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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.Whyisitsoenduring?Whyisitsocoherent,oftenst
2、ickingtoitself,remainingundivided?Whyisitsodynamic,alwaysabletorevive,regenerateandrevitalizeitself?Whyisitanimmortalphoenixabletoriseagainonitsashes?Theseareenduringquestions.Nobodycangiveacompleteanswer.Theywillstimulateintellect,provokeinterest,andengageinvestigation.Chinesecultureisrichandp
3、rofound.Ithastherichesthistoricalrecords.Chinesehavebeenmosthistorically-minded.Perhaps,Chinahasmorehistoricalrecordsthanthewholeworldputtogether.Thisguesswillnotbefarfromtruth.Shehasagreatdealofhistoricalrecordsfromthepre-Christianera,nottomentionthematchlesstwenty-sixhistorybooksoftheimperial
4、dynasties.SheisnotthehomeofBuddhism,butsheboastsoftherichestBuddhistscriptures.AnotherareaoftheprofundityofChinesecultureisherpre-industrialrevolutionscienceandtechnology.BeforethisrevolutionChinahadbeenthepace-setternotonlyinhistoryandliteraturebutalsoinscienceandtechnology.Unfortunately,thisa
5、reahadbeenallalongneglectedbytheworld,includingChinaherself.Fortunately,thishasbeendiscoveredandprovedbytheworld-famousBritishscholarJosephNeedham.Thankstohisefforts,thishasbeenuniversallyacceptedbytheworld'speopleasamatteroffact.TherichnessofChineseculturealsofindsexpressioninitsdiversityandpl
6、uralism.Chinahasalwaysbeenacountryofmanyethnicgroups.Nomatterwhichethnicgroup wasdominant,beitHans,Mongols,orManchus,hervariouspeoplesalwayscouldliveunderthesameroof,worshippedthesameemperor.Itistruethatthereweretimesofdivision,butdivisionwastransient.Thereseemtobecyclesofdivisionandunificatio
7、n,butunificationhasoutliveddivision.Allthesepeopleshavetheirownlegacies,buttheysharethesamelegacyaswell.ThediversityandpluralismofChinesecultureisatremendousasset.Thisisverykeenlyfeltnow.Increasingvalueisattachedtothisnationaltrea
