Why do the new Chinese language textbooks include many domestic and foreign classic readings?

The new Chinese language textbook contains a large number of revolutionary and traditional classics, about 40 for primary schools and more than 30 for junior high schools; it focuses on absorbing the essence of human excellent thought and culture and selects famous works by famous writers from different countries. Chinese textbooks for primary and junior high schools The foreign works selected account for approximately 10% of the total number of articles.

“The most important thing about reading is the change of thinking, and the second is the development of language.” Li Huaiyuan said that many young teachers do not understand why Chinese textbooks include a large number of revolutionary and traditional classics, and some even refuse mentality, and the modern significance of these chapters is the transmission of spirit. For students, they cannot only develop language without developing thinking and spirit.