The Story of the King

Author: Peng Xueyun
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: As a symbol of ancient world civilization, Buddhism boasts extensive and profound Buddhist scriptures. These not only systematically record and introduce all knowledge related to Buddhism but also widely encompass the development of world literature, art, philosophy, astronomy, history, geography, medicine, and technology over nearly three thousand years. Especially, Buddhist scriptures contain numerous vivid and meaningful stories. These stories are often based on real-life people, objects, and events, with engaging plots and deeply humanistic language. They appear in the form of folk legends, emphasizing peace, compassion, equality, selflessness, kindness, integrity, prohibition of violence, and control of greed, with the purpose of revealing Buddhist principles and teachings. Their aim is to explore the factors of world formation, examine the essence of mind-body phenomena, analyze the principles of sentient beings' destinies, and establish methods for a happy life. The fundamental virtues of learning Buddhism and the liberation methods of the Three Vehicles' sages are all contained in this book. The content of Buddhist stories is diverse and all-encompassing, with varying lengths. It includes fables, fairy tales, jokes, legends, humorous stories, ethical stories, strange anecdotes, self-cultivation maxims, and more, covering knowledge from astronomy, geography, philosophy, history, medicine, technology, literature, and art. Most of the selected stories in the book are from the Chinese Tripitaka and Tibetan Tripitaka. These stories reflect people's beautiful wishes and needs, revealing profound philosophy from the text and enlightening people's wisdom, while also being both informative and entertaining.