The book "Ancient Books Are So Beautiful" was recently published and distributed by the People's Daily Publishing House. This book vividly explains the basic knowledge of ancient books and the methods and techniques of reading ancient books in light and humorous language, reducing complexity to simplicity, and can be described as a "minimalist introduction to ancient books". The articles in the book come from two columns set up in this edition - "Ancient Books and Modern Readings" and "Confucius' Poems and Clouds". After the book was completed, it was divided into two parts, "Inner Part" and "Outer Part", following the style of the works of various scholars in the pre Qin period. The internal section is "General Rules of Ancient Books", which discusses the basic knowledge of ancient books such as catalogs, proofreading, versions, taboos, and anti-counterfeiting; The outer chapter is "The Book of Songs", which introduces the origins and more than 30 classic works of the four major categories of classics, history, books, and collections, such as the "Book of Songs", "Records of the Grand Historian", "Mencius", and "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". The internal and external sections have a total of 53 small topics that are intertwined in longitude and latitude, covering various problems that may arise when reading ancient books. In addition, outside the main text, there are "tips" at the end of each topic, introducing professional, classic, and readable research works related to the topic for interested readers to further read, serving as a bridge. The book "Ancient Books Are So Beautiful" adopts a "naked back lockstitch" binding method that echoes ancient books, which is antique and convenient for readers to open 180 degree tiles; Add elements such as "auspicious clouds" and "portrait stones" in the text to highlight the classical charm of China; The cover is selected in a simple and elegant traditional Chinese color, and there are also some decorative patterns on the side of the "book head" on the cover, making this book, although not bound by thread, have the flavor of an ancient book bound by thread. Liu Peng, a research librarian at the National Library's Ancient Books Library, believes that the knowledge and allusions of ancient books taught to the public in "Ancient Books Are So Beautiful" are professional, accurate, and classic. The examples provided in the book are extensive and typical, which is enough to give readers a comprehensive and systematic understanding of Chinese ancient books. Zhi Chunli, Deputy Editor in Chief of the Culture Section of People's Daily, said that the author has written a book in such a high threshold field that is very friendly to readers, just like the beautiful waves of the times, following the trend of "innovation and entrepreneurship". Kang Yan, editor of the People's Daily News Edition, believes that the author has integrated rich academic cultivation and cultivation into concise and clear language to benefit readers, and has written interesting propositions about traditional Chinese culture and spiritual classics. (Xiaowen) (Liao Xinshe)
Edit：Luo yu Responsible editor：Wang er dong
Source：people.cn
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