the series are all well-known domestic scholars, experts and professors, and are academic leaders in this discipline. The articles written strive to be comprehensive, accurate, concise, and 30,000 to 50,000 words in length, providing a general introduction to each subject. The article appropriately omits the cumbersome quotations found in academic works so that readers can understand the essence in easy reading.
5. The series is divided into five volumes: "History Volume", "Literature Volume", "Philosophy Volume", "Comprehensive Volume", and "Ethnic Volume", totaling 3.3 million words. Following the published " After the "History Volume", the "Literature Volume" will be released within the year, and the remaining three volumes will be published before 2008.