01
Wang Meng and Xunzi resonate at the same frequency
"Governing the Country and The World: Wang Meng Reading Xunzi"
The king was blindfolded
Guangxi Normal University Press
After The old Zhuang Kong Menglie, Mr. Wang Meng set his sights on Xunzi. In his old age and four years of intensive reading, Mr. Wang Meng's life experience and wisdom precipitation had a stunning resonance with the collection of hundreds of families of the pre-Qin Dynasty.
02
Fill the gap in the archaeology of continental Loulan
Loulan Archaeological Survey and Excavation Report
Hou Can, ed., eds
Phoenix Press
In 1979, taking the opportunity of the Sino-Japanese co-production documentary "Silk Road", the Xinjiang Archaeological Research Institute conducted an investigation and inspection of the ancient road of Loulan Ancient City. This is a desert archaeology of unprecedented scale, filling the gap that mainland researchers have not been able to enter the ruins of the ancient city of Loulan for archaeological excavations in the past. On the basis of many discoveries, it enriches the historical understanding of the prehistoric cultural period of the Loulan Kingdom, the Two Han Dynasties and the Wei and Jin Dynasties. This book is the result of this archaeological work, and is a detailed report on the archaeology of Loulan by Chinese scholars completed by the host Mr. Hou Can over several years.
03
The picture of overseas culture spreading in China
A History of China's Acceptance of Overseas Cultures
By Wu Bin
Guangdong People's Publishing House
This set of books consists of 4 volumes, which is a set of academic general history works that show the acceptance and absorption of Chinese culture by the cultures of various ethnic groups in the world. From the source of Chinese culture to the middle of the 19th century, from the source of Chinese culture to the middle of the 19th century, it comprehensively and systematically narrates the chinese culture to the world in four periods, and accepts and absorbs the basic historical facts of multi-ethnic culture. In the sub-volumes of different periods, it covers the mutual learning of civilizations such as property, religious culture, science and technology, literature and art, and social ideologies in that period, showing readers a complete picture of the spread of overseas culture in China.
04
Trajectory of archaeological discoveries since the 19th century
The Great Archaeologist
By Brian Fagan
Translated by Li Zhipeng and Li Fan
The Commercial Press
This book is a collection of biographies of 70 archaeologists who have had a major impact on the development of archaeology, outlining the trajectory of archaeology since the mid-19th century. This book faithfully presents the readers with the perseverance and persistence, wisdom and foresight, confusion and unwillingness of these pioneers of archaeology... Their storied experiences echo some of the most important moments in world history.
05
Meet the cultural communicators on the Silk Road
Xuanzang: The Sutra Taker on the Silk Road
Feng Baoshan by Huangshan Book Club
This book truly reproduces the historical Xuanzang and his people, restores the original appearance of the Tang Sanzang sutras, and highly praises the contributions made by Xuanzang to the westward journey to the development of Chinese Buddhism and the cultural exchanges between China and India. The actual background, tortuous course, outstanding achievements, far-reaching influence, and great spirit of Xuanzang, a generation of senior monks and cultural communicators on the Silk Road, are described in a more in-depth and meticulous manner, and the image of a reliable, amiable, respectable, and once-in-a-lifetime great seeker, preacher, and martyr is restored.
06
Reconstruct history through images and material remains
"Reading the History of Pictures"
He Xilin, Peking University Press
Han and Tang Dynasty art created a pattern, achieved style, and set a precedent for future generations in many fields, enlightened the future atmosphere, and set a model for the times. It constructs the image of the Empire in a characteristic visual way, depicting real life. In the past half century, archaeological excavations have advanced rapidly, and a large number of visual materials have emerged, providing a new impetus for the study of Han and Tang art history. This book aims to reveal the internal logic and creative motivation through visual images and solid material remains, so as to achieve the goal of reconstructing historical experience.
07
How far can fictional historiography go
Aspects of Novel Historiography
Chen Pingyuan
Life, Reading, and New Knowledge Triptych Bookstore
This book discusses the history of modern Chinese novel research from the late Qing Dynasty to the fall, and the author Chen Pingyuan does not seek to cover all aspects, but selects Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Ah Ying, Pu Shike, Xia Zhiqing, Han Nan, Yan Jiayan, Fan Boqun, Zhao Yuan, Huang Ziping, Wang Dewei and himself, a total of 12 companies, for comment, extension and play. In his words, these researchers are not necessarily the best performers, but they are unique and can arouse thinking and discussion. With a prominent sense of the problem, in this book, the author repeatedly asks many questions about the function, method and realm of "novel historiography", and how far novel historiography can go.
08
Write about the lives of all sentient beings
"Little People Walk Through Big Times"
Liang Xiaosheng by Oriental Publishing Center
From the perspective of ordinary little people who can sing and cry, this book uses sincere and delicate brushstrokes to write the sorrows, joys, sorrows, and sorrows of all sentient beings, reflecting the life situation and life conditions of small and medium-sized people in the tide of the times, and is full of the feelings of home and country of an ideal intellectual and the compassion for the fate of the bottom.
09
The poetry and power of Gangnam culture
"Wangjiangnan" by Wang Xufeng
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
This book is another novel created by Mao Dun Literature Prize winner Wang Xufeng after 26 years of diving. The novel recounts the ups and downs of the Hang family of the Jiangnan tea family and the fate of the characters in the magnificent social process of the nearly 20 years before and after the founding of New China.
Wang Xufeng wrote about tea people and tea, and in the earth-shaking era, he wrote about the choice and openness, integration and progress of Chinese in the midst of the smoke and rain in Jiangnan; in the excitement of the times and the sound of wind and thunder, Wang Xufeng wrote a long and low return and swing back to the intestines, wrote about the aroma and tea nature, wrote the poetry and strength of Jiangnan culture, and wrote about China's demeanor, feelings and character.
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A deep-time journey to find fossils of the future
The Legacy of the Anthropocene
By David Farrell
Translated by Fu Xiayi
Social Science Literature Publishing Co., Ltd.
Our distant ancestors left beautiful stone tools, and what will this new geological age of the Anthropocene leave for the future? Is it the 50 million kilometers of roads that surround the earth, the land that is still uninhabitable after 20,000 years of radiation, the carbon dioxide that is still hovering in the atmosphere 100,000 years later, or the 5 trillion pieces of plastic that are everywhere in the global ocean... From the Baltic Sea to the Great Barrier Reef, from the Ice Core Laboratory in Tasmania to one of the world's super-cities, Shanghai, author David Farier has revealed shocking answers for us, leading us on a deep-time journey to find the fossils of the future.
Source: Guangming Daily, March 26, 2022, 12th edition of "Guangming Book List"
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Editors: Zhu Xiaofan, Chang Ying, Sun Xiaoting