Cover news reporter Zhang Jie intern Li Xinyue
The "Hall of Fame Annual Humanities List", sponsored by Cover News and West China Metropolis Daily, organized by experts, has been held for many consecutive years, and has influenced the publishing industry, writers circle and reading group. On January 6, 2022, the list of the top ten good books of the year on the 2021 Hall of Fame Humanities List was announced: "That Era, That Kind of Person", "Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang", "One Day and Three Autumns", "The Tea Shop on the Street Corner", "Re-Walking: Looking for Southwest United University on Highways, Rivers and Stagecoaches", "Fifteen Lectures on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence", "Who Is Knocking on the Door", "Forty Degrees North Latitude", "Details of the Rule of Law", "Self-Made" (in no particular order).
Ma Lao, who is more than 100 years old, opened the dusty memories in his mind, picked up the deceased literati and teachers and friends again, and wrote "That Era, That Kind of Person" to paint a portrait of the people he met in his life. Young Yang Xiao transforms time into space, uses the overlap of space, uses hiking, opens up the distance in time, uses "Re-walking: Looking for the Southwest United Congress on Highways, Rivers and Postways" to explore the country and self in critical moments, from Changsha to Kunming, reshaping the thoughts and actions of the new era. Ma Zhitu, a student who studied at Southwest United University 80 years ago, and Yang Xiao, a post-80s writer who retraced a long distance to explore "Southwest United University" 80 years later, reached a wonderful encounter in the text.
"Forty degrees north latitude" is a magical geographical belt. This line of latitude, which basically overlaps with the Great Wall of China, has witnessed the competition and integration of different types of civilizations. In the form of a large cultural essay, the author draws a "participatory" map of the country. If "Forty Degrees North Latitude" is to explore the history of the north, then "The Tea Shop on the Corner" is to be in Chengdu in the south, looking for the tea fragrance of the Tianfu Country from the past to the present, and understanding the Chinese city and the daily life space from a new perspective.
Along the river of time, the song of the mother, the character of the land, we will not forget. In "One Day and Three Autumns", Liu Zhenyun once again placed his creative vision on the small town of Yanjin, Henan, with black humor and irony, breaking the time and space confinement of the story and expounding the connotation of "one day, three autumns and short days". In a series of jokes, fishing for the truth of life. "Who's Knocking" rings the exit of the fathers, writes about the evolution of local society in recent decades, and reproduces the complex sorrows of the sons of returning farmers. In "Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang", we see how the fathers and elder brothers in the city can achieve the promotion of fate through struggle, and explore the construction of a generation's knowledge, dignity and self.
On the book list, we can see Luo Xiang's collection of legal essays "The Details of the Rule of Law", the healing work of ophthalmologist Tao Yong, and the "Fifteen Lectures on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence" by philosophy professor Xu Yingjin.
The first two books focus on our modern lives, telling the feelings and understandings of the legal and medical professions from the perspective of a professional scholar. As a social science reading, "Fifteen Lectures on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence" is a kind of thinking based on the "slowing down" of modern rapid development and life, and is a "cross-border" dialogue between philosophy and science and technology. From a philosophical perspective, how do we understand the changes in the world caused by the sciences and emerging technologies. At the dawn of the "meta-universe" concept and the new era of VR/AR, the wild run of technology also requires the human intelligent brain to give a steady control.
These ten books are fictional and non-fiction; there is literature, there is history, there is law, there is philosophy, there is the contemplation of the past, and there is also thinking about the future. Different themes, different genres, different angles, each from its own point of view, reflects one aspect of the world, interconnected with each other, and everything is full of things.
Looking at the ten books in the list, you may find out, why are there so many memories? The river of time never ends flowing forward, but we still need to look back. Every "now" contains "history" and "future." Memories largely define "who I am." In addition, the share of literature is also relatively heavy. Perhaps, literature has never been just a small skill, it condenses all aspects of existence, is the study of life, and is also the universal true knowledge of society. We also believe that the most important thing is not how weird the story is, but whether it reflects enough artistic imagination, purity and depth of thinking.
Due to the limited number of places, every time the list is completed, it is inevitable that there will be a regret of the pearl. The selection itself is not the purpose, but hopes that more excellent literary works will enter the public's field of vision, expand our cognition, and enter a broader journey. We are eager to meet more outstanding works in the future journey.
"The old learning is more dense, and the cultivation of new knowledge becomes deeper." After the cold winter, spring must unfold. We draw on the essence of tradition, cultivate the power of new knowledge, and look forward to meeting more outstanding works in 2022.
Li Jingze, Ah Lai and Xie Youshun formed a professional jury.
In view of the characteristics of book selection, in order to select more independent, fair, more accurate and diverse selection, in the process of selecting this list, we have chosen such a selection process: focusing on the books recommended and reported by the cover news app and the "Contemporary Book Review" column of West China Metropolis Daily in 2021, and looking at the good books published by the entire domestic publishing industry in 2021, carefully selecting 40 kinds of books with high reputation in the reading circle and publishing industry. This list of candidate books will be handed over to the professional judges, and under the organization of the editorial department of the cover news "Contemporary Book Review", the opinions of the professional judges will be strictly adhered to, and the "Hall of Fame • Top Ten Books of 2021" will be finally selected. The professional jury consisted of three literary veterans: Li Jingze, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, secretary of the Secretariat, literary critic and writer; Ah Lai, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association, and writer Alai; and Xie Youshun, professor, scholar and literary critic of the Department of Chinese of Sun Yat-sen University.
"That Time, That Kind of Person"
Author: Ma Zhitu
People's Publishing House
2021.12
When an old man enters the year of cha shou, his life memories, in addition to his precious life wealth, also belong to the vast sea of history. In this memoir of the character, Ma Zhitu uses his emotions to leave a wonderful portrait of the unforgettable people he has met in his past life, thick or light. Unique memories are both literature and history.
Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang
Author: Yi Jianfeng Yang Ying
New Classics Amber & Wenhui Publishing House
2021.11
The two media people used non-fiction writing methods to reproduce the life story of two workers' children in Shenyang who grew up to become senior doctors. It is both the sense of the scene of the news interview and the sociological significance of being a social sample. While depicting the life picture and the leap of fate of the post-70s generation, it also outlines the vicissitudes of the entire society for decades.
"One Day, Three Autumns"
Author: Liu Zhenyun
Flower City Press
2021.7
"One Day and Three Autumns" makes Liu-style novels have a stronger identity. His language style is strong and unique, and he uses humor to the fullest. Liu Zhenyun uses humor as a means to use his wild imagination to explore and express some of the most rooted and profound experiences and emotions in Chinese society.
"The Tea Shop on the Corner"
Author: Wang Di
People's Literature Publishing House
2021.10
Fullness, density, rich detail, and a vivid, fluid and restrained narrative make the work a simple, fresh and passionate style. The author recreates the old Chengdu tea shop from a microscopic perspective, allowing us to look back at the most simple, real and everyday face of old Chengdu from the perspective of the fusion of literature and history.
Retracement: Finding the Southwest United Congress on Roads, Rivers and Post Roads
Author: Yang Xiao
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
2021.4
Revisiting is the best revisit. Open this book and you'll be able to "set off" with the brightest young people of 80 years ago.
In 1938, the "Xiangqian dian tour group" crossed three provinces on foot through the hinterland of the southwest. 80 years later, young Yang Xiao once again embarked on this long road. Along the way, the mountain scenery, birds singing, young red flowers, the walk of the year and the current re-walk, overlapping and intertwining, the air is harmonious, and slowly emerges on the paper.
Fifteen Lectures on the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Author: Xu Yingjin
Peking University Publishing Company
Artificial intelligence is permeating every aspect of our lives, it comes from people, it is also used by people, to help people. Will it escape from man's control in the future and become the antithesis of man? It's not just something that science fiction considers, it's something we need to take seriously. This book reminds us to think about the nature of artificial intelligence from the perspective of professional philosophy.
"Who's Knocking"
Author: Luo Weizhang
Guangxi Normal University Press
2021．4
"I want to write down the daily life and destiny of people in heaven and earth"
The novel starts from a family of siblings celebrating their father's birthday, and the panorama spreads into a vast and fertile long river novel. The fate of three generations of peasant children has changed, various complex and delicate emotions are intertwined, and the same grief and different difficulties between brothers and sisters have been condensed into feelings and questions about life and death, morality and human nature.
"Forty Degrees North Latitude"
Author: Chen Fumin
2021.8
The 40th parallel north involves a large historical span, many stories, and many characters. This book clearly proposes that "40 degrees north latitude" is a cross-border cultural concept, and with the ideal of cultural roots and spiritual homecoming, excavates the long-term sinking potential folk stories, and presents the face of real history with the charm of literary style.
The Details of the Rule of Law
Author: Luo Xiang
Guomai Culture & Yunnan People's Publishing House
Professor Luo Xiang is popular and has become a "clear stream" in the content industry, which is inseparable from the "goods" in his belly and the verbal "raw flowers". This legal essay for the general public is also a crystallization of his general legal education. Case analysis, rationality and warmth are equally important, and the seeds of legal thinking are silently sown.
"Self-Made"
Author: Tao Yong
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House & Zhongnan Boji Tianjuan
As the author of this book, Tao Yong is not only an ophthalmologist, but also a soul healer engaged in special "anthropological" field observation. He is not a professional writer, but his records, his sharing, help many people believe that there is light in this world, believe in the power of light.