The Golden Fable of Learning from Bamboo Shoots

Author: Tang Xianglong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Natural Fables That Teach You to Change Your Life
In the bamboo shoot shedding its skin, the butterfly's metamorphosis... All the pain of shedding is for the sake of achieving future beauty. You and I don't need to endure the pain of separation of flesh and skin, because in this Five-Stroke Typing World, it contains invaluable insights that are hard to come by.
Spring bamboo shoots grow rapidly upward after emerging from the ground, shedding their first layer of skin. Then, they shed their second layer of skin. A bird on the tree sees this and can't help but ask, "You're shedding your clothes like this—aren't you going to hurt yourself?" The spring bamboo shoot calmly replies, "I do this to grow better!"
"Growth," the bird looks at it with half belief, saying, "Can you grow by shedding your clothes like this?" The spring bamboo shoot seriously answers, "Yes. Actually, you don't understand me—I grow through the process of shedding layer after layer of skin."
This series of books collects 600 works created by the author himself, accompanied by 600 golden comments. Although fables have existed in ancient societies thousands of years ago, Golden Fables have some differences.
One difference is their wide range of themes. China, ancient India, and ancient Greece are the three major birthplaces of world fables, and their fables stand out in the world's fable arena with distinct cultural, national, and temporal characteristics. Golden Fables draw from broader sources, completely breaking the common pattern of most fables being animal stories. Whether living or non-living, tangible or intangible, all become the protagonists in the works, truly encompassing the vast world in their scope.
Another difference is their brevity. The very nature of fables is to be concise and to the point.
The third difference is their innovative form. Fables mostly use personification in their expression, but Golden Fables, while using it as a basic method, also employ comparative, dialogical, contrastive, and shadowing techniques, making their forms fresh, unique, and diverse.
A few well-crafted fables can not only educate their contemporaries but also transcend time and space. Golden Fables is making relentless efforts in this direction.