On Reading Classics And Culture Consciousness

Reading Classics in the paper is to reading up classics of Chinese traditional culture.The content of Culture Consciousness is for people to understand their history,traits,value and developmental trend of culture.On the basis of hermeneutic as paradigm,fact-explanation as sociological path,behavioral fact of reading classics and idealistic fact of culture consciousness as the starting point,depth interview,text analysis,and theoretic reasoning as study methods,the paper analyzes experience of reading classics and culture consciousness from four cases who are from different ages and districts and then draws some conclusions.The survey shows that Mr.Chen from Taiwan read classics around The Confucian Analects and considered that Confucianism is the core of Chinese traditional culture and The Confucian Analects is the peak of the pyramid of Chinese traditional culture,so spelling over it is the key to understand Chinese traditional culture.The Confucian Analects is the book about life wisdom which can make people themselves and others pleased and make individuals,family,society and world harmonious.Bright choice of human beings in the new era is back to Confucianism to learn harmonious life principle.Furthermore,Mr.Chen put Confucianism into practice to solve psychological problems from others.Mr.Liu from Guangxi read classics around Shanghan Zabing Lun and considered it is necessary for people to learn classics of herbalist doctor which is helpful to catch the essence Chinese traditional culture.Thinking trait of herbalist doctor is the harmony of man with nature which is represented by number thinking.Reading classics of herbalist doctor is propitious to country,people and illness,resulting in harmony.Herbalist doctor gives prominence to the harmony of man with nature,person-centered,integrative thinking to keep body balanceable to protect from illness.Thinking trait of Western medicine emphasizes the separation of man with nature,therapy-centered,analytic thinking to find out causes of diseases to solve in the opposed manner.Herbalist doctor are different from Western medicine,but they can make up each other on their own advantages,which is also a refection of Chinese and western culture. Mr.Hu from Beijing read classics around Laozi,and considered classics is the seeds of Chinese traditional culture.To master the essence of Chinese traditional culture is to learn first original classics.Traits of Chinese traditional culture are embodied in the Tao culture which is valuable to individuals,society and world.Culture in 21century should be directed by New Tao culture.The author from Chongqing read classics around The Book of Changes and considered Fuxi culture is the origin of Chinese traditional culture which is characterized by Taoism and still provide us life meaning in modern times.From point of view of Tai ji sphere,eastern and western culture is the kind of dialectic conformity.Every investigator has his own specific mechanism and methods of reading classics to form culture consciousness.Mr.Chen from Taiwan adopts methods such as erudition and earnest practice.For erudition, he recite The Confucian Analects,is familiar with all kinds of annotations in Chinese and English and at the same time he combine his experience to put himself in other's position to conjecture contexts and meaning to understand well.For earnest practice,he applies The Confucian Analects into his daily life such as obeying promise,doing good things and thinking with brightness.Mr.Liu not only recites lection,but also starts with character to analyze meaning of Chinese characters by interpenetration among Chinese characters,herbalist doctor,Taoism and thought and interknit among time and space,body and mind,Tao and using in order to cure illness,strengthen body and then prevent damages and in the end achieve culture consciousness.Mr.Hu considered the key to reading classics is times and assiduity.Times are to recite classics many times and assiduity is to bone.Thereby,readers can comprehend thoughts of the ancients and oracles and stimulate inspiration and hidden conscious,resulting in realizing the essence of Chinese culture to come true culture consciousness.The author's method of reading classics is to recite classics,and to analyze from such point of views as character,archeology,anthropology,sociology and zhouyi to realize originally culture consciousness.Above all,information from four investigators shows that every investigator reading up at least one sutra according to his specific method on how to reading up classics and in the end they can justify themselves on the origin,traits,values and developing trend of Chinese traditional culture,that is,they complete culture consciousness.On the basis of investigation,reflection and comparative analysis,the paper draws some conclusions as follows:(1)There is significance relativity between reading classics and culture consciousness,that is, reading classics leads to culture consciousness. (2)Reading classics is good for understanding well the origin,traits,values and developing trend of Chinese culture based upon the prerequisite of the whole culture,resulting in culture consciousness.(3)Culture consciousness can be realized through such methods of reading classics as erudition,earnest practice,versed meanings of Chinese characters and Taoism.