中国人的精神 书评 决赛作品
"The Spirit of the Chinese" is a book with world influence by Guaijieguhongming in the late Qing Dynasty. The book was compiled by the author in 1914 in the English newspaper "China Review" and a series of English papers centered on "The Spirit of the Chinese". It is an early representative work of the comparison of Eastern and Western cultures. Advocating the culture and spirit of the East to Westerners has had a major impact. In the West, it has formed the saying that "to China can not see the Forbidden City, but must not look at Gu Hongming".
The main purpose of Gu Hongming's discussion is to reveal the Chinese people's spiritual life, clarify the eternal value of Chinese traditional culture, and also to change the image that has been seriously distorted by foreigners since the late Qing Dynasty. In the book, Gu Hongming compares the Chinese with the Americans, the British, the Germans, and the French, highlighting the characteristics of the Chinese: Americans are large, simple, but not deep; The English are deep and simple, but not great; The Germans are large and deep, not simple; The French do not have the natural depth of the Germans. They are not as large as the Americans and simple as the British people. They have the agility that these three peoples lack; Only the Chinese people have these four outstanding spiritual qualities. It also advocates the use of traditional Chinese Confucianism to solve the problems existing in Western society and transform it.
Gu Hongming likes Chinese culture is really like, his life is good at scolding Westerners, instead of focusing on Westerners, for nothing else, for him to whip into the whip, can always curse on the key. Therefore, many Westerners believe that Gu Hongming's knowledge and wisdom have almost reached the point of obsession.In the era that Gu Hongming lived in, according to Mr. Koo, the Chinese people have actually changed and are no longer real Chinese because they almost lost "the most wonderful characteristic of the Chinese people: they have the wisdom of adults. Can live a child's life-a kind of spiritual life. "
There is a great deal of pride among the Chinese people, and it is true that our people have a lot of spirit. However, some of Mr. Koo's explanations are also biased, but in that era, Mr. Koo's propaganda of the Eastern civilization was indeed unquestionable. The Chinese people expressed and described in this book are his life with adult reason but with a child's heart. That is, the real Chinese have adult minds and children's hearts. Therefore, the Chinese spirit is the spirit of eternal youth and the spirit of national immortality. What is the secret of immortality? Indescribable elegance: a combination of understanding and understanding. What is the law of justice? The law of justice is truth, faithfulness and loyalty. In China today, there is no need for natural forces to protect itself. Justice and controversy are higher forces than natural forces. Moral obligation is something that must be obeyed.
Of course, the spirit of the Chinese people, we need to conduct more in-depth discussions and research.
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