Chinese Traditional Virtues in Ancient Poetry
by Fang Xiaoyi, Rong Mo
This book is divided into nine units: “caring about the world”, “the benevolent loves others”, “self-improvement”, “respecting the elder and family harmony”, “cherishing friendship”, “learning more and thinking deeply”, “obsessing the hometown”, “living a simple life”, and “natural harmony”. It covers the state, society, family, and interpersonal communication and reflects the spirit of self-improvement in the moral tradition of the Chinese nation, the character of eagerness to learn, the friendship of hometown, the indifference to fame and fortune, and the admiration for nature. Read to cultivate people’s moral character and learn to foster the virtue, hoping that the Chinese virtues infiltrated in ancient poetry can be passed down from generation to generation and touch you and me.