The material selected for this series follows these principles: uphold a critical approach to inheritance, taking what is valuable and discarding what is outdated. Neither endorse everything wholesale nor reject it all outright. Inherit ideas in an abstract form, develop them through interpretation, base them in the present, and put them to practical use. Uphold a systemic, holistic approach. Pay attention to how material is distributed across historical periods; to progressive figures from every ethnic group; to figures from every level of society; and to the different facets of each person. In other words, look vertically across five thousand years of history, tracing each thread through time; look horizontally at the practice of virtue, leaving no aspect unexamined. Uphold the principle of drawing on the past to serve the present and putting it to practical use. When uncovering resources related to virtue, pay particular attention to stories and sayings of historical figures, as well as to traditional public virtues, shared virtues, and common values among different social classes and ethnic groups. Emphasize their popular, democratic, progressive, developmental, universal, and abstract qualities, without demanding that every aspect of the ancient past or every individual be covered.
This book is rich in content, covering many aspects of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, from the environmental ethics of "harmony between man and nature" to personal cleanliness and fitness. Through real stories, the author shows the wisdom of the ancients in environmental ethics, cleanliness and fitness, which I benefited a lot from reading. Moreover, the story format in the book is vivid and interesting, and the writing style is concise and smooth, making it very suitable for our high school students to read.