personal view
This book is very influence in western country in 20th century.It changed the westerners' prejudice against Chinese people.
The author thought that Confucianism has shaped the Chinese spirit. Chinese people are unique, Chinese spirit is unique. Gu Hongming thought that if you want to value a civilization, you should see what kind of people it can produce, what kind of men and women it can produce. Chinese character and Chinese civilization have three major characteristics: deep, broad and simple, besides delicacy. The spirit of the Chinese people is the spirit of eternal youth, the immortal national spirit.
My biggest gain is that I got much Chinese traditional culture. For example：I learned about the traditional customs of Chinese weddings and there are many Chinese traditional poems. Gu Hongming translated the Chinese traditional poems into English. That benefit me a lot. This book let me know our Chinese traditional culture is very extensive and profound and fall in love with it. I think we should keep alive these traditions, handed down to us through the generations.
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