It is very important for those who want to learn Chinese culture by themselves, if you choose an obscure book, it will not only consume time and energy, but also your interest and enthusiasm for learning Chinese culture will be wiped out. This article will introduce you to two books that need lightning protection when you are a beginner in Chinese studies.
The first book: Dripping the marrow.
I believe that many newcomers who study Chinese culture will choose Ditian Marrow as the enlightenment book of Chinese Studies, including many lecturers will use Ditian Marrow as a reference book to teach, but "Ditian Marrow" is too obscure for beginners. The book says that "vine and rotten are armored, but spring and autumn", "the heavenly war is still free, and the earth is as urgent as fire", and "Dripping Heavenly Marrow" uses a lot of metaphors and extensions, which are completely incomprehensible to people who are just getting started.
The second book: Ziping Zhenquan.
The book "Ziping Zhenquan" is very suitable for the advancement of Chinese studies, and it will benefit you a lot to read this book when you have a certain foundation, but "Ziping Zhenquan" is really not suitable as a beginner's book. The original text in the book is an ancient text, and the reader needs to read the ancient text and understand the author's meaning for himself. Moreover, there are many places in the book that the original author did not elaborate, and readers can easily have the problem of half-understanding or even taking them out of context.
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