Name: Chinese Symbols (paper back)

Author: By Yi Siyu

Paperback: 509 pages

Total words: 640,000 words

Publisher: Jiangsu People’s Publishing House, 2 edition (August, 2006)

Language: Chinese

ISBN: 7-214-03861-7/H.12

Product Dimensions: 787*1092mm 1/16 

Book Description:

This is a book on Chinese traditional culture, discussing various cultural symbols. According to the author, symbols are the crystallization of culture. People emphasize their aesthetic feelings with cultural symbols. Symbols of culture are condensation of life and become the final motivation pushing the development of human beings. This book has 9 volumes, trying to cover the whole Chinese culture with 200 symbols.

Chinese culture has a long tradition. Its culture of symbols is a profound one. This book hopes to use the first symbol, ie,letters, to explain the second symbol, ie,images, and to finally bring in the third symbol, ie, imaginations, thus helping readers to better understand profound Chinese culture.

 
About the Author:

The consultant of this book is Mr. Zhang Daoyi, doctor tutor and professor of Southeastern University. Its editor in chief is Prof. Yi Siyu from Xiamen University. The contributors include Prof. Wang Xiaoyang from Shanghai University, Prof. Zhou Zhenhua from Nanjing University, Doc. Hu Lianyu from Nanjing Normal University and Doc. Cao Jian from Nanjing Arts Institute.