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10 Books recommended by President of Peking University.
The 10 books recommended by the president of Peking University include How Steel was Tempered, The Analects of Confucius, Walden Lake, Native China, A Brief History of Man from Animals to God, The Ordinary World, On China, Crossing the South to the North, Meditation and When the Stars Shine.

1, How Steel was Tempered

"How Steel was Tempered" is a novel written by Nikolai ostrovsky, a writer of the former Soviet Union, at 1933.

By narrating Pavel Colta King's growth path, the novel tells people that only by defeating the enemy and himself in the hardships of revolution and linking his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people can he create miracles and grow into an iron warrior.

2. The Analects of Confucius

The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations compiled by disciples and re-disciples of Confucius, a thinker and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was written in the early Warring States Period. The book * * * consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections, with quotation as the main body and narrative as the supplement, which embodies the political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles of Confucius and Confucianism.

3. Walden Lake

Walden Lake is a record of American writer Thoreau living alone by Walden Lake, which describes what he has seen, heard and thought for more than two years. This book advocates a simple life and loves natural scenery. It is rich in content, profound in meaning and vivid in language.

4. "Native China"

Native China is a book written by Fei Xiaotong to study rural areas in China. The book covers the humanistic environment, traditional social structure, power distribution, moral system, legal ceremony and other aspects of rural society. In Native China, the author summarizes and analyzes the main features of grass-roots society in China with simple and popular language, which fully shows the face of grass-roots society in China.

5. A brief history of mankind from animals to God

A Brief History of Man from Animals to God is a historical work created by yuval Harari, which was first published on 20 12. This paper introduces the history of human beings from the perspective of evolutionary biology.

6. Ordinary world

Ordinary World is a million-word novel by China writer Lu Yao, which shows the contemporary urban and rural social life in China in a panoramic way. This book is set in China from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

7. On China

On China is a book published by Henry Kissinger on 20 1 1. On China records the dialogue between Kissinger and several generations of leaders in China in recent 40 years.

8. cross the south and return to the north

Going south to return to the north is a book published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House in June, 20 1 1. The author is Yue Nan. The trilogy "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" is the first epic masterpiece that comprehensively describes the fate of the last batch of masters in China in the 20th century.

9. Meditate

Meditation is a personal philosophical reflection handed down by the Roman emperor Kyle Ole in the late 2nd century A.D., mainly thinking about life ethics and natural philosophy.

10, when the human stars shine

The book When the Stars Shine, published by Tianjin People's Publishing House on June 20 1 1, is one of the biographical masterpieces of Stefan Zweig, the "best biographer in human history".