CHINESE LITERATURE-中国文学 内容简介

chinese literature, spanning over three thousand years, has well shaped the splendid and profound cultural identity of the chinese people. chinese literature is of immediate practical use from its source. it concerns human relationships and everyday life as well as political education. moreover, it is closely related with the spiritual life of the people. the chinese people strive for the harmony of man:with nature, firmly believing that the foundation of human relationships and everyday life is in communion with the heavenly principles. what the geniuses in the field of literature aspire to know and concern themselves with are the whole universe, history, and the bitter sorrow of the common people. all these are the great splendors in the tradition of chinese literature.

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《中国文学(英文版)》内容简介：Chinese literature, spanning over three thousand years, has well shaped the splendid and profound cultural identity of the Chinese people. Chinese literature is of immediate practical use from its source. It concerns human relationships and everyday life as well as political education. Moreover, it is closely related with the spiritual life of the people. The Chinese people strive for the harmony of man with nature, firmly believing that the foundation of human relationships and everyday life is in communion with the heavenly principles. What the geniuses in the field of literature aspire to know and concern themselves with are the whole universe, history, and the bitter sorrow of the common people. All these are the great splendors in the tradition of Chinese literature.

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插图：Mencius (c. 372-289 BC), whose name being Ke, was a native of the State of Zou (the southeast of the present-day Zouxian County, Shandong Province). He studied under the disciple of Zisi, grandson of Confucius. lie not only carried on Confucius' thought but also further developed it. Deeply laden with anxieties about the conditions of the age he lived in that "The whole world is going crazy chasing after gains," Mencius started to spread in glowing terms the virtues of Yao and Shun of the remote past, appealing to everyone to take benevolence and righteousness as the foundation of the world. In the beginning, he set up a tutorial school at home and taught his disciples. Mencius said, "A gentleman's happiness lies in three things," and one of the three things is to "get from the whole kingdom themost talented individuals, and teach and nourish them." Later he toured various countries and met with King Xuan of and King Hui of Liang. Throughout the Warring States Period, "All the states contended for hegemony and encroachment upon each other through military forces." What the sovereigns of the time cared for most was nothing but political trickery. Consequently, it was impossible for the rulers of various states to adopt Mencius doctrines, which was the same case with Confucius. On the contrary, Mencius' views were considered to be "high-sounding and impractical." Mencius was partly written by Mencius himself and partly by his disciples with, by and large, identical writing style of Mencius. The wording of the writings as a whole is overwhelmingly forceful and the arguments are sharp and eloquent.

CHINESE LITERATURE-中国文学 作者简介

Dr, Yao Dan, Dean of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Teaching and Research Office at School of Liberal Arts of Renmin University of China, a member of the Society of Modern Chinese Literature and a special researcher of the Christian Culture Institute at Renmin University of China. Her works include Literary Activities in the Historical Context of Southwest United University, A Guidance to Readers of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and so on.