This book is a collection of Mr. Fang Ming’s academic works over the past decades, covering such topics as the relationship between Pre-Qin Confucian Orthodoxy and ancient Chinese political culture, the inheritance and development of Confucian classics and traditional Chinese literature, the relationship between traditional Chinese thoughts and culture and their inheritance and development, etc. The book is marked by expansive content, detailed research, and witty remarks. 

Fang Ming, Doctor of Letters (Peking University), BLCU professor, fifth president of the Chinese Association of Qu Yuan, editor-in-chief of the journal Chinese Chu Ci Studies, researcher of Chinese poetry and classic books. Dr. Fang’s teaching and research work focuses on the literature and documents of Pre-Qin and Han dynasties. He has authored The History of Literature in the Warring States, Confucianism and Cultural Development in the 21^st Century, and papers such as “On Guanzi’s Confucian Values” and “How Confucius and Confucianism Is Honored in Shiji”. 

1. Substantial content – Papers covering a lot of literature research

2. Detailed research – Arguments involving various classics and documents

3. Profound theme – Underlying academic perspectives that continue and develop previous studies

4. Connecting the past and the present – Including both inheritance of traditional culture as well as discussion of current development of the subject 

For researchers and postgraduate and doctoral students studying Confucianism and Confucian classics