观中国人的精神

This book was wrote by gu hongming,a respected Chinese philosopher.The spirit of the Chinese is a world-famous masterpiece by gu hongming,a ‘gee-jie’ of the late qing dynasty.The purpose of gu mingming’s discussion is to reveal the spirituai life of Chinese people and expound the eternal value of Chinese traditional culture.
In his book, Gu Hongming compares Chinese people with Americans, Englishmen, Germans and Frenchmen, points out that Chinese people have four virtues at the same time: profound, broad, simple and spiritual. He also advocates using traditional Confucianism to solve the problems existing in Western society and to transform them.Americans are broad-minded, simple, but not deep; Englishmen are deep, simple, but not broad; Germans are broad, deep, but not simple; French people are not as deep as Germans, but have the sensitivity that these three nations lack; only Chinese people have all these four excellent spiritual characteristics.
"The first spirit of the Chinese people is gentle. Gentlemen are not weak in nature, nor are they vulnerable to submission. They are not tough, harsh, rude and violent.One foreigner said that as a foreigner, the longer you stay in Japan, the more you hate Japanese. On the contrary, the longer you live in China, the more you like Chinese people. This foreign friend lived in Japan and China for a long time.
So,you can see what is the spirits of the Chinese people,and you will know this spirit’s advantage.But Mr.gu’s speech is not exactly.
Gu Hongming wrote that the Chinese people live a spiritual life, so that "the development of the Chinese people is not so much hindered as it is a nation that never grows old", a nation that "has the secret of keeping youth forever". Of course, this "child-like" nation is not interested in abstract and rigid science and technology.Well,it’s wrong.We all know the Science and technology are the primary productive forces.And the China is vigorously developing science and technology, many of which even rank among the top.
But I have to say that Mr. Gu's remarks were of great positive significance in that society at that time. It has great influence on China and the whole world.Since the late Qing Dynasty, the image of China has been seriously distorted. Gu Hongming, who is a well-versed and independent scholar in China and the West, published the Chinese Spirit in English in 1915. He used his pen to safeguard the dignity of Chinese culture and change the prejudice of some Westerners towards China. This book, once published, stirred up the West, and was later translated into many languages.Mr. Gu Hongming's "The Spirit of the Chinese People" describes the Chinese people of that era. In fact, it mainly describes the personality characteristics of the intellectuals. Although it is not as colorful as some people, it is undoubtedly accurate and vivid. Although it is full of humorous jokes, it also contains many serious topics. The book is imbued with Gu Hongming's love for China and the Chinese people.