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"The Tension of Chinese Culture" is a collection of the essence of Mr. Liu Mengxi's more than fifty years of research. Tradition is a spiritual river flowing from the past to the present, and everyone stands on its extension line unconsciously. The period of China's transformation from traditional society to modern society is also a period when it is necessary to reflect on culture and update tradition so that it can become a beneficial nutrient for social construction. The author extends from the perspectives of how traditional culture enters modern life, the relationship between traditional culture and contemporary China, the characteristics of Chinese culture and its value orientation, the loss and reconstruction of tradition, etc., Facing the conflict of civilizations, digging into the cultural tension and core of modern life, and providing a direction for the revitalization of Chinese culture.

Liu Mengxi has devoted more efforts to the study of Dream of Red Mansions and has published many influential works on Red Mansions. "The True Love of Children in a Dream of Red Mansions" positions "A Dream of Red Mansions" as a "Chinese love book". It analyzes the emotions of Bao Dai and related characters in 35 sections from the perspective of love, explains the eternal theme of "love", and is also enlightening to today's men and women.

"Fifteen Lectures on a Dream of Red Mansions" is now finally available as a book and available to readers. I breathed a sigh of relief, not for the book, but for the friendship. There are two aspects of friendship. On the one hand, Professor Wen Rumin of Peking University was entrusted to me. It was purely a friendship, and I had to return to my life. On the other hand, there are the authors of this book. They are unwilling to ignore my request out of friendship. If this book is stranded, I will let down their friendship. I just wrote a very simple letter requesting manuscripts. You might as well copy it below for readers to take a look at. The full text of the letter is as follows. "Fifteen Lectures on a Dream of Red Mansions" is an auxiliary teaching material planned by Peking University and other liberal arts institutions for students in my country's science and engineering universities. I have been assigned to take charge of this matter. However, Hongxue has returned to her old career, and Mengxi has said goodbye. He had no choice but to turn to his old friends from the Red School to help him fight together. I hereby send you the drafted lecture topic, and please all teachers and friends to choose and claim it. Each title has 20,000 words and is due at the end of September 2002. The emphasis is on explaining the profound things in simple terms. The record says: Listen to his voice, ask for his friend's voice, the old rain in the west hall, come together in a dream, distinguish academic chapters, open up the world, appreciate literature and criticize art, allow to hold on to the end, whether it is true or false, the basic principles are clear, in September, the drum music is full, dare not to pull back the gusset, and praise the virtues and virtues.

This book is a manuscript by Mr. Liu Mengxi, which summarizes his research on the academic thoughts of sages in the academic world, describes his interactions with celebrities in Chinese and foreign academic circles, comments on the academic views and works of many scholars, and also includes his own academic research process. The manuscript was completed when the author was eighty years old, so it is called "Eighty Years of Dreams". It is worth mentioning that the author personally organized and participated in many important cultural activities (the establishment of the Institute of Chinese Culture, the founding of "Chinese Culture", etc.), Which enabled him to have extensive contact with senior scholars at home and abroad in the fields of Chinese history, archaeology, literature, philosophy, etc., And understand their personal experiences, academic views, and academic achievements. In particular, he has conducted interviews or salons on many scholars. The author's words and deeds are recorded in detail. Through the author's pen, we can see some less well-known aspects of people such as Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke, Ma Yifu, Qian Zhongshu, Zhao Puchu, Ji Xianlin, He Bingdi, Tang Yijie, Yu Yingshi, Li Zehou, Pang Pu, Jin Yaoji, etc. It is the author's portrait of these people. This kind of text has a wide range of readers and has its own publication value.