Zhu Xiangfeng: Historical Memory of China’s Foreign w88
(Source: "Guangming Daily"2014Year06month20日 12 version)
The first time I got involved with ancient books was when I was in high w88 casino. That summer vacation, I bought a discounted copy of "Book of Rites" from Xinhua Bookstore in a rural village in Hubei. It had a worn cover and densely packed traditional Chinese characters. To be honest, I haven't been able to finish reading the book to this day. But in the preface and notes of the book, a sentence struck me: "Three thousand rituals can be summed up in one sentence: Don't be disrespectful." This traditional Chinese version of "Book of Rites" has expanded my horizons: respect and humility initiated by "Do not be disrespectful" are also a kind of strength and wisdom in life.
It was more than ten years later that I was moved by the traditional Chinese version of ancient books again. In the Customs Ancient Books Archives, where the "w88 casino Ancient Books" is located in the library of the w88 casino, when I browsed1905When reading the 2015 edition of "The Judgment on the Case of Zhang Yanmou Suing Mo Lin", I couldn't help but feel sad. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country's fortunes were in decline, coupled with a lack of understanding of foreign languages and international legal rules, the Chinese people mistakenly sold the Kaiping Mining Bureau to foreigners. However, when you look at the written manuscripts that record this period of history, when the Chinese people faced these anger, grievances, pain and even insults, the writing in their hands was still stroke by stroke, stroke by stroke, with thunder in their chests, but the state of the calligraphy was calm and calm, and their faces were as flat as a lake. When I was flipping through this ancient book, I had a strong desire: to digitally reproduce this period of history, awaken people's memories, and let everyone get close to how our predecessors started the process of China's modernization more than a hundred years ago, touch that era, and feel their dedication and struggle, powerlessness and pain, search and hesitation, endeavor and glory.
Based on the principle of protecting ancient documents and books, we planned and designed the special cultural website "Centennial Economics Hall - Collection Exhibition of the General Taxation Department of the Qing Dynasty and the Customs Library of the Republic of China" to present that distant historical picture in a digital way. The library of the w88 casino contains the books and archives of the Qing General Taxation Department, which provide a panoramic record of the national governance methods of foreign w88 in that era. Through pieces of customs correspondence, collection records, geographical distribution, personnel rosters and other ancient ancient documents, people today can still clearly see the steps of their predecessors and appreciate the brightness of knowledge. This collection consists of two parts: one part contains more than 10,000 professional collections of Chinese and foreign editions on China's foreign w88 and customs topics during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China; the other part contains a total of ancient books published in the Qing Dynasty6390Letter. There are many rare books with great collection value in the library, and some editions have even become orphan copies at home and abroad. Today, when we step into the "International w88 casino Ancient Books" collection area and look through these ancient books under the guidance of professional teachers, it feels like we are in another world, and we seem to be talking to an old man across time and space. He is sometimes rigorous and meticulous, sometimes humorous, and sometimes wild and uninhibited.
Years ago, the sentence "Do not be disrespectful" in the preface of a worn-out "Book of Rites" opened up a new perspective for me to understand the world. Mr. Qian Mu once said that one needs to have warmth and respect for history. Building a digital version of the Centennial Economics w88 casino may be a modern expression of our "no disrespect" as young people: respect, protect, and cherish these precious ancient books, so that these ancient books that carry the memory of China's foreign w88 can once again return to people's sight and become "givers of knowledge." At the same time, we also try to start a dialogue across time and space in this way, paying tribute to the predecessors of scholars, and paying tribute to the pioneers who promoted the modernization process of ancient China more than a hundred years ago. (Author’s affiliation: w88 casino)
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