The sun shines on the front to let the shadows fall behind. Walking on a road uncertain whether there is light ahead, you must try to turn yourself into a light source. The great ones will influence others to follow their beliefs--like a falcon soaring into the sky!
Choose the hard way and the heavy burden. While it is human nature to choose to do what is easy, undertaking the weight of culture is ideal. Cultural workers should carry the cultural tripod and be the backbone of Chinese culture. Classics are timeless, not popular, and not like grass and tree swaying in the wind. In the future, we will not lose our sense of modernity but become a treasure after many years.
Learning is like collecting firewood and traveling a thousand miles. You can't reach a thousand miles without taking the first step. We know that standing on the shoulders of giants can see higher and farther. Chinese culture is a giant of history and times. We comprehend that it is difficult to let people climb onto the shoulders of giants in today's poor humanities and even bleak era. Therefore, it is necessary to have a bridge between ancient and modern as a platform for dialogue between modern and tradition. It is the reason for the establishment of the "readc.info website."
The "readc.info website" wants to use the vernacular style that modern people are familiar with to express the beauty of traditional culture. Full of yearning for it, even if it is not perfect! The everyday language is the contemporary window to the world, while the established culture carries the wisdom and experience of the ancients for thousands of years. Facing today's globalization, traditional culture and values are the root of Chinese people's cultural subjects to cultivate deeply national characteristics and dialogue with the world.
The website is presented in audio-visual video and graphics form, intending to create a digital library of Chinese culture. It not only talks about Chinese philosophy but also talks about poems, phrases, Chinese operas, essays, and idiom stories. There are also biographies of ancient celebrities, three-minute bedside stories, the recorded event of well-known contemporary people, etc.
Different times have different perspectives and landscapes, and distinct topics will also create distinct academic styles. Every era has a report card belonging to that period. It is a lamp in the dark, intending to reproduce the wisdom of the ancient sages. If you want to "continue lost teachings of past sages and establish peace for all future generations," you need to have a loud and clear high voice like Yuan Xian, the disciple of Confucius, "The voice of heaven and earth is like a percussion instrument, and the emperor cannot treat him as a minister, and the vassal cannot treat him as a friend." And such as Tian-Xiang Wen's determination that "human emotions and the state of the world are like the ever-changing wind and rain. My determination is unwavering, and I am like the moon, bright and clear. In this way, the Chinese culture that has lasted for thousands of years can produce a high level of achievement that belongs to this era in Taiwan in the 21st century.
Authors and Editorial Team
張麗珠 Lily Chang
Professor of Department of Chinese at National Changhua University of Education
Expertise field
History of Chinese philosophy and phrase
林林 Lin lin
Professor of Department of Chinese at National Changhua University of Education
Expertise field
Children's literature
黃承達 Cheng-Da Huang
Ph.D. of the Department of Chinese Literature at National Chengchi University, and a teacher at the Affiliated Zhongli Senior High School
Expertise field
Language and literature education
許逢仁 Feng-Ren Xu
Ph.D. of the Department of Chinese Literature at National Chengchi University
Expertise field
Poetics
常卜元 Bu-Yuan Chang
Chinese culture lover and promoter
Expertise field
Idiom story
林佑澤 You-Ze Lin
Ph.D. of the Department of Chinese Literature at the National Taiwan Normal University
Expertise field
Poetics
蔡孟軒 Meng-Xuan Tsai
Master of the National Chengchi University
Expertise field
Classic story
蔡幸蓉 Xing-Rong Tsai
Bachelor of the Department of Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University, and studying abroad in Italy
Expertise field
Art editor and design