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For Will Schwalbe, reading was a way to reinvent himself, learn about the world, and find answers to life's questions, big and small. In each chapter, he discusses a specific book and an issue of common concern. The books cover centuries and genres: from Stewart to The Girl on the Train, from David Copperfield to Miracle, from Giovanni's Room to Rebecca, from 1984 to The Gift of the Sea. After reading this book, you will find that you are no longer the same reader when you first started reading and as you finish reading. Because reading opens up new paths for you, and every book changes your life. "The Last Reading Club of Life" If you can't have both, spending time with your parents and pursuing life, what choice will you make? When the author Will Schwalbe was at the peak of his career, which was both glorious and exhausting, his mother was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. Between the dilemma, Will chose to accompany his mother through her final days. But Will never knew how to communicate and get along naturally with his mother until they started reading a book together. During the regularly scheduled reading sessions, they began a journey of dialogue about the breadth of reading and the depth of life. From popular thrillers to classic bestsellers, from poetry to suspense stories, from whimsy to spiritual exploration... Through reading, they discussed many topics such as courage, faith, companionship, loneliness, gratitude, learning, listening, and even funerals, sharing their respective attitudes and perspectives on words and life. Through reading, they face death calmly, understand each other deeply, and heal themselves at the same time. A good book can be a torch in our confused and dark life.

"Paradise Lost", "Homer's Epic" and "The Divine Comedy" are known as the three major Western poems and are classic masterpieces in the history of Western culture. However, the content of "Paradise Lost" is too obscure for many people. This book uses 50 easy-to-understand stories so that readers can easily understand the world-famous novel "Paradise Lost". The book uses 18 William Blake watercolors and 50 Gustave Doré etchings. The pictures and texts echo each other, making the book more readable. It is also a must-read to improve the ability to appreciate art. There are many errors in many English versions of "Paradise Lost" currently on the market. This book is based on Gutenberg's version of "Paradise Lost" and compared with multiple published English versions, "Paradise Lost" has been comprehensively revised to make the content more accurate.

"Hanshan Poems Annotations" is Mr. Xiang Chu's another masterpiece on the collation and interpretation of Tang Dynasty vernacular popular poetry after "Wang Fanzhi Poems Annotations". "Hanshan Poems Annotations" is based on the Song Dynasty version of the four series of publications, and is collated from the Imperial Palace Provincial Edition, the Zhengzhong Edition, the Korean Edition and the Siku Edition and other rare books handed down from generation to generation. It can be called the most complete and final edition of Hanshan Poems, with the characteristics of detailed and rich annotations.

"Introduction to Dunhuang Poetry" is based on the document proofreading and textual research of Dunhuang poetry, and comprehensively and systematically reviews the overall picture of Dunhuang poetry. It divides the Tang and Five Dynasty poems preserved in Dunhuang posthumous documents into five categories: literati poetry, Taoist poetry, folk poetry, local poetry, and Wang Fanzhi poetry, and introduces them according to the nature of the poetry, writing time, author or research situation.

This book selects twenty-four papers written by the author in recent years. The main contents are textual collation, colloquial interpretation and data research of Dunhuang popular literary works. It solves a number of difficult problems related to textual collation in the interpretation of Dunhuang scrolls. He is good at using Buddhist scriptures to examine vulgar words. He has made many achievements in the collation of Wang Fanzhi's poems, which has basically restored the appearance of the original poems.

"Selected Notes on Dunhuang Bianwen (Updated Edition) (Part 1 and 2)" selects twenty-seven articles on Dunhuang Bianwen, including famous articles with outstanding ideas and art, such as Guo Zaiyi's review of "Wu Zixu Bianwen", "Meng Jiangnu Bianwen", "Wang Zhaojun Bianwen", "Hell Bianwen", "Sou Shen Ji", etc. In Dunhuang Bianwen. At the same time, various works of different genres and themes are also taken into consideration.

This book follows "The Preserved Manuscripts of Zhumawu" and collects several essays written by the author since 2003. "Zhumawu" is not the elegant name of the house, but is taken from Hanshan's poem: "A tree born with a hundred feet is cut into long logs. It's a pity that the pillar materials are thrown in the deep valley. Over the years, the heart is strong, and the skin is gradually peeling off. Those who know the future, it is just like a Zhumawu." This shows the author's feelings of claiming that he cannot be used as pillars.

Tao Yuanming is a famous reclusive poet in China. His noble spirit of not giving up for five buckets of rice has been the eternal pursuit of Chinese intellectuals for more than a thousand years. Tao Yuanming's poems, when describing pastoral scenery and natural scenery, reveal the poet's unfettered and free spirit. In order to help comprehensively and deeply understand Tao Yuanming's world, Mr. Meng Erdong has made more detailed "explanations", "annotations" and "translations" for each of Tao Yuanming's works. Its "explanation" aims to introduce the writing era, background and main content of the work. "Annotations" mainly explain allusions and some difficult words and sentences. The text strives to be concise and easy to understand. He also made a modern translation of Tao Yuanming's poems. On the basis of maintaining the original style and accurate expression as much as possible, he strived to make the text vivid, smooth and easy to understand.

This book contains eighteen essays, mainly discussing various issues related to Hanshan's poems, Su Shi's poems, "Wu Deng Hui Yuan", etc. The catalog is as follows: "<General Editor of Dunhuang Songs> Examples of Supplementary Examples of Buddhist Songs", "Wang Fanzhi's Poems" "Others' Works", "Master Lingzhang Li Shaoyun", "New School of Dunhuang Bianwen", "New School of "Lushan Yuan Gong Dialect"", "Notes on the Reading of Hanshan Poems", "The Wanderer's Elegy - An Interpretation of Hanshan's "Brothers from the Five Counties" Poetry" ", "An Examination of Lost Poems Found in Hanshan", "On Lu Tong's Poetry", "The Knight-errant Poet Liu Cha", "Reading "Review of Su Poems"", "On Dongpo Keqiu Begonia Poems", "Industry Slang in Su Shi's Poems", "Notes on Literary Mind and Diaolong" "The Aesthetic Tendency", "Notes on Reading "Guan Zhui Bian"", "Examination of "Laozi's Transformation of Hu Jing·Xuan Ge"", "Three hundred examples of collation and doubts of "Wudeng Huiyuan"", "One hundred examples of collation and doubts of "Wudeng Huiyuan"".

This book is a supplement to Ren Bandang's "General Editor of Dunhuang Songs". The "General Editor of Dunhuang Songs" contains more than 1,300 poems, but there are still deficiencies in text editing and content interpretation. In view of this, this book provides supplementary opinions on such poems as "Gong Yuan Chun", "Siyue People", "Yu Gezi", "Huanxisha", "Bodhisattvaman", "Wang Jiangnan", "Emperor's Sense", etc.

Based on a comprehensive review of the existing Wang Fanzhi poems in Dunhuang documents and various notebooks and novels, this book proves that Wang's poems are by no means the work of one person at a time. After careful and detailed annotations of word meanings, it also carefully determines the poems of various periods when Wang's poems may have been produced in the preface, preface, and appendices. It analyzes the possible invisible authors behind some of Wang's poems, which opens up the direction and sets the tone for further research.

This book is one of the selections of outstanding papers by young students of the Chinese Academy of Renmin University of China. It contains more than 30 academic papers written by young students of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the fields of Confucian classics, Confucianism, and literature.

This book contains some financial manuscripts written by Professor Huang Da as well as relevant speeches and documents during his administrative duties. The book is divided into four parts: the first part is some financial manuscripts written by Professor Huang Da; the second part is some manuscripts translated by Professor Huang Da; the third part is some documents and speeches written by Professor Huang Da when he was the vice president and president of Renmin University of China; the fourth part is some of Professor Huang Da's inscriptions.

This book is one of the selections of outstanding papers by young students of the Chinese Academy of Renmin University of China. It contains more than 20 academic papers by young students of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on history, the Western Regions, and primary school.

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, this book collects all representative works of the "saint" and "martyr" Pasternak of Russian literature, covering poetry, novels, letters, and essays; a spiritual epic that influenced Chinese intellectuals, Chen Zhongshi, Yan Lianke, Chi Zijian, Ye Zhaoyan, Liu Xiaofeng, and Deng Xiaomang all spent sleepless nights and forget to eat for it; the only Su who can compete with Akhmatova Russian poet, the master of the Silver Age; a great writer whose works are inspired by Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago"; he was banned for 30 years, and Maugham, Russell, Eliot, Camus, Huxley, and Graham Greene all fought against him; by reading him, you can understand the suffering and secrets, freedom and anger, lyricism and pain of the 20th century. "Collection of Pasternak's Works (set of 4 volumes in total)" contains four representative works of Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Prize winner for literature and the "saint" and "martyr" of Russian literature, covering novels, poems, letters, and essays in various genres: "Doctor Zhivago", " "Line of Apelles" (including the short stories "Line of Apelles" and "Air Passage", the novella "The Boyhood of Ljuwels", and the autobiographical essays "Safety Protection Certificate" and "People and Things", a total of five works), "The Breath of Lyric Poetry" and "The Complete Poems of Pasternak".

"The Feast Is Gone: The Capote Letters" contains more than 400 of Capote's personal letters, compiled and compiled by Capote biographer Gerald Clark, and disclosed to the world for the first time. It thus presents the most candid and private portrait of Capote, constituting a writer's autobiography of extraordinary significance. From a "statement" written to his biological father when he was 12 years old, to a tearful telegram sent to his lifelong partner two years before his death, the owner of the letter went from a "little wizard" and elf who jumped into the New York literary world, and experienced his high-spirited and heroic years; and then a slightly inner life. In the 1950s, he lived in Europe with his partner and wrote non-stop; in the 1960s, a pioneering non-fiction writing work, "In Cold Blood", pushed him to the top of his career and became the most famous writer in the United States; until the feast dissipated and the light faded, he died of alcohol and drugs in his prime. In the letters, Capote is full of life and self-disclosure. His open-mindedness and uniqueness as a humanistic person make the book full of "absolute fun and crackling rumors and gossip" (Vanity Fair), just like a feast that breaks up and fireworks that get cold, making people sigh with regret.

The concise and powerful Hemingway and the simple and mysterious Borges all have their own origins in the formation of their stylistic styles. To understand their methods, we need to see through the hidden clues behind their works - which authors and works have profoundly influenced them? There are also clues behind these authors and books. When all the clues gradually come together, the freedom of reading will truly come. All clues are roads, and they intersect like a network. Each road leads to a vast world, and each intersection may lead to a choice of different directions. From Zhao Song's collection of book reviews, there are those unspeakable uncertainties and possibilities, as well as the subtle rhythm and rhythm inherent in the text.

The old days have gradually become a hometown-like existence, and we can never go back. But here, we are reunited with the glorious self in our memory. "We Can Never Go Back Again" contains a total of twenty-eight articles. The author Yan Hong uses delicate writing to describe her dearest family members, her hometown that she can never go back to, her lifelong friends, and her true feelings in the corner where she grew up. Maybe you will burst into tears while reading it, but you will also draw some strength, giving you the courage and confidence to bravely wave goodbye to the past, turn around and stride forward.

The enthusiasm of politicians, the rigor of scientists, the profundity of thinkers, the romance and elegance of writers and artists, the agility and wisdom of diplomats... On the wonderful stage of human society and history, the wonderful speeches of heroes, elites of the times, and people with lofty ideals have touched and awakened the hearts of countless people, sounded the clarion call for action, and generated huge power, echoing in the long history. The speeches that have been handed down all reveal the speaker's wisdom and talent. They are notes of history, records of the times, swan songs of art, and the crystallization of wisdom and thought. After time, these speeches have become immortal classics that transcend nations, countries, and time and space, touching the hearts of generations and giving people both ideological and artistic enjoyment and edification.

A collection of essays that releases nostalgia. Each childhood story conveys simple life customs, sentiments and moral norms. There are many chapters in the collection of essays about Yue opera, about the father who is dependent on Yue opera, and about the erhu that accompanies his father. The author is a "Yue Opera fan" who was born and raised here, and Yue Opera is her natural source of creation. Every word in this collection was written with great care by the author. She arranges words, combines words, and deploys words to imprint her own mark and exude her own characteristics.

"Seven Matches" is a classic work by writer Wang Yuanjian. This book is a collection of writer Wang Yuanjian's classic works. It includes a series of works by the author describing the struggle life of the Red Army and the people in the old revolutionary base areas during the Second Civil Revolutionary War. During those war-torn years, the Red Army soldiers fought for the founding of New China, the liberation of the motherland and the nation. They fought bravely for freedom. They were not afraid of hardships and sacrifices. The work vividly shows a series of touching stories and deeds of the Red Army soldiers during the Long March, praising their optimism, perseverance and revolutionary spirit of self-sacrifice that they still maintained during the difficult years.

This manuscript is a selection of literature and art by Mr. Wang Jinling. The content includes painting theory, essays, poems, some critical articles and the author's paintings.

"Great Spirit and Noble Character - Communists in Poems, Letters and Quotes" was edited by the Party School of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee. The book selects a series of touching typical representative works of the older generation of revolutionaries, revolutionary martyrs, and members of the Communist Party of China. It not only artistically records the ideals of the martyrs. The pursuit, fighting spirit, revolutionary pride and generous ambition also vividly display the great historical picture of China's revolution, construction and reform, embody the spiritual style and personality charm of the Communists, and are a history of ideals, struggle, creation and construction of passionate Communists.

From July 5th to 7th, 2015, the "Academic Seminar on the History and Culture of Northern Shaanxi and the History and Culture of Prefectural Generals in the Song Dynasty" was held in Fugu County, Shaanxi Province. This book is based on this conference, carefully selected 30 papers from the conference, and compiled from 4 academic papers on the study of Fuzhou Zhejia generals. This book is another masterpiece on the history and culture of the Fuzhou Zhejiang generals since the "Collection of Research Papers on the History and Culture of the Fuzhou Zhejia Generals" published in 2014. It is another collection of important academic achievements in the study of the history and culture of northern Shaanxi and the study of the Fuzhou Zhejia Generals.

This book is a collection of papers on Yan'an's political, economic, cultural and historical research. It is divided into four major chapters: "Exploration and Research", "Yan'an Years", "Cultural Forum" and "Yanshui Long Flow". It contains more than 60 papers in total. The content involves the work of the memorial hall in the construction of the socialist core value system, the historical and cultural construction of Yan'an, and the economic development of Yan'an. The authors are all professional researchers in related fields.

This set contains 2 volumes, namely "Play" and "Laughter". The classic masterpieces of talk show guests Yu Qian and Li Dan. "Wan'er" Yu Qian; known as Brother Qian. Guo Degang is recognized as the number one player in the cross talk industry; Guo Degang is certified as a master of cross talk; he is known for being modest and restrained, wise and easy-going. In "Playing", Brother Qian recorded in vivid language the interesting things he had done since he was a child: catching birds, raising pigeons, catching fish, boiling eagles, taming horses, and sucking cats. The unique kindness, dignity, kindness, and humor of old Beijing are permeated between the lines. When talking about small animals, he is full of witty words, with a pure heart, and his joy is beyond words. Yu Qian makes friends regardless of occupation, only common hobbies. The "leader", the sixth brother, the third brother, the ninth master... The friends who play together include active military personnel, factory workers, big names in folk arts, and unemployed people. They come from all over the world and come together because of their common interests. They have been both teachers and friends for decades and have forged a deep friendship. When writing about Jiu Ye, Qi Ge and other big players in the capital, the arrogant and arrogant attitude of the veteran in the world comes vividly to life on the page; when writing about low-level people like Third Brother, softness, compassion and sympathy naturally flow out of the pen. This is a kind-hearted story about common people. From childhood to adulthood, from hobbies to character, from people's fireworks to the world and people's hearts, it is full of charm and can be called a masterpiece. "Laughing Field": The first work of Li Dan, the chief planner and chief writer of "Tucao Conference", which includes the popular "Teaching Scripture" series on the Internet, interesting stories, and many of Li Dan's essays in recent years. The seemingly unimaginable and bizarre stories contain truths that make people ponder over and over again. An absurd and thought-provoking Ukiyo-e of life is depicted from the mouths of different characters.

This book is a collection of the author's works integrating poetry and prose. The book is divided into four parts. The first series: Mountains and Rivers in My Heart extols the beauty of my hometown in the form of poetry; the second series: Stones of Contemplation uses poetry to express the author's perception of life and the world; the third series: Local Sounds and Homesickness in Dreams uses poetry to describe the author's nostalgia and feelings for the people in his hometown; the fourth series: Focus on Vision uses prose to describe the author's experience of the people and events he has experienced in his life.

This book selects gripping anonymous stories from the Chinese Internet platform over the past nine years. There are love, family ties, friendship, the warmth and coldness of the world, and growth in adversity. It is a carefully crafted "complex" emotional story that is either warm, healing, regretful, inspirational, touching, humorous, or enlightening. Why are anonymous stories better? Regrets are common in the world, and embarrassment is the norm. Such multiple and complex emotions are both touching and rewarding. "My biggest wish these years is that I can go back in time and beat the stupid boy who agreed to her pursuit in college to half to death." - "Thank you for not marrying back then"

In this book, Mr. Lao She introduces Beijing's spring breeze, early summer, early autumn, winter, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Gaoliang Bridge, Desheng Bridge, Jishuitan, city wall, Xisi Archway, etc., As well as the author's friends, family, mother and author's hobbies. He also describes the customs and folk customs of Beijing. It is an important reading for understanding the history and geography of Beijing.

The book "Thousands of Growth Stories to Promote Teenagers" carefully selects several wonderful stories for you in the ocean of stories. They are either wise, touching, or vivid. They will light the lamp of your soul and open the door of your wisdom on the voyage of your life, allowing you to successfully enter the high-spirited teenage years.

The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that we should carry out national reading activities. The central government work report also pointed out that it is necessary to provide more excellent literary and artistic works, advocate reading for all, and build a scholarly society.

Reading can be used to deal with the world, and it can also cultivate one's mind and body. The quality of life needs to be forged, and reading is an important part of forging. The breadth of reading changes the length of life; the depth of reading determines the level of ideological realm. Just as "reading a good book is like talking to many noble people", reading famous works is like talking to the master's soul. During a person's life, reading some works with far-reaching ideas and rich ideological connotations can not only broaden his horizons, re-understand history, society, life and nature, and gain new ideas and artistic influence, but he can also learn the superb and mature creative skills of famous Chinese and foreign artists.

The ten-volume "The Complete Works of Gu Sui" published this time has a total word count of nearly 4 million words, including all the writings of Mr. Gu Sui's life that have been compiled so far. Readers can use this to get a complete picture of Mr. Gu Sui's moral articles. The first volume is "Ci, Qu, Poems", the second volume is "Novel, Prose, Diary, Translation", and the third volume is "On Writings", with a preface based on the treatises on Ci, Qu, Poetry, Literature, Novels, Buddhism and Calligraphy. The fourth volume is "Lecture Notes", which contains Mr. Gu Sui's lectures on "Buddhist Translation Literature", "Classical Literary Criticism", "Mao Zedong's Poems", three or two sections of "Tang Dynasty Poetry", and two short chapters "Li Sao" and "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu". Volumes 5 and 6 are "Book of Poetry". Gu Sui has been teaching at the university since 1929, teaching Chinese classical literature. This volume and the following two volumes (Volume 6 and Volume 7) are compiled based on the lecture notes of Ye Jiaying, Liu Zaizhao and other disciples at that time, so they are named "Chuan Shi Lu" and "Chuan Wen Lu". There are two volumes of Biography of Poems, which include the compiled transcripts of Gu Sui's lectures on classical poetry. The seventh volume is "Biography of Records", which contains a compilation of the actual records of Gu Sui's lectures on Chinese classical prose. Volumes 8 and 9 are "Letters". Volume eight contains 489 letters written by Gu Sui to Lu Boxing and Lu Jishao in the past 40 years from 1921 to 1959. Volume 9 contains a total of 241 letters written by Gu Sui to Zhou Zuoren, Feng Zhi, Tai Jinnong, Zhou Ruchang, etc., Arranged in the order of teachers, friends, disciples, and family members. Volume 10 is "Calligraphy". Gu Sui is proficient in the art of calligraphy. He once studied under the calligraphy master Mr. Shen Yinmo. He is good at cursive and regular script and is a famous modern calligrapher. This volume is a photocopy of some of his handwriting.

"Collection of Dai Jianye's Works" is the first collection and publication of the works of Professor Dai Jianye, a doctoral supervisor at Central China Normal University and an Internet celebrity liked by tens of millions of people. There are nine categories in total, covering the classic popular works, academic monographs and social essays written by Professor Dai Jianye over the past thirty years. The entire collection of essays can not only get a glimpse of Professor Dai Jianye's solid academic foundation, but also appreciate his witty and charming way of expression, and feel the candid and free style of a great scholar. "Dai Jianye's Intensive Reading of Shishuo Xinyu" has been researched by National Professor for thirty years, and he has thoroughly explained "Shishuo Xinyu". "Dai Jianye's Intensive Reading of Laozi", Professor Guomin's detailed lectures chapter by chapter will help you read "Laozi" smoothly. "The Realm of Clarity: A New Theory of Tao Yuanming" Natural and forthright, with the style of a Chu man, Tao Yuanming became a true confidant thousands of years later. "Poetry Prisoner: Manuscript of Meng Jiao's Essay" "Whoever speaks the heart of a blade of grass will be rewarded with three spring rays." Professor Guomin will take you into the spiritual world of "Poetry Prisoner". "A Brief History of Poetry in the Two Song Dynasties" is an inventory of 272 wonderful poems in the Two Song Dynasties, including 54 famous poets such as Su Shi, Li Qingzhao, and Lu You. "History of Literature of the Six Dynasties" National Professor interestingly explains Tao Yuanming's "ghost fields" and explains the literature of the Six Dynasties that fascinated all living beings. "Inside and Outside of Text Interpretation" is the first collection of selected papers by National Professors, providing an in-depth analysis of the literary charm of Zhuangzi, Tao Yuanming, and Li Bai. "On the Classification of Knowledge and Classics in Ancient China" If you don't understand the classification of classics, you won't understand the inheritance of knowledge for two thousand years. Professor Guomin will help you understand the path of ancient knowledge. "Did you understand?" 80 Selected essays by national professors are collected for the first time. They are talented, knowledgeable, affectionate and interesting!

The number and quality of Peking University's lectures are second to none in China, and are comparable to any of the most famous universities in the world. If lectures disappear in universities, campus culture will become a trickle on the Gobi Desert. Although it is clear, it is weak and short-lived. The flash of wisdom in the lecture hall should not be limited to the campus, but should go out and give all those who love wisdom the opportunity to listen to the teachings of the masters and experience first-hand how the trickle turns into a raging wave and rushes to the sea.

A collection of selected essays by national internet celebrity professor Dai Jianye. Recommended by Chen Yinchi, Luo Yuming, and Liushen Leilei! The hot words describe all aspects of life, which are talented, knowledgeable, affectionate and interesting! "The wonderland lies only in the change of one's own thoughts, and the traps of life become the blessings of life in a blink of an eye." --Dai Jianye. This collection of essays selects 80 essays by Professor Dai, covering a variety of topics: from love and marriage to old dreams, from taste of life to silhouettes of characters, from social care to travel experiences... Professor Dai not only writes personal experiences, but also writes memories of the times, and talks about his views and insights on life, marriage, love, worldly affairs, current affairs, etc. Professor Dai's intelligence and interest are revealed between the lines.

"I wish you happiness and courage" selects 24 speeches and letters from famous people at home and abroad (including Einstein, Lu Xun, Tagore, Goethe, Cai Yuanpei, Natsume Soseki, Baudelaire, Rilke, etc.). They have made achievements in their fields and are admired by future generations. In their interactions with younger generations, they recalled the confusion and frustration they experienced in their youth and stated them one by one, with the intention of encouraging young people not to stop because of temporary confusion, but to bravely explore the emotions, values, and ideals they believe in, because this confusion is the only way to firmness and clarity. The suggestions they put forward came from their experience summary: "Experience means that it contains a series of mistakes, and everyone has made these mistakes more or less. I hope that my experience can be verified in your life."

Be a simple person, live the true nature of life, and put your heart in the warmest place. Love life and return to your true self. Dozens of well-known writers joined hands to contribute. This set includes: "Concerns of a Generation", "Live the Authenticity of Life", "Growing Up is Painful and Happy", "Peach Blossoms Are Hard to Draw: Zhang Ailing's Archives", "Taiwan and Me Over the Years: Chen Yingzhen's Archives", "Freedom and Tolerance: "The Great Harmony of the Southwest Alliance", "Half a day's leisure can be worth ten years of dusty dreams: Selected Translations of Zhou Zuoren", "A Confused Man Looking for a Way: Selected Essays of Zhou Zuoren", "Before the Flowers and Under the Moon, Green Silk and White Hair: Selected Essays of Zhou Zuoren".

It carefully collects the prefaces and postscripts written by Ma Weidu in the past 15 years, covering a wide range of aspects such as collections, culture, art, architecture, literature, society, etc. It is known as "five thousand years of poetry, books, rituals and music", and "one volume in hand is better than reading an encyclopedia". Although each preface and postscript is usually limited to less than a thousand words, these few words can often point out the essence of the book and provide unique insights, which fully demonstrates the knowledge and skill of a cultural master who has learned from many people's strengths. Reading the preface can get twice the result with half the effort. To appreciate the mysteries of the book, start with the preface. This book can be said to be a short essay to interpret a large volume, covering 65 books in one book. What's even more worth mentioning is that this book specially adds a video QR code. Scan the code to watch Ma Weidu personally tell the stories behind the writing of these essays.

The stories selected in this book are all the most representative works of Roman mythology, including the birth of God, the family of God, the activities of God, the origin of mankind, heroic legends, etc. The plot is complex, vivid and attractive; the content is colorful and fascinating; the language is humorous, concise and thought-provoking; the characters are lifelike and vivid on the page. At the same time, the editor also selected exquisite pictures that match the text content to present a romantic and moving mythical world in front of readers in an all-round and multi-level way, deepening readers' understanding of mythological stories and allowing readers to gain an immersive feeling and a relaxed reading experience when reading the story. The scientific style, vivid stories, exquisite pictures, and the organic combination of various visual elements lead readers into a magical world and a kingdom of imagination.

"Actually We Don't Love Ourselves Well" is one of the "Independent Collections". Many of the words written by Yang Xianping, the author of "Actually We Don't Love Ourselves Well", are the product of his life, fantasy, taste, promise fulfillment and withdrawal in the Badain Jibei Desert. There are also some experiences and discoveries of a short-term outsider, and of course, there are also descriptions and recollections of the place of birth, childhood memories, the current situation of the countryside, and familiar things.

Nearly a hundred beautiful and gorgeous classic prose pieces have been carefully compiled to allow students to cultivate their sentiments and improve their reading and writing skills while reading classics and masterpieces. Reading a beautiful article is like having a conversation with a pure and beautiful soul. A selection of classic and beautiful articles, every word is exquisite. Reading one in your spare time will improve your reading ability, enrich your aesthetic taste, and at the same time enhance your humanistic connotation and cultivate your comprehensive ability. I believe that being immersed in beautiful articles can cultivate your elegant temperament, develop your magnanimous mind, and enrich your profound cultural heritage.

"Words must win over Greece" and "We are all Greeks". Why do people living in modern Western countries have such a soft spot for the long-lost ancient Greek civilization? Why are they so fascinated by that smallest nation that was once active in the Mediterranean? This is because ancient Greek civilization is the source of Western civilization. The ancient Greeks are the recognized cultural ancestors of Westerners. It was this Greek nation, composed of about 200 small states, that gave birth to almost all the embryos of modern Western civilization.

The author of "Reverse Journey" carefully conceived and adopted a three-dimensional narrative method to describe the rebellious life journeys of several "problem students" using multiple personas and perspectives, showing readers a gripping social reality, exploring the depth of human nature from the breadth and breadth, vividly hinting at heavy ideological implications, and giving readers strong ideological impact and aesthetic pleasure.

"Those Years and Those Years" written by Yao Xin abandons the narrative method of using one person's experience as a clue, and uses two parallel lines from the perspective of the male and female protagonists to narrate in a recall style, striving to reflect society more broadly. While showing campus life, it also touches on other topics of interest to middle school and college students. At the same time, we should not lose our ideological nature and build a correct value orientation. The writing in "Those Years and Those Years" is beautiful and delicate, and it is good at constructing a sense of picture. The characters have outstanding personality characteristics and each has their own personality. The characters have prototypes in the author's study, work and life.

"Among Mountains and Rivers" is a collection of travel essays. The author Shi Lisong uses a woman's unique perspective and gentle writing style to skillfully compose beautiful pictures of the scenery, people and objects in her travels. She uses poetic words to take readers into the famous or unknown mountains and rivers, appreciate the beauty and warmth, pay attention to love and loss, and gain a new spiritual experience.

"Living Poetically" is a collection of personal essays. The poems, prose, and essays in the book are the author's true perceptions of life. They not only express the author's inner nostalgia, but also express the author's longing for his hometown, his love for his relatives, and his gratitude for life. The article gives people a poetic tranquility and upward power.

Zhu Ziqing's poems influence the minds of a generation and bring readers an artistic edification and spiritual enjoyment. It has not only infected thousands of enthusiastic readers, but also enriched the treasure house of world literature. His prose creates a beautiful artistic conception, is gorgeous but not impetuous, and provides valuable artistic experience for cultivating prosperous prose and literary creation among young people. "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" and "Back View" all use poetic feelings and rich imagination to present a pure and simple style in art and thought. Prose is an important element in the palace of literature and a rare work in early new poetry. It reveals a life of blood and tears, full of revolutionary spirit. He is recognized as an outstanding prose writer in the New Literature Movement, demonstrating his substantial and unpretentious artistic vitality, providing a model for beautiful vernacular prose, and is favored by a large number of readers.

"Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" is Mr. Lu Xun's well-known collection of reminiscence essays. It relatively completely records his life experience and ideological context from childhood to youth. While shaping some distinctive characters, it also integrates these memories into rational thinking. It is a warm and beneficial read.

"Joyce's Letters" is the fifth of eight volumes and nine types of Joyce's collected works published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House. The Chinese translation has a total of 378,000 words and 516 pages, including nearly a thousand letters from the Irish writer James Joyce. It is based on the "Selected Letters of James Joyce" compiled and selected by the scholar Richard Ellman in 1975. The main content of this book is selected from the three-volume "Collected Letters of Joyce" edited by him and published from 1957 to 1966.