Millennium Wonder

Author: Zaba Compiler
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book selects nearly two hundred classic Eastern wisdom stories, accompanied by exquisite illustrations, presented in a relaxed and natural style, allowing readers to grasp the unique charm of Eastern wisdom's thought and its unique ways of understanding the world. Eastern wisdom is profound and distant yet simple and unadorned, accumulated over millennia yet ever-renewing. Eastern wisdom is the perseverance to act despite knowing it may be unattainable, the wisdom to be extremely skillful while adhering to the golden mean, the virtue of benevolence as the foundation and the capacity to carry great virtue. It is the freedom to act spontaneously and embrace nature, the talent to write effortlessly, the rationality to observe the finest details and remain calm in change, the enlightenment that awakens one to sudden clarity, and the liberation that comes from a moment of reflection and awakening. Lin Yutang said, "The Eastern wisdom represented by China is a confirmation and perseverance toward life, human existence, and the understanding of the world. It demands active engagement in life, survival, and living, while maintaining harmony among people and between humanity and nature." Zhang Dainian even directly quoted two sentences from the I Ching to encompass the essence of the Chinese spirit: 'The sky moves ceaselessly, and the nobleman strives ceaselessly to improve himself. The earth is vast and nurturing, and the nobleman carries great virtue to embrace all things.' Although Eastern wisdom is vast and profound, it is not obscure or difficult to understand. It often uses ordinary life stories, common natural phenomena, exquisite and clever metaphors, and puns with double meanings to convey its profound meanings, truly embodying the saying, "A thousand years of lament are condensed in one book."