A Complete Guide to Ancient Wen Guan Zhi (Collector's Edition)

The so-called "Guan Zhi of ancient texts" means "selecting and compiling the essence of ancient texts". Since the book was finalized in the early Qing Dynasty, it has been circulated in urban and rural areas and has had a great influence. Lu Xun believed that it was the same as "Selected Works of Zhaoming", "their influence on literature is the same and cannot be underestimated." "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" has a total of 12 volumes, mainly prose and parallel prose. Cutting flowers and leaves from ancient Chinese prose, 222 excellent prose pieces from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty were selected. Taking into account works of different styles, genres, and themes, the book was organized based on the times and the works of writers of all generations. It is recognized as a model of beautiful prose. Among them, the focus is on pre-Qin historical prose such as "Zuo Zhuan", "Guoyu", and "Warring States Policy", Han Dynasty prose such as "Historical Records", and prose by Han, Liu, Ou, and Su, representatives of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", accounting for more than half of the book. Ideologically, this book advocates the traditional Confucian ideology and uses it as a criterion for selection, pursuing the orthodoxy of the selected articles' ideology. In terms of art, it pays attention to the conception, layout, planning, rhetoric, emotion and expression techniques of the articles. It pays more attention to the expression of language art, pays attention to the uniqueness of Chinese language and characters, and pays attention to the wonderful expressions of pronunciation, form and meaning.

Chinese prose is a great spiritual wealth in the treasure house of traditional Chinese culture, which is both ideological and artistic. By understanding the most beautiful Chinese prose, we will improve our aesthetics and our understanding of life to a higher level. The most important thing is that we can learn from some of their thoughts, their interpretation of their own society and life, and their beautiful, authentic and incisive language expression skills, which allow us to enjoy the beauty, which is very worthy of appreciation and appreciation. The thoughtfulness of the prose is self-evident.

This book is really great! The articles in it are all very interesting. I especially like "Inscription on a Humble House". Although the author lives in a humble house, he does not feel it is shabby. He also said, "This is a humble house, but I am virtuous and kind." This optimistic attitude is worth learning. Moreover, this book is organized in chronological order, which makes it easy to read. It allowed me to understand the literary styles of different historical periods. I think it is a good model for learning ancient Chinese, and I recommend it to you!