The spirit of the Chinese people is the spirit of eternal youth and immortal national spirit.

  Gu Hongming lived in an era when the spirit of the traditional Chinese people had been suppressed by Western civilization and the westen people all had a point that the spirit of the traditional Chinese people was worthless. Seeing that condition，he wanted to find something valuable and worthy of affirmation from our Chinese tradition to prove that the Chinese people's spirit and culture is excellent and unique in the world.

  Then，what is the spirit of the Chinese people?

  Chinese people live with their hearts. We，the Chinese people， have adult thoughts and children's hearts. The Chinese people are docile as a result of that thousands of years of civilization have made the Chinese people without barbarism . Additionally，Chinese people are full of sympathy and compassion .The spirit of the Chinese people is a perfect combination of mind and heart，which is immortal. Although there is no such thing as Western religion, we have Confucianism that teaches us the ways of being a gentleman, gives us a sense of honor, and provides us with a sense of security and permanence.

  This book uses the descriptions of " The spirit of the Chinese people ", "The Chinese woman", "The Chinese language", "John Smith in China", "A great sinologue" and "Chinese scholarship", as well as the comparison of Eastern and Western cultures and examples to well demonstrate the spirit of our Chinese people to Western countries.Gu Hongming defended the decadent ideas of "Three Principles and Five Constants", "Monarchy" and "Concubine" in China. Nevertheless, under that background, Gu Hongming's pride in Chinese spirit sprang up on paper, which changed the prejudice of some western countries towards Chinese people and Chinese culture.

  Chinese spirit is deep, broad and simple, we should be proud of this, and to the world to promote and spread our culture and spirit!But at the same time, we should abandon the decadent ideas in Chinese traditional culture and absorb and learn from the excellent ideas in foreign cultures to make China a better China!