Diligence and Love of Learning

Name: Diligence and Love of Learning
ISBN: 9787807117001

Xiao FengLiaohai Publishing House · ChinaApr 2025

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Word count: 67 words
Chapters: 7
ISBN: 9787807117001

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Summary

This series selects its content according to the following principles: (1) It upholds a critical and inheriting approach, taking the essence and discarding the dross. It neither affirms nor negates anything wholesale. It insists on abstract inheritance and deductive development, grounded in the contemporary era and serving our own use. (2) It upholds the principle of systematic wholeness. It pays attention to distribution across historical periods; to progressive figures of all ethnic groups; to figures at all levels; and to all sides of those figures. It achieves the following: viewing five thousand years of history vertically, forming a vertical line; viewing virtue with emphasis on practice horizontally, leaving no aspect uncovered horizontally. (20) It upholds the principle of using the past for the present and serving our own use. In exploring resources of virtue, it especially explores stories and sayings of ancient figures, and focuses on discovering and exploring the traditional public virtue, common virtue, and shared virtue of all classes and ethnic groups; it emphasizes popular character, democratic character, progressiveness, development, universality, and abstractness, without seeking completeness in antiquity or in the individual.

Editor's review

Belonging to the traditional-virtue figure-story series, Diligent and Eager to Learn follows the principles of critical inheritance and systematic wholeness in its selection, drawing on figures from all historical periods, ethnic groups, and social strata, so that the material forms a vertical line through history and leaves no aspect uncovered horizontally. The book focuses on discovering the diligent-learning deeds and related sayings of ancient figures and on traditional public and common virtue, while attending to popular character, democratic character, and progressiveness. It neither affirms nor negates anything wholesale, but is grounded in the present and serves present use. Its value lies in using concrete figure stories as a vehicle to turn abstract virtues into perceptible models; it is suitable as supplementary reading for young people's character education and for family reading, and convenient for teachers selecting material for class meetings or moral-education activities. Readers should examine the ideas in the stories against their historical background and take the spirit of diligence in learning rather than simply imitating ancient behavior, thus realizing the editors' intent of using the past for the present.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Primary and secondary school teachers and homeroom teachers who need moral-education material
Parents who wish to give their children a traditional-virtue education
Young readers interested in stories of ancient figures who studied diligently

Not a good fit for

Professional readers seeking systematic academic research or textual-historical verification
Readers who prefer long literary narratives to short stories
Adult readers uninterested in the theme of traditional-virtue education

Reading tips

Read in chronological order to trace the vertical thread of diligent-learning figure stories.
Choose one or two stories at a time and discuss their present-day significance with children in light of current learning situations.
Note the historical limitations of the figures while reading, and guide readers to distinguish what is worth taking from what is not.
Use as material for class meetings or family reading, and after reading arrange for retelling or short written reflections.

About the publisher

Liaohai Publishing House China · Founded in 1996

Liaohai Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher known for textbooks and the collation of ancient works. Its publishing scope covers state-approved textbooks, local curriculum materials, supplementary educational books, and national and local ancient-text compilation projects, while also extending into humanities fields such as Eastern philosophy. Its catalog contains about 4,694 titles, with representative works including the multi-volume Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), and its author resources include classic writers and works such as Sima Qian and Confucius. Grounded in educational publishing and the transmission of traditional culture, the press maintains sustained investment in ancient-text collation, forming a publishing profile that balances textbooks and scholarship. Due to limited public information, its more specific publishing directions and features require further supplementation.

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FAQ

What principles does this series follow in selecting figure stories?

According to the introduction, the series upholds critical inheritance, taking the essence and discarding the dross, neither affirming nor negating anything wholesale; it also upholds the principle of systematic wholeness, attending to all historical periods, ethnic groups, social strata, and sides of figures, and emphasizes using the past for the present and for present use.

What age group are the stories suitable for?

Judging from its positioning, the book consists of short figure stories suitable for primary and secondary school students and for parents reading together with their families, and convenient for teachers to select as moral-education material. Younger readers are advised to have a parent or teacher explain alongside them to help them understand the historical background.

How can one use the past for the present while reading?

It is advisable to focus on the spirit of diligence in learning rather than copying ancient behavior; discuss the stories in light of present study and life, distinguish ideas limited by their times, take the essence, and avoid accepting everything without analysis.

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About the author

Xiao Feng Author · China · 1926–2001

Xiao Feng (1926–2001) was born in Pinglu, Shanxi, and graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Peking University in 1946. He worked as a reporter and editor for China Youth Publishing House and the magazine Traveler, taught at Renmin University of China and Beijing Normal University, later served as deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief, and joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1984. He co-edited works such as A Comprehensive Guide to Chinese Tourism, Fifty Famous Travel Essays, and Beautiful China, and published hundreds of essays, travel pieces, and literary reviews. His works span inspirational growth, classic literature, and prose miscellany. The library holds over a thousand of his titles, including selected editions of Lu Xun's works and Les Misérables. Public information is limited, but his writing and editorial work were aimed at general readers and helped popularize classics and promote prose and travel writing.