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What is civilization?It is the sum total of the humanistic spirit, inventions and creations accumulated in human history that are conducive to understanding and adapting to the objective world, conforming to the spiritual pursuit of mankind, and being recognized and accepted by the vast majority of people, and is a collection of all social and natural behaviors that have freed human beings from the state of barbarism.
Tools, languages, writing, religions, arts, customs, and so on are all part of civilization.
Due to time, geography and other reasons, the distribution of civilizations is not balanced and unified, different civilizations have different characteristics, and once these different civilizations meet, they will collide and integrate with each other in exchanges, and a richer side will appear.
As we all know, Chinese civilization is an oriental civilization with a long history, and it is also one of the four major civilizations in the world.
So what is the development process of Chinese civilization in the thousands of years of exchanges with Western civilization?What are the shining points in this?
Let's see how this book "Civilization: Three Thousand Years of Sino-Western Exchanges" tells you about it.
This is a history book written by Zhang Guogang, a senior professor of liberal arts at Tsinghua University. It will lead readers to understand the development process of Chinese civilization and Western civilization in the long history of 3,000 years, as well as the current situation and future development.
In the impression of many people, the earliest exchange between Chinese and Western civilizations should be the ancient Silk Road. Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Regions to open up the Silk Road to connect the East and the West and cultural exchanges, and China's silk, porcelain and other commodities were transmitted to Western countries, and Western ironware, wine and other commodities were also introduced to China. The mutual understanding and integration of Chinese and Western civilizations has gradually developed in this exchange with culture.
However, after reading this book, you will find that perhaps the exchanges between Chinese and Western civilizations were much earlier than we think.
The Yellow River Valley once circulated the story of King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty visiting the Queen Mother of the West, and the legend often has a certain connection with history. The Queen Mother of the West may not refer to a mythological figure, and the ministers of the Four Libraries of the Qing Dynasty believed that "the Queen Mother of the West is only a monarch of the West." ”
The author has studied various historical sources and legends in the book, and has come to the conclusion that although the story is full of imagination and legend, there is a rich history behind it. Perhaps the exchange between Chinese and Western civilizations really began much earlier.
The book is divided into 10 chapters, which discuss in detail the development and characteristics of the exchanges between Chinese and Western civilizations in different historical periods.
In this book, we can read how different cultures learn from each other, absorb and innovate in communication, and we can also feel the various differences and conflicts.
The 3,000-year-old exchanges between civilizations are undoubtedly complex and diverse, but they have also played an important role in promoting the development of their respective civilizations.
The development of the world is inseparable from the exchanges of these civilizations, and at present, we should understand the historical past of these civilizational exchanges, in order to better face and deal with the current opportunities and challenges, and achieve cultural exchanges and integration through equality, mutual benefit and win-win results, so as to jointly create a better future. Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge