原名《世说》，唐代称《世说新书》或《世说新语》，后者成为本书专名大约在北宋时期。《世说新语》是中国古代小说的萌芽，其简洁隽永的传神描写是后世众多仿效者难以企及的。此书不仅在文学上有重要意义，并且记载的大多是真人真事，历来也受史学界的重视。

“儒教是宗教”的判断是中华人民共和国成立以后在宗教和传统文化研究领域*重要的创新学说之一，它否定了近百年来学术界一致认为中国古代是“非宗教国”的定论，以丰富的资料，严密的论证、深刻的分析，流畅的语言叙述了儒教从产生到衰亡的历史，揭示了儒教的神祇系统、祭祀制度、教义教理等从创造到被取消的过程，阐明了儒者如何为实现上帝、神祇的意志而治国、修身，并从事相关的理论探讨。内容包括儒教和佛教、道教、中国伊斯兰教、中国基督教等相关关系，涉及宗教、哲学、科学、史学、文学诸文化领域。

《孙子兵法》是中国*早的一部兵书，也是世界上*早的军事著作，被誉为“兵学圣典”，是中国古代军事文化遗产中的璀璨瑰宝，《孙子兵法》是中国*早的一部兵书，也是世界上*早的军事著作，被誉为“兵学圣典”，是中国古代军事文化遗产中的璀璨瑰宝，优秀传统文化的重要组成部分，在我国古代汉族军事学术和战争实践中，都起过极其重要的指导作用。

《资治通鉴》是我国*部编年体通史，逐年记载了长达1362年的历史。书中描绘了战国至五代时期的历史发展脉络，探讨了几十个政权的盛衰之由，生动地刻画了帝王将相们为政治国、待人处世之道，以及他们在历史旋涡中的生死悲欢。本书在《资治通鉴》原典的基础上，撷取其精华，解读其精要，以期让广大读者在阅读历史的同时有所获。

《东周列国志》中曾这样评价鬼谷子：“其人通天彻地，有几家学问：一曰数学，日星象纬，在其掌中，占往察来，言无不验；二曰兵学，六韬三略，变化无穷，布阵行兵，鬼神莫测；三曰游学，广记多闻，明理审势，出词吐辩，万口莫当；四曰出世学，修真养性，服食引导，祛病延年，冲突可俟。”

《菜根谭》文字简练，对仗工整，博大精深，耐人寻味，通俗易懂，雅俗共赏；寥寥几句道出人生玄机，只言片语指明生存之道。它告诫读书人“道乃公正无私，学当随事警惕”；它提醒为官者“为官公廉。居家恕俭”。人生在世，“心善而子孙盛，根固而枝叶荣”，“清浊并包，善恶兼容”，“超然天地之外，不名利之中”，因为“人生一傀儡”，只有如此，才能“自控便超然”。

读它百遍其义自见  心领神会躬身以行《三字经》历来备受推崇，历代百家称之为“袖里通鉴纲目”、“千古一奇书”、“若能句句知诠解，子史经书一贯通”。自宋代以后，《三字经》流传广泛，家喻户晓。既是一本脍炙人口的儿童识字课本，同时也是一部专门论述启蒙教育的传世之作。 本书对原文行了白话翻译，并行了评析，以方便读者阅读理解。

《吕氏春秋》集合诸子百家杂而不杂之言，包罗天地古今万物众生之理！全书的内容以儒家、道家的理论为基础，集合了各家之学说融于一炉，是中国汉代大统一时代前政治、军事、哲学、谋略思想的出色总结。

《古文观止》是清代文人吴楚材、吴调侯编选的一个古文选本，上起先秦，下迄明代，共十二卷，选文二百二十二篇。本书所选以古代散文为主，间收少量骈文、韵文，绝大多数称得上历代古文的精华，而且篇幅长短适宜，又有注释评析，便于初学者熟读记诵，反复揣摩，从中领悟文章立意、布局、措辞、造势等，找到学习写作的门径。正是由于具备以上优，本书自康熙三十四年(1695)刊行以来，广为流传，深受学者喜爱，影响至今不衰。

《曾国藩家书》内容广博，既有治军为政之道，又有人生处世之谈，是研究其人及这一时期历史的重要资料。曾氏家书行文从容镇定，形式自由，在平淡的家常事中蕴含真知良言。曾国藩推崇儒家学说，讲求经世致用的实用主义，可谓道德文章冠冕一代。

时下，世界上掀起了一股学习老子的热潮，老子的《道德经》也因此风靡全球。据调查：在德国，几乎每个家庭都备有一本德文版《道德经》；在日本，《道德经》成为企业管理者的案头藏书，用以指导自己企业的经营和管理；在美国，一家出版公司竟花13万美元的天价得仅有5000字的《道德经》的英文版权；更值得一提的是，美国学者蒲克明声称：“《道德经》肯定会成为未来社会家喻户晓的一部书。”由此可见《道德经》已跨出国门走向了世界。

《孝经》一书， 共计十八章， 将社会上各种阶层的人士——上自国家元首，下至平民百姓，分为五个层级，而就各人的地位与职业，标示出其实践孝亲的法则与途径。《孝经》作为儒家经典之一， 不仅有它的文学和文化价值，而且具备了宣扬孝道、净化心灵的精神和社会价值。今人看《孝经》一书，要与时俱，辩证看待文中的内容。此外，本书还收录了《二十四孝》故事，辑录古代所传二十四个孝子的故事。

《战国策》为国别体史书。《战国策》主要记述了战国时的纵横家的政治主张和外交策略，展示了战国时代的历史特和诸国间政治博弈的风貌，是研究战国历史的重要典籍。《战国策》是汇编而成的历史著作，作者不明。西汉末年，刘向按照国别行了编订。

所谓“名家”，就是指以探讨名实关系为核心，注重对名词概念行深细致的分析，提倡“控名责实”学说为其基本特征的学术思想流派。名家学派的创始者为春秋末期的邓析，此后相继形成了三个基本学派：宋尹学派、惠施学派和公孙龙学派。从这三派的学说内容和各自所具有的基本思想倾向来看，我们可以将它们分别称为人文主义、科学主义和逻辑主义。本书的宗旨就在于通过对名家学说的分析，对名家学派的理论贡献和不足做出实事求是的公正评价，摈弃被传统观念强加于名家的种种诽毁之辞，以求还名家的真实面目。

Eugenie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance. However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wishes Eugenie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wishes Eugenie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix.

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Little Hans spends most of his time gardening and makes a living from sales of his beautiful flowers. Little Hans always treats his neighbours well and even allows neighbouring rich Miller to pick flowers from his garden. But the Miller rarely invites Hans into his house or responds in kind. The Miller instead develops has his own philosophy of friendship: ‘Lots of people act well but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer thing also'.

The play opens with a party on a terrace in Lady Hunstanton's estate. The upper class guests exchange social gossip and small talk. Lady Caroline Pontrefact patronizes an American visitor, Hester Worsley, and proceeds to give her own opinion on everyone in the room and her surrounding life. Lady Caroline also denounces Hester's enthusiasm for Gerald Arbuthnot until Gerald himself enters to proclaim that Lord Illingworth, a powerful, flirtatious male political figure intends to take him under his wing as secretary.

Perpetual winter comes to a beautiful garden of the selfish giant who erected a wall around it to stop children playing in the garden. Unexpected consequences follow. The birds stop singing in this garden and both trees and flowers stop blossoming. One day discovers that spring has returned to the garden, as the children have found a way in through a gap in the wall. He sees the error of his ways, and resolves to destroy the wall.

Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the girl's father will not allow it, since Erskine has no money. Erskine's friend Alan Trevor is a painter, and he visits him at his studio one day to find him with a pitiable beggar — the model for his painting. Erskine only has one coin, on which he depends for transportation, but he decides he can walk for a couple of weeks and gives the beggar the coin.

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