“Mr. Ch'ien Mu maintained a high level of respect for Chinese history and culture throughout his life, almost to the point of religious belief.”. This is the first sentence of the brief introduction of the book, and it is also the first sentence of the book that Mr. Wang has been able to maintain a high level of national self-confidence and pride at a time when he was suffering from displacement and displacement in a special historical period, have the courage to speak out patiently and carefully in a westernized and intense social and cultural atmosphere, and tirelessly interpret the necessity of studying Chinese history, and on that basis, the greatest impetus to forge a new national vision -- and I have to say, we still have a lot of work to do on that front. Therefore, Mr. Reading many years ago on the issue of insight and his related thinking, or today, has a special significance.

历史在中国人眼中，自带着五千年的厚重。又因历史始终处在无法改变的境地，所以，越是对眼下的生活不够满意的人，越喜欢谈及历史，也越会觉得历史“那辉煌与我无关，那苦恼我也曾承担”。所以，不但学不到经验教训，反而成了自暴自弃的借口。殊不知，“历史是我们人生的经验，人生的事业，而事业必有其持久性”，有了明智达观的历史观念，才能正视比对自己过往人生的“历史”，也会在寻找自己在当下“历史境遇”里的站位。制度方面的制衡，尽可以设计的巧妙规整，但是，人作为重要的要素，又需要怎样的努力，让制度更好的方面被发挥出来、不利的地方被尽可能的规避呢？中国历史上，历朝历代生活的人，在各行各业忙碌的人，不也要受着时代的影响成长、求学、求职或从军么？那么，他们在政治、经济、国防、教育等方面，又为了让国家和民族发展下去做出了多少努力？又是什么，能够在同时期、乃至后世，依旧能超越地理和时间的阻隔，成为中国人人称道的“一等人物”，成为人们想学习的道德楷模呢？这样的道德精神，是不是才算我们应该寻找的民族性内核的重要部分？那种久违的凝聚力能不能借由这种道德精神而复苏？

本书的附录分为两部分:附录一借中国人自身的人格和个性能够使得作品流芳千古的例子，以艺术创作的角度，侧面证明了中国文化作为“内倾性的文化”，更适合用来先正己，后正人，其中出类拔萃者，应以道德品质出众为上，能以道德立身成就事业更好——这也符合西方的历史观；附录二则范围更广地贯穿东西历史来畅谈“何谓盛衰兴亡”，先生认为，真正值得记忆的，不能仅是靠物质上的创造和有限的保留，而应该是文化能长久给国民带来的影响，犹如《寻梦环游记》中，若是能被亲人长久地记忆便算不得真正消亡。

This book is full of a historian's love for the motherland and the people - the infectious power of enthusiasm generated by this love is enough to make people dialectically analyze the rendered-like distinction of "religious complex", and pay more attention to those parts that are very compatible with the common diseases and prescriptions of modern people, which is a rare masterpiece that points to the spiritual dilemma of modern Chinese.