Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Altar Sutra

Chapter 1 Preface
Chinese traditional culture is broad, profound and all-encompassing, which is far beyond what can be covered in a single book.This series only selects some of the contents and introduces them by category.The authors we invite are all professional researchers in various fields. There are years of accumulation behind each short text, and they strive to make these texts simple, rigorous and accurate.At the same time, we have selected pictures for some texts, so that readers can form a more intuitive impression.No matter what education you have, no matter what age you are, no matter what occupation you are engaged in, as long as you are a lover of Chinese traditional culture, you can get what you want from this book.

As the handed down works of the essence of Chinese traditional culture, classics of Chinese studies reflect and express the fundamental issues of human survival and development. Their wisdom shines through history, and their ideological value spans time and space and lasts forever. They are the great spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation.

Reading classics of Chinese studies is a kind of cultural reading with high gold content; reading classics of Chinese studies can see success or failure, judge right from wrong, and know success or failure; reading classics of Chinese studies can cultivate sentiment and increase talents; reading classics of Chinese studies can improve thinking and strengthen philosophy Thinking ability; reading classics of Chinese studies, you can know shame, right and wrong, understand honor and disgrace, and distinguish between good and evil; Classics can continuously improve humanistic quality and spiritual realm.

Finally, it needs to be explained that due to the limited level of the editor, shortcomings are inevitable. I hope that colleagues and readers will give criticism and correction.

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