The Paper's reporter Gao Dan
On October 8, the Commercial Press released the "Top Ten Good Books of the Commercial Press" for September 2021, and recommended "A Hundred Years of Chinese Rural Construction Thought", "The Complete Works of Plato", "Silk Road Storm: Liu Yanhuai's Diary of Northwest Expedition (1927-1930)", "A New Exploration of the Relationship between Wu Zetian and Chang'an", "Nine Chapters of "Roselle Endowment", "Chinese-Portuguese Dictionary", "Edda Lovelaces: The First Programmer in History", "History of the Weimar Republic", "The Secret of the Ancient Castle", "Drama Education Series", etc.
According to the Commercial Press, the Wenzhou Dialect Dictionary and the Chinese-Portuguese Dictionary have the ability to fill in the gaps in the field, and the Wenzhou Dialect Dictionary aims to "decode" one of The most difficult dialects in China, Wenzhou dialect. Wenzhou dialect is a representative of a migratory language known as the living fossil of the Tang and Song dynasties. The Wenzhou Dialect Dictionary is a dictionary of Wenzhou dialect led by the Propaganda Department of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee, edited by Shen Kecheng, a librarian of the Zhejiang Provincial Research Museum of Literature and History and a dialectologist, and an editorial team of dialectologists. A total of more than 9,000 characters and 3,400 Wenzhou words are included, and they are phonetically pronounced and interpreted respectively. The editorial team not only used the International Phonetic Alphabet and the same (near) phonetic characters to mark the square sounds, marked the phonetic evolution of individual notes, but also listed the status of the middle and ancient phonological rhymes in each single word head with strict reference to "Guangyun", showing the characteristics and rheology of wenzhou dialect in a more complete and systematic manner. At the same time, the book also includes the appendix contents of Wenzhou Overview, Wenzhou Dialect Pronunciation System, Wenzhou Proverbs, Wenzhou Dialect Strange Characters and so on.
Wenzhou Dictionary
In September, the Commercial Press also launched the first medium-sized chinese-sized chinese-Portuguese dictionary in China. Portuguese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, with a population of nearly 250 million and used in parts of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. In recent years, the social, cultural, economic and trade exchanges between China and Portuguese-speaking countries have been increasing, and the demand for the use of Chinese and Portuguese bilinguals has been increasing. The Chinese-Portuguese Dictionary has a scale of 4 million words, contains nearly 50,000 single and multi-word words, and collects words mainly in language, taking into account encyclopedic words, and contains a large number of fixed phrases, phrases, idioms, idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, etc. In addition, the dictionary noted the considerable differences in the vocabulary of the two main Portuguese-speaking countries, Portugal and Brazil, and gave due consideration in the preparation process and regulated Portuguese spelling and expression in accordance with Portuguese orthography.
Chinese-Portuguese Dictionary
Good philosophical books such as The Complete Works of Plato, The History of Chinese Philosophy, and Heidegger's Writings are also highly recommended. The Complete Works of Plato introduced the "Euphorbia", "The Defence of Socrates", "Cristo", and "Fidon", showing the world The unique life, thought and personality of Socrates. "Xi-Han contrast" is the feature of this set of "Plato's Complete Works", which is translated by the translator directly from the original Greek text, and by adding a large number of Greek words and analysis and annotations, the Chinese text is closer to the context of the original text, contains richer meanings, and can greatly enhance the reader's understanding of the original work. In addition, the translator's exquisite grammatical analysis of some Greek words can also help readers who learn ancient Greek.
"Euphorus"
Professor Guo Qiyong's "History of Chinese Philosophy" condenses Professor Guo Qiyong's teaching and research experience for more than 30 years, reflecting the common work and accumulation of several generations of scholars in the more than 100 years since the establishment of the discipline of Chinese philosophy. The whole book systematically introduces the development history of Chinese philosophy, paying special attention to the interpretation of representative philosophical classics and philosophers' thoughts, and fully reveals the characteristics of Chinese philosophical wisdom that are different from Western philosophy and its modern value. This book puts forward a four-stage phased theory of the history of Chinese philosophy; deletes the part of cumbersome examination and the background of the times, and goes straight to the philosophical theme, so as to select the ideological trends and representative figures, highlight the main points and key points of their philosophical thought, accurately grasp the relevant categories and propositions, and objectively comment on the contributions and limitations of various schools, in addition to the researchers of philosophy majors, it is also suitable for philosophy enthusiasts and beginners to read.
History of Chinese Philosophy
In September, the Commercial Press published three of Heidegger's works, the first of which, Kant's < Critique of Pure Reason> a Phenomenological Interpretation, which collected the contents of Heidegger's lectures at marburg University in the winter semester of 1927-1928. In this book, Heidegger, based on the basic position and starting point that the "critique of pure reason" is not a critique of cognition, but the foundation of metaphysics, interprets in detail the transcendental perceptual theory of the Critique of Pure Reason and the conceptual analysis of transcendental logic, and criticizes the understanding of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by the neo-Kantians of the Marburg School. The second book, Basic Concepts, is one of Heidegger's classic works and important texts, and the core theme of this book is the fundamental problem of Heidegger's thought: the problem of the existence of a connection with man. In addition, the core expression of Heidegger's later thought, "the mandate of existence" (existence in the self-delivery of self-recession), has been formally raised in this book as a strict ideological wording, and this book is thus an important text for the study of Heidegger's idea of "the destiny of existence". The third book, < Reflections > II-VI (Black Leather Ben 1931-1938), is a compilation of Heidegger's philosophical notes and reflects Heidegger's philosophical thinking.
In addition, the Commercial Press has also launched a variety of classic masterpieces, such as "History of the Weimar Republic" and "Treatise on the Court". The Treatise on the Court is a masterpiece by the Italian Renaissance poet Baldassare Castiglione. It is a great work of "European grade", a rare treasure in the history of Italian literature, whose fate is inextricably intertwined with the history of Western culture, and in which it was at the stage of the formation of the modern state and its heart (court), participating in the formation of the forms, models and public image of Western culture. The book depicts the court life, history, and cultural scenes of the time.
In addition, the Commercial Press said that the "Theater Education Series", "The Secret of the Castle", "Edda Lovelace: The First Programmer in History", "Nazis and books", "European Humanities Map", "American Humanities Map", "When Artists Use Brands" published in September are also worth recommending.
The Drama Education Series includes "275 Drama Games: Connections", "Youth Drama Express", "Drama in School Education", "Practical Handbook for Drama Teachers" and so on. "Theatre is the greatest of all art forms. It is the most direct way for one person to share with another what it means to be human. Famous playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder said. 275 Theatrical Games: Connections, nearly 700 pages, is a full book of professional theatrical games from the United States. "Youth Drama Express" is a tailor-made drama textbook for teenagers, which can be used by drama teachers and teachers of various disciplines who are willing to integrate drama techniques into teaching. The Drama of School Education is a work on interdisciplinary drama education research. The Practical Handbook for Drama Teachers is an American performing mentor who has produced Emmy Award-winning and "Big Bang Theory" art director John Schaffner and many other Broadway stars and dramatist Margaret Schaffner. F. Johnson. This book is a very practical standing book for campus drama clubs, folk drama clubs, and even small professional theater companies.
"The Secret of the Castle" is a castle travel guide, the author visited sixty of the most representative European castles, with a plain and rigorous brushwork, interpreting all aspects of the building type - diverse scale and form, carrying different functions of structural elements, continuous evolution of artistic styles, in this deep parade, the sleeping secrets will be awakened one by one, so that readers can follow the pace of this book, experience the uniqueness of medieval castles in military, political, religious and cultural aspects, and feel the life style at that time.
The Secret of the Castle
"Rural revitalization theme book series" has become a hot focus. This year, the Commercial Press published "Rural Revitalization and Sustainable Development", "A Collection of Ideas and Practices of China's Rural Construction in a Hundred Years", "China's Roads and The Three Rural Issues" and other "Rural Revitalization Theme Book Series", and in September launched the new book series "A Century of Chinese Rural Construction Thought". This book is the final result of the major bidding project of the National Social Science Fund presided over by Professor Wang Xianming of Nankai University.
The "Silk Road" on land and the "Silk Road" on the sea reflect each other. The "Belt and Road Book Series" has always been a key section of the Commercial Press's publication, and this year launched the "Case Study of the Belt and Road Construction: The Perspective of Inclusive Globalization", and in September launched the "Silk Road Storm: Liu Yanhuai's Northwest Expedition Diary (1927-1930)" and "Restoration and Examination of Rare Historical Images of the World on the Maritime Silk Road" (all 8 volumes). "Silk Road Storm: Liu Yanhuai's Northwest Expedition Diary (1927-1930)" records 1077 diaries and more than 200 old photographs of Liu Yanhuai, a generation of masters of Chinese meteorology and meteorological education and as the forerunner of the northwest scientific expedition, and records in detail the westward journey of the Northwest China Science Expedition, the originator of the Silk Road expedition and research, so that readers can appreciate the natural features of the Great Northwest and the arduous work spirit of the expedition team.
"Restoration and Examination of Rare Historical Images of the Maritime Silk Road World in a Hundred Years" collects more than 800 representative collections of high-quality original historical photos, including a large number of famous long-axis photos, most of which were taken in the 19th and early 20th centuries, most of which are works by well-known photographers. Starting from Chinese civilization, this book is presented in sub-regions, with globalization as the background and the editing technique of big history, integrating the history of world civilization exchanges, showing the traces of cultural integration contained in the content of historical images, and embodying the social outlook and historical development of countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road for more than 100 years. This book has both historical value and artistry, and is a valuable research material for modern global history.
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