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1、ABriefIntroductiontoChineseCulture(1)Chinaiswondrous(令人驚奇的,不可思議的,奇妙的)andawe-inspiring(令人起敬畏心的,驚歎的).Ithasahistoryoffivethousandyears.Itistheonlycontinuousancientcivilizationintheworld.Otherancientcivilizationshavechanged,discontinued,witheredorperished.Whyisi
2、tsoenduring?Whyisitsocoherent,oftenstickingtoitself,remainingundivided?Whyisitsodynamic,alwaysabletorevive,regenerateandrevitalizeitself?Whyisitanimmortalphoenixabletoriseagainonitsashes?Theseareenduringquestions.Nobodycangiveacompleteanswer.Theywillstimulat
3、eintellect,provokeinterest,andengageinvestigation.Chinesecultureisrichandprofound.Ithastherichesthistoricalrecords.Chinesehavebeenmosthistorically-minded.Perhaps,Chinahasmorehistoricalrecordsthanthewholeworldputtogether.Thisguesswillnotbefarfromtruth.Shehasa
4、greatdealofhistoricalrecordsfromthepre-Christianera,nottomentionthematchlesstwenty-sixhistorybooksoftheimperialdynasties.SheisnotthehomeofBuddhism,butsheboastsoftherichestBuddhistscriptures.AnotherareaoftheprofundityofChinesecultureisherpre-industrialrevolut
5、ionscienceandtechnology.BeforethisrevolutionChinahadbeenthepace-setternotonlyinhistoryandliteraturebutalsoinscienceandtechnology.Unfortunately,thisareahadbeenallalongneglectedbytheworld,includingChinaherself.Fortunately,thishasbeendiscoveredandprovedbythewor
6、ld-famousBritishscholarJosephNeedham.Thankstohisefforts,thishasbeenuniversallyacceptedbytheworld'speopleasamatteroffact.TherichnessofChineseculturealsofindsexpressioninitsdiversityandpluralism.Chinahasalwaysbeenacountryofmanyethnicgroups.Nomatterwhichethnicg
7、roup??wasdominant,beitHans,Mongols,orManchus,hervariouspeoplesalwayscouldliveunderthesameroof,worshippedthesameemperor.Itistruethatthereweretimesofdivision,butdivisionwastransient.Thereseemtobecyclesofdivisionandunification,butunificationhasoutliveddivision.
8、Allthesepeopleshavetheirownlegacies,buttheysharethesamelegacyaswell.ThediversityandpluralismofChinesecultureisatremendousasset.Thisisverykeenlyfeltnow.Increasingvalueisattachedtothisnationaltrea
