Liu Wei, our course is called College Chinese, which used to be called College Chinese. Now many other schools are also called "College Chinese", which is actually "College Chinese". Everyone has studied Chinese in primary and secondary schools, and now they have to learn Chinese in universities. So I ask you, what does Chinese mean? Chinese, according to my personal understanding, is language and writing. What's the difference between language and writing? To say our thoughts are words, and to write our thoughts are words. In other words, language and writing are actually two sides of the same coin. They are both tools for expressing our thoughts, communicating with others, and actually tools for our lives. Without language and writing, we can't express our thoughts and communicate with others, so it's hard to live. Illiterates can use no words, but can't use language; Deaf people can't use language. They use sign language. Sign language is still a language, but it is a special language. It can be seen that life is inseparable from language and writing. In fact, we live in language and writing. There is a famous philosopher in Germany named Heidegger. He once said a famous saying: "Language is the home of human existence." That's what I'm saying. Each of us lives in language and writing, just like living in air, just like fish living in water. Does the weight of air and water matter? It is absolutely too important, but we often turn a blind eye to things that are too important and ignore their importance. We do the same for Chinese, language and writing. The above is about the importance of language and writing, that is, language. Chinese, that is, language and writing, is used to express people's thoughts, so are all languages and writing that express people's thoughts beautiful? You and I, just saying a few words and writing a few words, are all beautiful? Obviously not. Not all languages and characters are beautiful. Where is the most beautiful language? What is this? The most beautiful language and writing in literature, the most beautiful language is literature, so when it comes to language, we think of literature. Of course, there are beautiful languages and characters in the works of history, philosophy and even politics, economy and law, but mainly in literature. So when we talk about college Chinese, we mainly talk about literature and China literature, which is called Chinese for short. This is College Chinese. At this time, you may be tempted to ask, you said that Chinese is very important, yes, it is very important, but what help and use does learning college Chinese have for us personally? Nowadays, many people think it is useless to learn Chinese, because after learning it, they can neither help us to stock market nor help us to take the civil service exam. It's really useless This statement is quite right. From the practical and utilitarian point of view, that is, from the point of view of directly transforming into benefits, it is really useless to learn college Chinese. But in my opinion, its uselessness has its great use and wonderful use, and it is useless to learn college Chinese. What's the use? It can be seen from three points: First, as we just said, Chinese is a tool for expression and communication. If the language is not good, there will be obstacles in expression and communication, and life will be blocked. For the simplest example, it is normal for college students to fall in love. Many boys want to chase girls, but they can't express themselves. They are distressed that their love is blocked. This is that they didn't learn Chinese well. We learn college Chinese, that is, by learning the most beautiful language and characters in history, to train our expressive ability in language and characters, so as to better communicate with people and make our life smoother. Secondly, some students may say that my expression ability is already good and my communication is smooth, so why should I study college Chinese? What's the use of learning college Chinese? If a classmate thinks so, I will ask him now, you are warm in ordinary clothes, but why do you always want to make your clothes more beautiful? This is because each of us is born to love beauty and always wants to be more beautiful. Why do clothes always want to be more beautiful, but your language and writing don't want to be more beautiful? We learn college Chinese, that is, by learning the most beautiful languages and characters in history, to improve our cultural quality and make our speech and writing more beautiful and literary; In the process of interacting with people, make your words and deeds more elegant and decent; Let our whole person and life be more romantic. No matter how powerful the power is, no matter how much money there is, if there is no such literary romance in life, you can only give him one word: soil. In fact, many bureaucrats and celebrities will put a few novels and poems at home, just for fear that others will say that they are native to other countries and arty. Third, the beauty of the most beautiful languages and characters in history is not only because of their beauty, but also because they contain the truth of being a man and the wisdom of life. For example, the two poems written by Gao Shi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, "Mochow will have no confidant in the future, and everyone in the world knows the monarch" are beautiful. The key is that they taught us the wisdom of life. If you are not satisfied with life, don't be pessimistic, but look forward. Mr. Chen Yinque, a famous historian, has two words "independent spirit and free thought", which are beautiful. The key is because he taught us a truth about being a man. Life should be independent and free, and people should live with dignity. We learn college Chinese, that is, by learning the most beautiful languages and characters in history, to understand the truth and wisdom behind them, to guide our lives with these truths and wisdom, to make our lives healthier and more correct, and to grow into a real capitalized person. Nowadays, many college students commit suicide because they lack the wisdom of life; Doing nothing and wasting more youth are all because you don't know how to be a man. If learning college Chinese makes us more literary and romantic, it is still the change of our life and temperament at the external level; Then, learning college Chinese makes us understand the wisdom of life and the truth of being a man, which is the change of our inner level and our inner heart. And the biggest and most fundamental use of learning college Chinese is here. To sum up, what's the use of learning college Chinese? Learning college Chinese can make our life smoother, more elegant and more correct, that is, make our life happier and better. Of course, the use of learning college Chinese is definitely not something we can get in the last semester of our college Chinese class. It requires us to study constantly in our later life, which is a lifelong thing, and it is definitely not done overnight. Our college Chinese course is just an introduction, and more efforts will be made later.