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My Spiritual City: an Austrian Scholar's ​​essays on Beijing

(austrian) Lei Libai

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This book is the work of Austrian scholar and classical philologist Lei Libo. Lei Libo has been based in Beijing for more than 20 years. In this book, he pours his deep feelings for Beijing into words from the perspective of a "global citizen" and a "cultural bridge". With his knowledge of both China and the West, he quotes from many sources and discusses ancient and modern times. He may explore the little-known and submerged history from many nuances such as language, writing, history, art, religion, etc., Or interpret the well-known history from a new perspective, and break away obsessions in the encounter and collision of cultures.