About the author

Gu Yi is an author about whom limited public information is available, and whose work focuses on popularizing traditional Chinese culture. The library holds seven of the author's titles, all belonging to the "Modern Interpretation of Chinese Classics" series: Understanding Junzi Character Through the Analects; Reading the Classic of Filial Piety and Practicing Chinese Filial Piety; Viewing Chinese Family Education Through the Admonitions of the Yan Family; Viewing the Way of Self-Cultivation Through the Great Learning; Viewing the Wisdom of Conducting Oneself Through the Doctrine of the Mean; Viewing Chinese Ritual Culture Through the Book of Rites; and Reading the I Ching to Understand the Wisdom of Officialdom. Drawing on Confucian classics and traditional family instructions, these works offer modern interpretations centering on character formation, filial practice, family education, self-cultivation, social conduct, ritual culture, and the wisdom of public service. Written for general readers, they seek to connect classical principles with contemporary life. Consistent in theme and concentrated in category, the series leans toward cultural popularization and interpretation of classics, and is suited to readers who wish to draw lessons in self-cultivation and social conduct from traditional texts.

Written (7)

Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Cultivation of the Gentleman's Character Through the Analects cover
Rating 3.6
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Cultivation of the Gentleman's Character Through the Analects 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book draws on the classical interpretations of Yang Bojun and other scholars. Starting from the context of the ancients and constantly connecting…
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Reading the Classic of Filial Piety and Practicing Chinese Filial Piety cover
Rating 3.5
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Reading the Classic of Filial Piety and Practicing Chinese Filial Piety 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book reinterprets filial piety in a modern sense. Through deeply moving stories of filial devotion, it shows readers that even as times change, "…
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Chinese Family Education Through the Yan Family Instructions cover
Rating 3.5
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Chinese Family Education Through the Yan Family Instructions 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book offers a modern reading of this classic on family education. The author places the educator and the educated in the field of family educatio…
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · The Way of Self-Cultivation Through the Great Learning cover
Rating 3.5
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · The Way of Self-Cultivation Through the Great Learning 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book will give you the answer. Its author has plumbed the depths of the Confucian classic The Great Learning, distilling its essential teachings …
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · The Wisdom of Conducting Oneself Through the Doctrine of the Mean cover
Rating 3.5
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · The Wisdom of Conducting Oneself Through the Doctrine of the Mean 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 In accessible language, this book systematically analyzes the meaning, intellectual foundations, core spirit, principles, and methods of conduct of th…
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Chinese Ritual Culture Through the Book of Rites cover
Rating 3.4
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Chinese Ritual Culture Through the Book of Rites 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 Building on an interpretation of the Book of Rites (Liji), this book recounts its ideas in an engaging storytelling style, distilling the traditional …
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Reading the I Ching to Understand the Wisdom of Governance cover
Rating 3.2
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · Reading the I Ching to Understand the Wisdom of Governance 顾易 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book selects ten hexagrams from the I Ching—Qian, Kun, Bi, Li, Lü, Qian, Guai, Ge, Lin, and Jie—arranged in pairs and interpreted across five dim…

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Jinan University Press