I am reading | Historian Yan Chongnian and Peking University Philosophy Professor He Huaihong's Sharing of China | History | He Huaihong
Summer reading leads to long days. Reading in summer can relieve the heat. In this issue of the Liberation Book List, the sub book list is titled "I am Reading", which is a dynamic column that takes us to see what books famous scholars are reading.
Their book list may add more nutrition to "cooling off".
Historian Yan Chongnian
The first book I was reading was Yan Xiaohong's "Notes on Calligraphy". Chinese character calligraphy is one of the excellent traditional cultures of China. Its difficulty lies in the fact that unlike ancient Chinese zither, which has fifty strings, paintings with dozens of colors, novels with tens of thousands of Chinese characters that can be combined in different ways, calligraphy only uses the five basic elements of dots, horizontal, vertical, pi, and ni to interpret infinite changes and become a calligraphy art work. It stands out among the world's cultures and has been thriving for thousands of years. The total number of calligraphers and calligraphers in China, from young to old, should be in the hundreds or millions. One important way to learn calligraphy is to practice calligraphy on a stele. As the book says, "For most people, it is difficult to enter the door of calligraphy without practicing calligraphy on a stele." There are many techniques involved in calligraphy, such as selecting calligraphy, reading calligraphy, comprehending calligraphy, and creating calligraphy. In the "Copywriting Notes", the author expresses vivid experiences and insightful insights.
Gathering experiences and consolidating theories. There are many books that imitate and perceive, but few that discuss and reason. The author of this book studied philosophy at Peking University during his youth and honed his philosophical thinking through practice, thus highlighting the shining points of philosophical thought throughout the book. Its discourse is profound, profound in philosophy, enlightening in wisdom, and pleasing to the eye and heart. The author has already read it quickly. This book is an addition to Shulin Xiumu and can be listed as a bookshelf for calligraphy enthusiasts.
The second book is "From Feudalism to Unification: Historical China in the Records of the Grand Historian.". To read, to read history, this is an ancient topic. People often say: Where does a Twenty Four Histories start from? My suggestion is to start reading "Records of the Grand Historian". How to read "Records of the Grand Historian"? One method is to use "From Feudalism to Unification: Historical China in the Records of the Grand Historian" as a guide for reading.
The structure of this book is divided into two parts, nine chapters, and forty-two sections. The first chapter of the book takes time as the axis and looks at history from the perspective of time. The first chapter is about the "Ancestor Legend", which includes the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun, and Yu. The second chapter is about Xia, Shang, and Zhou. The third chapter is about the Spring and Autumn War, the fourth chapter is about the Seven Heroes of the Warring States period, the fifth chapter is about the Qin Shi Huang Empire, the sixth chapter is about the Chu Han War, and the seventh chapter is about the Western Han Dynasty; The lower part is divided into eight and nine chapters, with space as the axis, and examines history from the perspective of space. In this way, from the two axes of time and space, time, space, society, and nature are intertwined, elaborating on this nearly 3000 year history, in order to interpret, enrich, and elucidate the rich content and broad spirit of the twelve books, ten tables, eight books, thirty families, and seventy biographies of 520000 words in the Records of the Grand Historian.
Professor He Huaihong from the Department of Philosophy at Peking University
The first book I was reading was "The Story of G ö del". G ö del is a genius who often touches upon the limits or limits of our knowledge. He questioned the most brilliant gem on the crown of human knowledge - mathematics. In terms of the reliability of knowledge, we are most proud of mathematics. However, his "incompleteness principle" pointed out the limitations of mathematics. This once alarmed mathematicians, and Hilbert held a resolute opposition. His attitude is similar to "we must know, we must know.". However, "must" does not necessarily mean "can". Sometimes willpower does exert tremendous power, making seemingly impossible things possible. However, it still faces a wall of human ability.
Godel tells us that there are truths in the world that go beyond human comprehension. He himself is not pessimistic, he believes that humans can always recognize some truths through intuition, and he still insists that the human spirit is irreplaceable and unique. Although this "uniqueness" also includes the ability to recognize limitations.
"The Chronicles of Narnia" is Louis' more famous work, but I would like to recommend his book "Surprise Journey: My Early Life", which reminisces about his early life.
I have always been curious and even seeking the path for modern people to enter faith, including the path for modern Western intellectuals to regain faith after fading or even disbelief. Elliott was a writer who had always deeply attracted me before. The newly discovered one is Louis. What attracts me the most to him is that in his opinion, if modern people feel deeply uneasy after leaving their faith, they cannot be completely self-sufficient on their own, and there is still a deep desire in their hearts to transcend existence. So, perhaps there really exists such a kind of existence. Based on this, if some people who have received a lot of education and even made significant contributions to knowledge, and even were once proud, but like some people who have not received much education and are often seen as foolish, one day yearn for spiritual beliefs. So, there must be some truth behind this. In his original words, it is: "If we have a desire in our hearts that cannot be satisfied with anything in the world, we should start thinking, perhaps we are made for another world."
