Life's White and Black

Author: An Shengchuan
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The author's intention in writing this book is very clear. By combining their own insights into human nature, they discuss a method: when viewing, thinking about, and handling problems, one must be comprehensive and dialectical, avoiding extremism. For anything that objectively exists at one time, one should anticipate its transformation and changes in the next. When observing any phenomenon, one must study both its positive aspects and explore its negative ones, scanning its manifestations while also penetrating its inner workings. Neither should one simply love, praise, protect, envy, or take it; nor should one simply hate, belittle, push away, resent, or discard it. In the writing of this book, the author attempts to absorb the stylistic elements of short essays. In some chapters, they deliberately interweave widely circulated fables and jokes to ensure that the reading atmosphere of this book does not become as somber and serious as The Mirror, striving to make it lighter, more lively, wiser, and funnier. The goal is to allow readers to laugh while reading and to think while laughing, leaving them with something to ponder after finishing.