All You Need to Know About Chinese Studies (A Must-Have Reference Book for Chinese Families)

Qin is also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin, and Green Qi. In modern times, it is generally called Guqin and lyre. Qin has always been considered an elegant art. The ancients often referred to it as "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting" and regarded it as a necessary cultural accomplishment for a gentleman. Therefore, many Chinese literati are good at playing Qin, such as Confucius, Ji Kang, Ouyang Xiu, etc. Qin has a history of at least 3,000 years in our country. The earliest physical objects discovered by archeology are the 10-string guqin from the early Warring States Period unearthed in Suixian County, Hubei Province and the 7-string Hanqin unearthed from Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan. The whole body of the piano is a long and flat resonance box, and the panel is mostly made of sycamore wood.

I have always believed that China's excellent traditional culture has the significance of guiding reality, both for people in the past and people today. Sinology embodies the essence of five thousand years of Chinese culture. In it, you can find traces of the lives of our predecessors, see the once glorious or fallen countries, and the life experiences left by our ancestors. Knowledge about history and traditional culture will inevitably feel boring, but this book not only has rigorous explanations by category, but also has fascinating biographies and anecdotes, which can help readers get into the classroom and appreciate the infinite charm of Chinese studies.

"Chinese studies integrate ideological and academic scholarship, classics and systems, hundreds of arts, etiquette and folk customs, and contain the national lineage, national soul, and national foundation." Here is a quote from the preface of the book to explain the importance of understanding and studying Chinese studies. However, Chinese culture has a history of five thousand years, a long history, a splendid culture, and is all-encompassing. It is very complicated to understand, and it is impossible to complete it in a lifetime. This book can solve this problem. It contains the most representative and practical content, providing a shortcut for readers to easily master the knowledge of Chinese studies.

The writing style of this book is easy to understand, the writing is smooth, and the content is rich and interesting. It is very suitable for people like me who are interested in Chinese studies. By reading this book, I learned a lot about Chinese traditional culture in terms of national politics, ideology and academics. Moreover, the characters in the book have distinctive personalities and unique experiences, which gave me a deeper understanding of Chinese studies. In short, this is a very good reference book on Chinese studies!

Recommended, this book is a popular Chinese science book that can improve your Chinese culture and enrich your knowledge base. The content of this book covers many fields, including ethics and morality, etiquette and folk customs, a collection of classics and history, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc. Readers who want to know anything about Chinese studies can find the answer in this book. At the same time, the author does not feel like he is talking too much or boasting, and his language is easy to understand and approachable. I believe that readers will easily find it interesting during the reading process.

Ancient Chinese traditional culture ranges from astronomy and geography to hundreds of crafts and famous products; all aspects include ancient wisdom and the contributions of civil and military officials of all dynasties, as well as extraordinary folk figures. Mastering the basic schools of Chinese studies allows our thinking not only to be limited to the ideological and academic aspects represented by hundreds of schools of thought, but also to look at the wisdom of the ancients from the perspective of artifacts and institutions. This academic foundation of Chinese culture and the root of the Chinese people's names need to be revived and excavated again today.