Books by Hung-ming Ku
The Spirit of the Chinese People
by Hung-ming Ku
I must have given 50 or 60 copies of this book away to all my Western friends who want to understand more about Chinese people. I explain to them that understanding the Chinese is just like how you would try and understand a tree. It is not just the leaves and the branches – you have to understand the roots as well. We are like plants: you need to understand our environment to understand our culture.
我一定已经向那些希望了解中国人的西方朋友们赠送了50到60册书。我向他们解释说理解中国文化就好比你尝试理解一棵树的过程;其中并不止包括枝叶,你还必须去理解周围的环境以认识我们的文化。
Interviews where books by Hung-ming Ku were recommended
The best books on 理解中国, recommended by Xinran
你想了解中国吗?你可能要先阅读这五本书
The best books on Understanding China, recommended by Xinran
What books should we read to understand China—its culture, its history? British-Chinese journalist, author and activist Xinran picks five to get started with, including the book believed by many to be the greatest Chinese novel ever written. (You can also read this interview in Chinese by clicking here.)