I am glad that I have read the book of Chinese Spirit. It is Gu Hongming's most influential representative work in English.It is also an early representative work of the comparison of Eastern and Western cultures. Its main purpose is to reveal the spiritual life of the Chinese people and it elucidates the eternal value of Chinese traditional culture.

Gu Hongming believes that in order to evaluate a civilization, we must see what kind of people it can produce and what kind of men and women it can produce.He pointed out originally that "to understand the real Chinese and Chinese civilization, that person must be deep, broad and simple", because "the three characteristics of Chinese character and Chinese civilization are precisely deep, broad and simple."He contrasted the Chinese with the Americans, the British, the Germans and the French, highlighting the characteristics of the Chinese people.He also talks about the Chinese language in his book. He believes that Chinese is a language of the mind. Why do foreigners find it difficult to learn Chinese, while Chinese children and ordinary people find it easy? This is because well-educated foreigners learn Chinese with their already wise minds, not with their hearts. Western languages are basic. All of them belong to this type, while Chinese is the language of the soul. The author gives the same explanation for the superb memory of the Chinese people. He believes that the Chinese people still live like children and have the power of ideas. Therefore, the Chinese nation is an old and young and energetic nation. He concluded that the real Chinese live an adult life and have a child's mind, that is to say, the real Chinese are people with a "child's mind and an adult's mind".