Chinese Classical Novel Translation and Annotation Series (Volume 3) -- Art of Enduring and The Hundred Precepts of Encouraging Endurance

Author: Wu Bing
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: In the 10th year of the Chengzong Dade era, Bingwu (1306), Wu Liang of Hangzhou compiled the sayings of famous figures from past generations on the topic of "endurance" and historical anecdotes of those who practiced patience, humility, loyalty, kindness, and forgiveness, creating the Classic of Endurance, which contains 156 entries. Four years later, in the 3rd year of the Wuzong Zhidai era, Gengwu (1310), Xu Mingkui coincidentally authored the One Hundred Admonitions for Endurance, a four-volume work with 100 entries, becoming the culmination of the study of endurance. The content covers moral categories such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, as well as emotional domains like joy, anger, preference, and aversion, along with aspects such as food, drink, music, and color, as well as reputation and power. It includes both theories, methods, functions, and key principles of endurance, as well as stories, practices, and historical accounts related to endurance, forming a theoretical and practical system centered on the concept of endurance. Notably, almost every entry contains one or more stories about endurance, making the book highly readable and engaging while also offering wisdom for better conduct, harmonious coexistence, and a long, fulfilling life. This is also the heartfelt aspiration behind compiling this book of admonitions for a better life.