Ode to the Flag

Name: Ode to the Flag
ISBN: 9787301269145

西三旗街道党工委 / 西三旗街道办事处Peking University Press · ChinaAug 2025

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Word count: 159K words
Chapters: 19
ISBN: 9787301269145

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Summary

This book records the moving stories of more than ten "Beautiful Families" in the Xisanqi area, including the family of scientist Zheng Zuoxin, who upheld love and passed down family traditions; an international family from Cape Verde across the ocean, "The Foreign Daughter-in-Law in the Community"; a military family, Wei Wei, who sacrificed their small family for the larger one; the Guo Lichuan and Zhao Yujie family, reflecting deep father-son and sibling affection through quiet dedication to family bonds; and the Beautiful Building Leader Wang Guiying's family, who selflessly care for their neighbors. These husbands and wives are loving and share common ideals, carrying on the virtues of "respecting the elderly and caring for the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and thrift in household management, and unity among neighbors," so that society as a whole may draw more spiritual strength from family moral civilization and build a sound social atmosphere.

Editor's review

Compiled by the Xisanqi Subdistrict Party Working Committee and Subdistrict Office, this book documents more than ten "Beautiful Families" in the area, offering vivid examples of family civilization building at the grassroots level. It includes the story of Academician Zheng Zuoxin's family, scientists who upheld love and passed down family traditions; the integration of an international family through "The Foreign Daughter-in-Law in the Community" from Cape Verde; the dedication of a military family who sacrificed their small family for the larger one; the quiet devotion between father and son and among siblings in the Guo Lichuan and Zhao Yujie family; and the daily good deeds of Beautiful Building Leader Wang Guiying, who selflessly cares for her neighbors. Together these families embody the virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, equality between men and women, harmony between husband and wife, diligence and thrift in household management, and unity among neighbors, grounding grand values in specific people and details of daily life. The book is suitable as reading material for community cultural development, family tradition and family education publicity, and grassroots Party-building activities, and also for ordinary readers to consult and learn from in their own family lives. The narrative is plain and the cases close to life; readers may treat the stories as a mirror to reflect on the qualities their own families can pass down and the relationships they can improve.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Grassroots community workers and subdistrict officials for reference in family tradition building and community activities
Ordinary parents and family members concerned with family education and the passing down of family traditions
Staff engaged in spiritual civilization development and civic morality publicity
Ordinary readers interested in community stories and real-life portraits of people around them

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking systematic sociological theory or academic research on the family
Readers who prefer fiction or strong plot-driven narratives may find it plain

Reading tips

Read chapter by chapter by family story, one or two at a time, making brief notes in light of your own family experience.
Community workers can select cases similar to local conditions and organize residents' sharing and discussion.
After reading, try listing three family traditions your own family can pass down and discuss them with your family.

About the publisher

Peking University Press China · Founded in 1979

Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.

版权信息
高扬文化的旗帜——报告文学集《旗颂》序
京北新城区海淀新门户西三旗
风华继世
张姨的四个春天
父亲，是大树——记机械学院联合社区榜样人物赵聿杰
一路芬芳一路歌——记覃宜君章士逖夫妇追梦之旅
墨舞彩韵为大爱——艾庆芸为少儿义务教授书画先进事迹
因为爱着你的爱
安娜的寸草心
米寿老人冯华章
母爱如山身残志坚
善根——记李钦、李铭姊妹
一颗金子般的心——记海淀区西三旗街道最美楼长王桂英
甘做社区一盏灯——记北京市小营军休所管委会支部书记臧增臣
家和是美——刘玉凤一家的和美生活
光明与阳光的奏鸣曲——听盛万兴谈事业、家庭与人生
直教人生死与共
敢用铁笔写春秋（后记）

FAQ

What types of families does this book mainly document?

The book documents more than ten "Beautiful Families," including scientist families, international families, military families, families reflecting deep father-son and sibling affection, and Beautiful Building Leader families who care for their neighbors, covering different occupations and backgrounds while jointly displaying family virtues.

Is this book suitable as study material for community activities?

Yes. The cases come from grassroots communities, with concrete stories and clear value orientation, making them suitable reading and discussion material for family tradition and family education publicity, community reading groups, and moral education forums.

Will ordinary readers without a community work background have trouble reading it?

No obvious difficulty. The book focuses on personal stories with plain narration; ordinary readers can read it as real-life family portraits of people around them and draw inspiration for family relationships and neighborly coexistence.

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About the author

西三旗街道党工委 Author

The Party Working Committee of Xisanqi Subdistrict is a grassroots Party organization in Xisanqi Subdistrict, Haidian District, Beijing, and it participates in the compiling and publishing of social science books under a collective byline. Public information is currently limited: apart from the one work held in the collection, Ode to the Banner (Qisong), little is known about its editorial team, the background of the book, or its publication process. Judging from the title and the institutional byline, Ode to the Banner falls under social science and appears to be a grassroots-oriented reader centered on subdistrict work and community cultural development, serving the purposes of local publicity and public education. Publications credited to such grassroots Party working committees generally emphasize practicality and readability, use plain language, and stay close to residents' daily lives, helping to unite people and spread mainstream values within the subdistrict and its communities. Owing to limited sources, this introduction can go no further; more public information is needed to describe the committee's specific duties and the book's influence.

西三旗街道办事处 Author

The Xisanqi Subdistrict Office is a grassroots administrative body of Xisanqi Subdistrict in Haidian District, Beijing, and functions as a collectively attributed author. Due to limited publicly available information, it can only be confirmed that it participates in book compilation under its institutional name. One work is currently held in the collection, Qi Song (Ode to the Banner), generally classified under social sciences. Judging from the attribution and subject matter, the book is likely a social-science reader compiled at the subdistrict level, dealing with grassroots community life, local culture, or public-themed activities. Institutions of this kind typically undertake public cultural services and outreach within their jurisdiction, with compilation efforts tending to reflect local conditions, document community development, or collect residents' creative work. Based on the available information, the specific genre, editorial composition, and publication background of Qi Song cannot yet be confirmed; readers may regard it as a social-science work produced under the auspices of a grassroots subdistrict body, whose style and influence would require further examination of the book itself.