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　　Technical skills are over-emphasized in schools and the wider society. People often turn a blind eye to the fact that Chinese classics include abundant virtues and philosophies of our nation and teach us to become people of virtue. The value of reciting classics lies in the spiritual dimension rather than practical use.

　　It is ridiculous to teach children to recite classic works, according to those who opposite this activity and consider those works as outdated and boring. What is urgent, from their perspective is to establish the new social values of the market economy, instead of promoting the old values of the feudal society.

　　Some classical literary works, such as our four great classics i.e. A Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Heroes of the Marshes, are all adapted to cater to some readers’ tastes. The traditional characters become so strange and the plots are totally different. It is so ridiculous that the precious literary treasures are allowed to be ruined so much. As we all know, the classical literature is the representation of the outstanding art of our nation. Some familiar characters such as Monkey King express the good wishes of our common people. From them, we learn many good virtues such as honesty, bravery, justice etc. However, in some adapted works named “Bantering…”or “Reboiling…”, all plots are changed and all characters become somewhat watered clown. Some readers interested in reading burlesque works have high praise for them. But they never think of the negative effects of such adaptations on average readers, especially to children. Children are the future of the nation. They always believe that what is in the books is the truth. Those adapted works will affect their outlook on life.

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