Peace of Mind Record: External Three Types: External Three Types

Author: Lin Bu
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The traditional culture of the Chinese nation has a long history, and historical records are vast as the smoke of the sea. As the long river of history rolls forward, the great waves wash away the sands, leaving behind the preserved documents as pieces of gold and silver, all the more precious. The teachings and admonitions passed down in Chinese society (private, family) directly reflect the moral ideals people advocated at the time, more directly and authentically embodying the characteristics of Chinese culture than those grand official Confucian classics. These educational texts for scholars and officials teaching their descendants comprehensively and thoroughly elaborate on a series of principles for establishing oneself, achieving success, handling family relationships, and interpersonal relationships. They also involve aspects such as governing, ruling the state, studying, self-cultivation, and nurturing one's nature, as well as reflections on society, nature, and life, serving as reference materials for the construction of our current spiritual civilization and moral norms. Such famous sayings and family precepts are often concise, vivid, straightforward, and easy to recite, making them highly valuable for appreciation. As products of history, they naturally contain some negative and backward elements. We adopt an attitude of promotion and rejection, conducting organization and elimination work, while hoping readers can make correct judgments and understandings. The "Sayings of the Ancients" series is composed of dozens of small books selected from relevant works of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, without restrictions on genre, length, or the fame of the authors. The original texts were selected from ancient series such as "The Collected Works of the Series" and "The Ocean of a Hundred Rivers of Learning," with obvious textual errors corrected.