Five thousand years of Chinese cultural heritage has been an ever-lasting firepower. The endless continuity of Chinese civilization stems from the sages of the past dynasties who preached with sincerity, wrote articles and passed down to the world, worked hard to help the world, and pioneered the new and far-reaching.
This book breaks the inherent prejudice that "cultural celebrities are only scholars" and selects famous figures according to the chronology of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, Song and Yuan, Ming and Qing, and the Republic of China. The collection covers many fields such as thought, literature and history, calligraphy and painting, opera, science and technology, crafts, modern science and education, etc. It includes sages, poets, scribes, craftsmen, scientists, and modern enlightenment pioneers, presenting a panoramic view of the height of civilization in each era.
The whole book abandons the accumulation of historical materials and chronological narratives, and adheres to the creative concept of realistic and spiritual creation. Based on historical facts, with moods and choices as the brush strokes, it removes the filter of deification of saints and sages, and writes about the merits and deeds of the sages. It also describes the joys and sorrows of ordinary people and their choices, making the thousands of years of ancient people vivid and tangible.
From the dawn of thought when a hundred schools of thought contended, to the dazzling literary glory of the Han and Tang dynasties; from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, when the Ming Dynasty advocated literature, to the flourishing of art and literature in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and then to the new ideological landscape of the Republic of China, where the old and the new merged, the style has been inherited from generation to generation.
This is a record of Chinese cultural heritage and a spiritual dialogue spanning ancient and modern times. When you open the book, you can see the vast cultural context of thousands of years, and when you read it, you can inherit the sincerity and sincerity of your ancestors. Through the perseverance and pioneering of the sages, you can understand the roots of civilization and absorb the power passed down from generation to generation.
Purpose: This book breaks the public's narrow understanding of "cultural celebrities" being limited to literati, and reconstructs a complete picture of the Chinese cultural heritage: Chinese civilization is inexhaustible, relying not only on the poetry of sages, but also on the pioneering and persistence of ancestors in various fields such as thought, literature, calligraphy and painting, crafts, astronomy, industry, science and education, etc. Anyone who has contributed to the accumulation of civilization and benefited future generations of the nation is the inheritor of the Chinese cultural heritage.
The creation is based on rigorous historical facts, removing the stereotyped labels of historical books, abandoning deification and flat writing, and using pyrotechnic narratives to restore the ordinary background of the sages of the past generations with sorrows, joys, perseverance and regrets, and three-dimensionally present the unique character, original intention and life choices of each character, making the historical figures sealed in the classics vivid and perceptible.
The book organizes the cultural pioneers of the past dynasties in a complete chronological order, taking into account representatives of different eras and diverse industries, and completely outlines the progressive context of five thousand years, revealing that generations of sages have continued to work hard to create the continuous Chinese civilization.
The core of the work lies in using the sages as a mirror: looking back at the spiritual core of the forefathers' pioneering pursuit, perseverance, and sincere service to the country, exploring the spiritual nourishment value of traditional culture that spans thousands of years, and guiding contemporary readers to understand that the essence of culture is the root and soul of the nation. Clarify the profound mission of inheriting the cultural heritage; ultimately pass on the core pursuit of inheriting the spirit of the sages and continuing the fire for thousands of years, nourishing oneself with the spirit of the ancient sages, correcting the original intention, and serving the country, allowing the charm of the thousand-year civilization to infiltrate today's people, and achieve the continuous resonance of the ancient and modern spirits.