Gu hongming, whose given name was tang sheng, styled himself hongming and gave the name licheng, described himself as the slouch people, people from north and south, east and west, and also gave the name Tomson to Mr. Donghong, who was a change reader in hanbin. His ancestral home is hui 'an county, fujian province. He learned many Chinese and western languages and was known as a "geek" in the late qing dynasty. He was proficient in 9 languages including English, French, German, Latin, Greek and malaya, and obtained 13 doctor's degrees. He was the first person in China who was proficient in western science, language and Oriental sinology in the qing dynasty.

The book I read, the spirit of the Chinese people, is also called the spring and autumn principles or the original China. The main content of this book is to compare the cultures of China, the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and to conclude that Chinese culture is the best. Chinese traditional ideology and culture are used to transform the western society, and Chinese culture can save the western world in trouble, because it was during the first world war. He advised westerners not to try to change Chinese culture, which would be a loss to the world and a disaster. "A calm and blessed state of mind allows us to see things as they are: that is imaginative reason, that is the Chinese spirit." This sentence is what gu hongming wants to clarify most in his book the spirit of the Chinese people, and it is also the theme of this book.

According to Gu hongming, the "four virtues" of Chinese people are true Chinese people, whose life soul, only pure and pure heart and wisdom of the adult, and the soul of the perfect combination of products, reasons, eternal youth products and an immortal national soul. Chinese people have "four virtues", such as "propriety" and "righteousness". They lived a spiritual life free from any arrogance, rudeness or savagery. They are domestic animals. In China, there is nothing you hate in particular, but there is some goodness in it.

Of course, it may be because of the era that Mr. Gu describes China too well. In fact, I am opposed to many of the ideas in this book. Due to the selflessness and sense of responsibility of wives, Chinese men are allowed to have maids or concubines. I think polygamy is a mark of The Times and a deformity of the system. The three conformities and the four virtues have bound women. However, this does not affect the historical value and status of the book. In the context of The Times to talk about the spirit of this esoteric and obscure words, no doubt greatly maintain the dignity of the Chinese people.

Good things are hard. It is precisely because of the beauty of Chinese culture and the tenacity of Chinese people's spirit that Chinese culture has been able to spread intact in the flood of time and become a unique and charming culture, influencing the development of world culture. Therefore, as contemporary young college students, we should regard ourselves as the cultural successors of the new century and inherit and carry forward the precious spiritual wealth left by our ancestors, so as to perpetuate the Chinese spirit forever.