Want to understand China's traditional culture, what are the must-read books recommended?

The five books that must be read to understand the traditional Chinese culture are as follows:

One, "Laozi" first of all, why do I first recommend this book, because this book, contains the Chinese people in the next, noble soft, rebirth and other extraordinary life wisdom. This book can appreciate a different world, because it is not the same as the knowledge learned in the middle school era, so the angle of the world will be different, the perspective of the problem will be wider. The dialectical thinking in the book is more prominent, beauty and evil, good and bad, first and last, etc. These things, just like the Tianshan Plum Breaking Hands described by Tianshan Tongmu to Void Bamboo in Tianlong Bajie, the higher the internal strength in the future, the deeper the understanding will be, and the more experienced you will be in the future, the more y you will appreciate this book. If it is the heirloom book Laozi, recommended Lou Yulie "Laozi Tao Te Ching Note"

If it is the Palau Laozi, recommended Gao Ming "Palau Laozi school note"; Guo Dian Chu Jane length is obviously not quite right, do not recommend. Of course, the China Bookstore Sanquanben is also a good choice for getting started, Sanquanben is the whole book, the whole note, the whole translation, the orange book. The three full book of Laozi is based on Wang Biben as the base of the compilation.

Second, the Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius is a record of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, not a one-man creation. To understand Confucius, the great teacher of the people, the Analects is a must-read book. The core of Confucius' thought is ren, which he mentioned in many aspects of politics, education, ethics, and culture, mainly in his discussion of personal cultivation, political ideals, interpersonal interactions, and philosophical discourse. Confucius advocated that one should have the personality of a gentleman, and from the ethical aspect, the qualities of filial piety and fraternal duty, loyalty and forgiveness, and honesty were derived, and the Rules of Discipleship was derived from a sentence in the Analects of Confucius, which was a mengwen (蒙文). On the political front, Confucius was a man of no ambition, and he opposed the idea of exorbitant levies. Mencius inherited and developed this idea of his, and put forward the idea of "the people are precious and the ruler is light". In addition, we recommend "The Analects of Confucius" by Cheng Shude.

Three, "Zhouyi"

Four, "Sun Tzu's Art of War"

Five, "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine"

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