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CCTV's "Lianbo+" program has specially planned a series of articles titled "Exploring Chinese Civilization with General Secretary" to help you appreciate the vastness and profoundness of Chinese civilization.
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The vast collection of classic books is a mountain range of Chinese culture, carrying the cultural genes, spiritual character, and value pursuit of the Chinese nation. It is also the spiritual root of what we know, what we will think, and where we will go.
He advocates to "deeply explore the philosophical ideas, humanistic spirit, value concepts, and moral norms contained in ancient books, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture.".
Afterwards, under his direct concern, the project was ultimately determined as the Complete Collection of Song Paintings. From 2007 to 2021, the project gradually expanded from "Complete Works of Song Painting" to "a major series of Chinese painting throughout history.".
The "Chinese Painting Series of All Dynasties" includes a total of 12479 Chinese painting collections from more than 260 cultural and museum institutions at home and abroad, covering the vast majority of national treasure level painting treasures that have been passed down. This is the largest collection of Chinese painting image literature, with the most complete collection, the most authentic image recording, the highest printing quality, and the largest publication scale among similar publications to date.
At the Confucius Institute, the General Secretary picked up two books, "General Explanation of Confucius Family Language" and "Explanation of Analects", which were placed on the table and flipped through them with great interest. "I want to carefully read these two books," he said.
The Analects of Confucius is an important document that records the deeds, words, deeds, and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples. It is a precious material for studying Confucius and the early Confucian school. The Comprehensive Explanation of Confucius Family Language is a comprehensive interpretation of Confucius Family Language.
The Interpretation of the Analects elaborates on the ideological essence of the Analects and its guiding significance for real life from seven aspects: benevolent love, understanding of etiquette, learning from the Tao, the intersection of benevolence and righteousness, filial piety and brotherhood, the way of life, and the realm of a gentleman. It also reinterprets and interprets many of the comments in the Analects.
The General Secretary is particularly concerned about the compilation work of the "Confucian Canon" and asked Tang Lao what difficulties and needs he has.
The "Confucian Canon" project is a significant academic practice that combines Chinese Confucian literature, unearthed literature, and foreign literature under modern technological and academic standards. The project plans to comprehensively organize over 3000 Confucian classics and literature both domestically and internationally. At present, the "essence Compilation" of the Chinese part of the "Confucian Collection" project has been collated and published, and the compilation project has achieved important results.
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a large-scale encyclopedia compiled by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, who ordered the chief minister of the cabinet, Jie Jin, and others. It consists of 11095 volumes and preserves seven to eight thousand ancient Chinese classics from pre Qin to early Ming, making it the largest encyclopedia in ancient China. When the Anglo French coalition invaded Beijing in 1860 and the Eight Nation Alliance invaded Beijing in 1900, this priceless cultural treasure was completely destroyed. According to decades of searching, there are only 810 surviving volumes, with most of them still in bookcases or warehouses in countries such as Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
The General Secretary pointed out that the publication of this classic book is of great significance for us to strengthen our historical confidence, grasp the trend of the times, take the Chinese road, and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization as our party leads the people on the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.
Taking the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as the theme and the history of thought as the basic clue, the Renaissance Library comprehensively combs and selects the important documents related to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation since the Opium War of 1840, and comprehensively records the historical footprints of the outstanding Chinese children represented by the CPC, who are tireless in their quest to achieve national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness, and systematically reflects the glorious process of the Chinese nation from poverty and weakness to great rejuvenation.
In Library 2, for the first time, the authentic and simulated photocopy versions of the ancient books of the Complete Library of the Four Branches, including Wenyuan Pavilion, Wensu Pavilion, Wenjin Pavilion, and Wenlan Pavilion, were displayed on the same stage. General Secretary listened in detail to the introduction of the source and development of the versions of the Complete Library of Four Branches, paper printing, and protection and collection. He reminded the staff, "What I am most concerned about is the most precious thing left by the vicissitudes of Chinese civilization. Some of the classics of the Chinese nation have lost a lot in the erosion of time, and these treasures left behind must be taken good care of and cherished by every means possible, to continue to inherit the only uninterrupted civilization in our world."
The Complete Library of the Four Branches, also known as the Qinding Complete Library of the Four Branches, was compiled by more than 360 high-ranking officials and scholars, including Ji Xiaolan, under the leadership of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It took thirteen years to compile and was divided into four parts: classics, histories, books, and collections, hence the name "Four Branches". According to the Wenjin Pavilion collection, the "Complete Library of Four Branches" consists of over 36000 volumes and over 79000 volumes, with a total length of approximately 800 million words. It is known as the "Great Wall" of Chinese culture.
