A: The top ten rare books in China are:
Zhouyi:
Zhouyi is one of the oldest documents in China, and is regarded as the first of the Five Classics by Confucianism.
Yin Yin exclaimed:
Yin Fujing of Huangdi, also known as Yin Fujing or Yin Fujing of Xuanyuan Huangdi, also known as Huangdi Tianjing, is a technique of Taoist philosophy and self-cultivation, involving philosophy and military, health care, qigong, diet, mental conditioning and housing.
According to legend, this book was written by Huangdi, the ancestor of China, with the longest term, which can reach 100 years.
Accordingly, Yin Fu Jing is called "ancient and modern monasticism"
The first true sutra. "
Lao Tzu:
Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period and an important source of Taoist philosophy.
Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to chapter 37 of the Tao Jing.
Chapter 38 is followed by the classic of virtue, which is divided into 8 1 chapters. The classic of virtue is to cultivate one's mind first, while the classic of Taoism is to cultivate one's body and mind and realize the spread of Taoism.
With profound meaning and wide tolerance, it is known as the king of all classics.
Inspection records:
The Flower King Gongji is a document describing the specifications and manufacturing techniques of various official handicrafts in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
This was also unique in the world at that time.
The whole book is 7 100 words, which describes the contents of 30 jobs in 6 categories, such as carpentry and metalworking, and reflects the scientific and technological level achieved by China at that time.
In addition, Kao Gong Ji also contains a lot of knowledge and experience in mathematics, mechanics, acoustics and architecture.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
Guiguzi
Sushu
Xinshu
Fairy story
Tanjing
Zhouyi
Zhouyi is one of the oldest documents in China, and is regarded as the first of the Five Classics by Confucianism.
The Book of Changes is one of the oldest documents in China. Legend has it that it was written by Ji Chang, a native of Zhou Wenwang. It consists of two parts: classic and biography. The classics are mainly composed of 64 hexagrams and 384 hexagrams, each of which has its own interpretation of divination.
The Book of Changes actually includes the ancient Lianshan, Ghost Stories and Zhouyi, but Lianshan and Ghost Stories have been lost.
The Book of Changes describes the change of state with a set of symbol systems, and shows the philosophy and cosmology of China's classical culture.
I ching in a broad sense includes I ching and I ching.
The Book of Changes is divided into 30 hexagrams and Xia Jing into 34 hexagrams.
Because the Book of Changes was written in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the meaning of words has evolved, and the contents in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are not easy to read, so people in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period wrote Ten Wings, also known as the Book of Changes, to interpret the Book of Changes.
It is generally believed that the Book of Changes was originally a book of divination, but its influence spread throughout China's philosophy, religion, medicine, astronomy, arithmetic, literature, music, art, military and martial arts.
1973 The silk book Zhouyi unearthed at Mawangdui No.3 Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province is different from other versions handed down from generation to generation, and it is the earliest extant one.
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Yin Fujing of Huangdi, also known as Yin Fujing or Yin Fujing of Xuanyuan Huangdi, also known as Huangdi Tianjing, is a technique of Taoist philosophy and self-cultivation, involving philosophy and military, health care, qigong, diet, mental conditioning and housing.
According to legend, this book was written by Huangdi, the ancestor of China, with the longest term, which can reach 100 years.
Accordingly, Yin Fu Jing is called "ancient and modern monasticism"
The first true sutra. "
There are many metaphors in the book, and it is a unique classic to combine the ideas of Yi, Yin and Yang, law and military with the old ideas when discussing the ideas of health, politics and military strategy.
To this end, Zhuge Liang, Li Zhi, Zhu and others have all made comments.
Zhu even praised: "Those who are not deeper than Tao can't do it."
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work of Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period and an important source of Taoist philosophy.
Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The first part of the original text is the Tao Te Ching, and the second part is the Tao Te Ching, without chapters. Later, it was changed to the Tao Te Ching in the previous 37 chapters, and the 38th chapter was the Tao Te Ching, which was divided into 865,438+0 chapters. Tao Te Ching means to cultivate the mind first, while the latter means to improve the body and mind and realize the mind.
With profound meaning and wide tolerance, it is known as the king of all classics.
Yin Guan, the ambassador of Shouhan Valley, played an important role in compiling Tao Te Ching.
Sima Qian recorded in Historical Records Biography of Laozi that Laozi "lived in Zhou for a long time and saw Zhou decline, so he went away."
Guanyin Xi said, "My son must be hidden and written by me, so I walked with five thousand words of morality and never knew it." .
Yin moved Lao Tzu, who traced his life experience, the success or failure of the dynasty and the safety and happiness of the people, and wrote two books, Tao Te Ching, with a total of 5,000 words.
Examination record
The Flower King Gongji is a document describing the specifications and manufacturing techniques of various official handicrafts in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
This was also unique in the world at that time.
The whole book is 7 100 words, which describes the contents of 30 jobs in 6 categories, such as carpentry and metalworking, and reflects the scientific and technological level achieved by China at that time.
In addition, Kao Gong Ji also contains a lot of knowledge and experience in mathematics, mechanics, acoustics and architecture.
It is said that in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhouguan lacked Dongguan, so it was added, which has been passed down to this day.
The full text is about 7,000 words, but the length is not long, but there are quite a lot of scientific and technological information, involving handicraft technologies such as making cars, weapons, ritual vessels, chimes, printing and dyeing, architecture, water conservancy and so on. In the pre-Qin era, there were natural science knowledge such as astronomy, biology, mathematics, physics and chemistry.
The book retains a lot of information about handicraft production technology and arts and crafts in the pre-Qin period, and records a series of production management and construction systems, which reflects the ideas at that time to some extent.
This book occupies an important position in the history of science and technology, arts and crafts and culture in China.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
Shan Hai Jing is an important ancient book in the pre-Qin period in China, with 18 volumes, including five volumes of Shan Hai Jing, eight volumes of Hai Jing, four volumes of Huang Da Jing and one volume of Hai Nei Jing, totaling about 3 1000 words.
Recorded 100 information about geography, customs, products and other countries, 550 mountains, 300 waterways, and the scenery of various countries.
Handed down from ancient times 18 volumes, including 5 volumes of Mountain Scenery and 3 volumes of Haijing 13. The age of each volume is unknown, of which 14 is the work of the Warring States period and 4 is the work of the early Western Han Dynasty.
The contents of Shan Hai Jing are mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Taoism, nationalities, products, medicines, sacrifices and witch doctors.
Shan Hai Jing has extraordinary literature value, which can be used as a reference for studying China's ancient history, geography, culture, Chinese and foreign transportation, folk customs and myths, among which the mineral records are the earliest related documents in the world.
Sima Qian bluntly said that his content did not dare to say anything.
At present, most scholars believe that Shan Hai Jing is an early and valuable geographical work.
Guiguzi
"Guiguzi", also known as "the strategy of making love".
It is said that it was compiled by Guiguzi's disciples according to Teacher Wang's remarks.
This book focuses on tactics and debating skills.
There are fourteen guiguzi, among which
Articles 13 and 14 are lost.
Guiguzi, surnamed Wang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period.
His ancestral home is Wangzhuang Village under Yunmeng Mountain in Qixian County, Hebi City, Henan Province.
Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin and Pang Juan, the grandfathers of the strategists, were his disciples.
He knows everything about heaven and earth, and gives consideration to mathematics, which is unparalleled.
Sushu
Sushu, also known as Yushu, is said to have been written by Huang Shigong at the end of Qin Dynasty.
People regard it as a wonderful book, a heavenly book.
Su Shu takes Taoism as its purpose, and integrates traditional ideas such as Confucianism, Legalism and military affairs, giving full play to the role and function of Taoism. At the same time, taking Tao, virtue, benevolence, righteousness and propriety as the foundation of governing the country, and taking the logical number of natural transformation of all things in the universe as the basis, we can understand things, correspond to things and handle things intelligently.
Legend has it that Huang Shigong tried Sean three times and then awarded this book to Sean.
With this book, Sean helped Liu Bangding achieve greatness.
The book of the heart
Shuxin, also known as Kongming Shuxin, Shuxin and Jiangyuan, is an important military work written by Zhuge Liang in the Han Dynasty.
50 original articles.
Zhuge Liang borrowed words from Sun Zi, Woods, Liu Tao and Zuo Zhuan in his book, and discussed them from all angles. As a masterpiece reflecting ancient Han military thoughts, Zhuge Liang's own strategic and tactical thoughts and general plan of running the army and leading troops are also a concentrated expression, which still has positive reference significance for today's real life.
The original is concise and witty, which is of great literary appreciation value.
The book also systematically demonstrates the position, function, character and problems that should be paid attention to when leading troops in the army, which is highly valued by future generations.
Looking for gods
Searching for the Gods is a collection of novels that records magical and weird stories in ancient folklore. The writer is Gan Bao, a historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The protagonist has ghosts, monsters, immortals and Buddhism.
Most of them are short in length, simple in plot, fantastic in imagination and full of romanticism, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations.
The stories of searching for gods are mostly about strange things about gods, and there are also many folklore and fairy stories, with ghosts, monsters and immortals as the protagonists.
The article is imaginative and full of romanticism.
"Belief in ghosts and gods" has a long tradition in China, which is juxtaposed with mountain and river sacrifices and ancestor sacrifices.
Since Shang and Zhou Dynasties, emperors of all dynasties have sacrificed sacrifices on altars, and there are ancient books recording legends of ghosts and gods.
Besides Shan Hai Jing and Huai Nan Zi, Su Ji Shen can be regarded as one of the masters.
In this sense.
This book has kept a lot of precious materials for us, and it is a rare collection for future generations to study ancient folklore and myths in China.
Huangdi Neijing
Huangdi Neijing is divided into Lingshu and Suwen. It is the earliest medical classic in China, a comprehensive medical work, which discusses medicine with a holistic view and presents a "holistic medical model" of nature, biology, psychology and society.
According to legend, it was made by the Yellow Emperor, hence its name.
However, it is generally believed that this book was finally formed in the Western Han Dynasty, and the author was not a single person, but was created by Huang Lao, a doctor in China.
Huangdi Neijing is a comprehensive medical work, which consists of Lingshu and Suwen. It established the theory of yin and yang, five elements, pulse condition, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Huangdi Neijing was not written by one person, but during the Warring States period, and individual chapters were written in the Han Dynasty.
It advocates that the disease is incurable, but the disease is incurable. At the same time, advocate health, health, longevity and longevity.
Its appearance created a unique theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, marking the development of traditional Chinese medicine from the stage of simply accumulating experience to the stage of systematic theoretical summary.
Its basic material comes from the long-term observation of life phenomena in ancient China, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge.
It laid the foundation for human physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment. It is a medical work with great influence in China and is called the medical ancestor.