The Three-Book Doctrine
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers seeking direction and meaning in life, especially those in a period of confusion or transition
- Thinkers interested in personal growth, self-awareness, and spiritual cultivation
- Readers who appreciate essays that elevate personal life experience into philosophical reflection
- Explorers who wish to balance theoretical learning, social practice, and inner life
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting rigorous academic argumentation or systematic philosophical theory
- Literary fiction lovers seeking novelistic plot or strong storytelling
Reading tips
- Treat this book as a "thought map" for life's midpoint; there is no need to rush through it—it is suited to casual browsing in leisure, cross-referenced with your own experience for reflection.
- Focus on the author's exposition of the "book of no words" and the "book of the heart," as this part deepens and supplements the traditional notion of "reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles."
- While reading, consider noting down ideas that resonate and trying to sketch out the content and reading method of your own "three books."
About the publisher
Fudan University Press is a comprehensive university press known for its strengths in the humanities and social sciences. Judging from the 208 titles in our catalog, its publishing focuses on Chinese culture, literary appreciation, historical reading, classic works, and Eastern philosophy. A representative series is the multivolume Summary of Famous Chinese Academic Works, including the Ming, Sui-Tang and Five Dynasties, Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan, and Qing volumes, which systematically survey important academic texts across dynasties. Its author resources include scholars such as Tan Qixiang, Guo Shaoyu, Zhou Xunchu, Nan Huaijin, Wang Shuizhao, and Wang Xinfu, whose works span historical geography, literary criticism, classical poetics, and traditional culture. Overall, the press emphasizes academic accumulation and the organization of classics while also offering cultural reading for general audiences, combining scholarly value with readability.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 自序
- 沉沦
- 赌桌上的反思
- 序 《咪咪的心事》
- 财富如水
- 道失而求诸夷
- 恐龙谷断想
- 放手如来
- 酷、扮酷及其他
- 众缘成就的《伤痕》
- 钓者
- 论“三本书主义”
- 爆竹声中思宁静
- 杂议反省
- 论“回头”
- 浅议“大师”与文化——从史中兴的新著《才子》说开去
- 孤儿缘
- “东方明珠”随想
- 财富是一面镜子——《财富如水》（韩文版）序言
- 香山忆德华
- 德华墓前的追忆
- 猪的品格与智慧——读邱挺先生画作“猪系列”有感
- 我心目中的鬼谷子
- 合天道，衡人欲
- 插队、读书、写书
- 放下与成长——序张智澜《心会痛，才算长大》
- 故乡，你在哪里
- 读三本书，走归零路——我的文学三昧与人生
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About the author
Lu Xinhua, born in Rugao, Jiangsu, in 1954, is a contemporary Chinese writer. In 1978, while studying at Fudan University, he published the short story "Scars," which gave rise to the "scar literature" trend and won a National Award for Outstanding Short Stories, becoming the most influential starting point of his writing career. His later works include Dream of the Forest, The Forbidden City Woman, Wounded Soul, and Wealth Like Water. His writing often starts from personal experience and memories of the times, while also touching on social reality and spiritual reflection, in a plain style marked by a spirit of self-examination. The library holds his work Three Books-ism, classified as prose and miscellaneous writings, showing that beyond fiction he also discusses reading, life, and writing in an essayistic manner. Public information about the details of his life is limited, and existing introductions focus mainly on these representative works and their literary influence.
