Chinanews.com, Beijing, March 9th (Reporter Ying Ni) The Commercial Press's "Chun Ri Shu Xiang Hui Fang Hua · Monthly New Book Conference" was held online on the evening of the 8th, and released the "Top Ten Best Books of the Commercial Press" in March 2023. They are "Introduction to Chinese Cultural History", "What is Science (Second Edition)", "The Modern Course of European Civilization", "Handbook of Law and Anthropology", "Weaving Maoxiang: Ancient Wisdom and Plant Enlightenment from Indian Civilization", "Practical Youth Psychology: From Self-Exploration to Psychological Adjustment (11th Edition) "Trento 1475: A Bloody Murder Trial" "Cynicism" "Beijing Dialect Dictionary" "Chinese Idiom Origin and Development Dictionary (two volumes) (revised) Version)".

　　For the first time, The Commercial Press exclusively launched the simplified horizontal typesetting of "Introduction to Chinese Cultural History", which attracted the attention of readers.

　　This is a masterpiece written during the Anti-Japanese War, which "refers to the truth of Chinese culture". It is the turning point of Mr. Qian Mu's transition from historical research to cultural research after completing the "Outline of National History", and it can also be called the "Outline of National History". Companion articles.

Mr. Qian Mu cherishes this work very much. He once said to himself: "I have written many books on the discussion and discussion of Chinese and Western cultural issues, and the general arguments have not gone beyond the main principles proposed in this book." Evaluate Chinese culture in terms of methods, economic policies, national consciousness, lifestyle, religious thoughts, literature and art, etc., and compare the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, and then propose that Chinese culture is "the most outstanding representative of farming and peace culture in the world".

The book contains references, reviews, prospects and forecasts, which concentratedly reflect Mr. Qian Mu's deep understanding and thinking of Chinese culture.

　　In terms of popular science and new knowledge books, the "Natural Library" has a new book "Weaving Maoxiang: Ancient Wisdom from Indian Civilization and Enlightenment from Plants". The way for human beings to get along with other living beings and even all things in the world as equals and mutual benefits, and from a new cross-cultural perspective, made a profound reflection on the increasingly severe ecological and environmental problems.

As the first member of the "Natural Library" after the revision, the book not only changes from 16 paperbacks to 32 hardcovers in form, but also uses natural resources as clues in content to show the relationship between all things, especially the relationship between nature and people. .

　　"What is Science" (Second Edition) is "recommended bibliography for popular science history courses of Peking University and Tsinghua University", and is a classic work of Professor Wu Guosheng, director of the Department of Science History of Tsinghua University.

The book considers and explains the nature and origin of science from both the western context and the Chinese people's actual understanding of science. It has its own unique insights and is easy to understand and accept.

　　In terms of humanities and social sciences, the popular word-of-mouth masterpiece "Trento 1475: A Bloody Murder Trial" by the famous American historian Xia Bojia was launched.

The book adopts the narrative method of micro history, takes a blood sacrifice trial in Trento, Italy in the 15th century as a case, and describes the fate of three Jewish families in Italy in the late Middle Ages who were shocked, broken and lost in history.

The author uses the first-hand historical material Yeshiva's manuscript as the basis of the narrative. In his vivid and delicate pen, the images of priests, law enforcement officers, doctors, and literati come alive on the paper, and from one side, it reflects the impact of anti-Semitism on medieval Jews and even medieval society. Influence.

　　In terms of language and culture books, the "Dictionary of Chinese Idioms Origin and Development (Two Volumes) (Revised Edition)" and "Beijing Dialect Dictionary" were launched in March.

The former is a large-scale dictionary of Chinese idioms, focusing on the source and truth-seeking, with equal emphasis on "source" and "flow".

This revision corrects some errors and omissions in the previous edition, adds some phonetic notation, and adds some interpretations, documentary evidence and more than a hundred entries newly added by the author.

The latter contains more than 3,260 single-character entries and more than 16,400 multi-character phrases, all of which come from the daily expressions of people in Beijing and Beijing’s surrounding areas.

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