“欲知大道，必先为史。”本书以中西文明互鉴为大背景，从中华文明的起源、演变，中国历史上的制度、思想、价值，以及艺术与审美等方面，简明又系统地阐释了中华文化的主要内容。器物文化、制度文化、思想文化等多角度的阐发，并吸收当前学术界的经典观点，是本书的鲜明特征。本书是我们理解中国的历史发展、文明特征、智慧形态的门径，对于弘扬中国精神、增强文化自信具有重要意义。“Gaining the wisdom of the world always starts from learning the history.” This book takes the mutual reference between Chinese and Western culture as a background, concisely introduced the origin, and evolvement of Chinese culture from the perspectives of constitution, thinking, value and atheistic. Utensil culture, constitution culture and ideology culture are all refected in this book as signigicant characteristics which was perfected by absorbing classic arguments from academia. This book is the key to comprehend the development, civilization and ideology of Chinese history, thus is greatly meaningful to promote Chinese culture and increase cultural confidence.

"If you want to know the road, you must first know history." Against the background of mutual learning between Chinese and Western civilizations, this book concisely and systematically explains the main contents of Chinese culture from the origin and evolution of Chinese civilization, the system, ideology, and value in Chinese history, as well as art and aesthetics. The interpretation of material culture, institutional culture, ideological culture and other angles, and the absorption of the classic views of the current academic circle, are the distinctive characteristics of this book. This book is the gateway for us to understand China's historical development, civilization characteristics, and wisdom forms, and is of great significance for carrying forward the Chinese spirit and enhancing cultural self-confidence. “Gaining the wisdom of the world always starts from learning the history.” This book takes the mutual reference between Chinese and Western culture as a background, concisely introduced the origin, and evolvement of Chinese culture from the perspectives of constitution, thinking, value and atheistic. Utensil culture, constitution culture and ideology culture are all refected in this book as signigicant characteristics which was perfected by absorbing classic arguments from academia. This book is the key to comprehend the development, civilization and ideology of Chinese history, thus is greatly meaningful to promote Chinese culture and increase cultural confidence.（AI翻译）