Preface Ⅰ

By Fu Xuancong

The Series of Books of Well-known Dictums of Chinese Ancient Books and Records introduces ancient China‘s poetry and essays with modern language and traditional artistic forms．By doing so，it also aims to advance China‘s modern culture development．

This publishing activity is held by School of Continuing Education，Alumni Association，and Academy of Chinese Learning of Tsinghua University，organized and executed by Beijing Bai Nian Hou De Culture Development Co．，Ltd．and Bai Nian Shu Ren Public Welfare Fund of Tsinghua University Education Foundation．

These well-known dictums are selected from Chinese ancient codes or records，such as the Four Books，the Five Classics，the Classic of the Virtue of the Tao，ancient Buddhism books，etc．There is a well-known dictum in each page with Chinese and English reference translated text and an elegant calligraphy works which content related to the dictum．At the end of every book there is part of or whole corresponding original text along with phonetic transcription for unfamiliar words，polyphone，etc． 3f/dKa/G2uKIDhtJWD3B95Do9zgyBYh9A0kTQu5/8uQFLbuqQgKck2fSpoUoSCBE