Introduction to Harvard Red Book on General Education: 1943, a committee composed of 12 well-known professors from Harvard University was established to study "the goal of general education in a democratic society". After two years of painstaking research, the Committee formed a summary report entitled "General Education in a Democratic Society", which was published by Harvard University Press as 1945, commonly known as "red book". Once the red book was published, it caused a strong shock and response in all walks of life in the United States, especially the incisive discussion on the position and role of general education in higher education and the relationship between general education and professional education, which was widely recognized by the higher education community. Harvard Red Book on General Education is a landmark work in the field of American higher education. Since the publication of 1945, it has attracted wide attention from all walks of life in the United States and is one of the most cited documents in American higher education research so far. Over the past 60 years, with the characteristics of specialization, professionalization and marketization of higher education becoming more and more obvious, the related problems have become more and more serious. The Harvard Red Book on General Education has been attracting the deep concern of scholars and educational administrators in the fields of humanities and social sciences with its excellent opinions and rigorous arguments.