Whispering Words of Sorrow (Part 1 and 2)

Author: Lü Kun
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "The Lamenting Words," divided into categories such as Life and Nature, Preserving the Heart, Ethics, Discussing the Dao, Self-Cultivation, Inquiry into Learning, Practical Affairs, Health Preservation, Heaven and Earth, World Trends, Sages and Virtuous People, Appraisals, Governance, Human Feelings, Natural Laws, Extended Parables, and Literary Composition. It explores human conscience, ethics, and wisdom in life, encompassing all moral norms. Only by jointly adhering to conventional norms can people live freely and unrestrainedly. To seek freedom, one must first accept constraints. Constraints are the means of transcending oneself, allowing one to enjoy the life concept and existential logic that ethicists possess.