Reflections on a Lake

Author: Qian Mu
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is a crystallization of the author's leisurely reflections while wandering amidst the beautiful scenery of the lake in 1948. It offers insightful, delicate, and profound analyses and elaborations on numerous relative propositions in the realms of human spirit and culture, such as humanity and nature, spirit and nature, art and science, selflessness and immortality, science and life, experience and thought, induction and synthesis, intuition and reason, emotion and desire, principle and substance, yin and yang, the Dao and destiny, good and evil, ritual and law, divinity and sainthood, ghosts and gods, life and destiny, etc. The entire work is simple in language yet profound in meaning, heartfelt and earnest, revealing both the historian's depth and meticulousness, the philosopher's profound insights, and the literary artist's brilliance and clarity, showcasing the author's diverse talents.