Twelve Letters to Youth (Chinese Reading Recommended Series)

This book includes two booklets written by Mr. Zhu Guangqian - "Twelve Letters to Youth" and "Talk about Beauty". The former was written to young people in China shortly after he studied in England in 1925. In the form of letters, he talked about self-cultivation and gave guidance to young people from the perspectives of literature, aesthetics, philosophy, morality, politics, etc., And was very popular among young people. The collection was published in 1929 and then reprinted, becoming a bestseller. "Talking about Beauty" is an introductory book on aesthetics written by the author in the form of letters for young people three years later in 1932. In a sense, it is a continuation or companion piece to the previous book.