《中国药科大学》书评

学号:2020180602 考试号:180401009 姓名:曹逾 班级号:E44
    Book Review of The Spirit of the Chinese people    This book is Mr. Gu Hongming ’s answer to what is the spirit of the Chinese. Before I read this book, I asked myself this question. My answer is not very sure, I think the Chinese spirit is peace-loving and values etiquette. In this book, Mr. Gu Hongming showed us a richer and more vivid Chinese spirit. 
  In the book, Mr Gu Hongming compares Chinese people with Americans, British, Germans and French people, pointing out that Chinese people have the four virtues of profound, broad, simple and spiritual, and advocate the use of traditional Chinese Confucianism to solve the problems which exist in western society.
  Mr. Gu Hongming used his superb language to discover the spiritual temperament of the Chinese. He described it so elegantly that it made me fascinated. Many of Mr. Gu Hongming’s remarks seem to be lacking in arguments to make it difficult to understand. But I think that when we have a deep understanding of Chinese culture, these words will become reasonable and vivid.
  I am amazed by Mr. Gu Hongming’s excellent observation and ability to reason. He saw the clues of culture from some small details, then continued to think, found the spirit of the Chinese behind the details, and finally used the poetic language to sing the spirit of the Chinese.And after only a few analyses and comparisons, some of the spiritual qualities that I have not noticed before have been displayed in front of me by Mr. Gu Hongming.
  The spirit of the Chinese people in Mr. Gu Hongming’s heart is also worth thinking about. Mr. Gu Hongming’s attitude is optimistic.He said:”Instead, therefore, of saying that the Chinese are a people of arrested development, one ought rather to say that the Chinese are a people who never grow old. In short the wonderful peculiarity of the Chinese people as a race, is that they possess the secret of perpetual youth.”He stressed deep,broad,simple and delicacy. These all show a beautiful and warm state. We can find many good qualities that we have neglected from the words of Mr. Kui Hongming and find confidence in them.
  At the same time, we should consider the significance of this book in the era in which Mr. Kui Hongming is located. In that era, most people thought about how to use Western culture to save China. However, Mr.Gu Hongming has turned his attention to our great traditional culture and believes that we can find a better way out of it. He also suggest that the West use our culture to solve problems in their country. These all show his extraordinary wisdom and courage. 
  The era in which Mr. Gu Hongming lived also brought some limitations to the book. Some of the remarks in the book are too one-sided and lack arguments. There have been a lot of words that are too absolute, causing some opinions to be similar. But if we consider that Mr. wants to use this book to inspire the people, These shortcomings can be neglected. Just like Lu Xun’s words are often mean, because he hopes to wake up the numb people.
   We can see Mr. Gu Hongming’s call for the good spirit of the past in this book.So, as a college student,we must constantly improve our self-cultivation.Then we can show foreigners what is the spirit of the Chinese. As a Chinese,we must be confident, because we have the most splendid civilization in the world.