Liu Xinwu's Reflections on the Ordinary Heart

Author: Liu Xinwu
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Liu Xinwu, a renowned contemporary Chinese writer, has many works celebrated in the literary world. This book is the author's reflections and insights on society and life over the years, where he interprets the truths that "simplicity is true" and "tolerance is a blessing" through everyday small incidents. Whether a person's life is happy and what standards should be used to measure it? Fame? Status? Wealth? Health? People have different choices, of course, and some also wish to "have both the fish and the bear's paw." However, most people in the world now regard "well-being" as a universal standard: living in a peaceful environment, having a stable job (or even better, a career one loves), good health, and harmonious relationships—then one is happy and blessed. This is generally speaking. The happiness of a modest family or a contented person is more substantial and tends to last longer. That kind of joy basically belongs to "small pleasures of daily life," such as the whole family sharing a freshly ripe, sandy-pulp watermelon. Being able to control one's emotions perfectly—knowing when to be profound and heavy, and when to be light and humorous, integrating it into one's nature naturally—such a state is perhaps the truest form of happiness! Whether a person's life is happy and what standards should be used to measure it? Fame? Status? Wealth? Health? People have different choices, of course, and some also wish to "have both the fish and the bear's paw." However, most people in the world now regard "well-being" as a universal standard: living in a peaceful environment, having a stable job (or even better, a career one loves), good health, and harmonious relationships—then one is happy and blessed. This is generally speaking. The happiness of a modest family or a contented person is more substantial and tends to last longer. That kind of joy basically belongs to "small pleasures of daily life," such as the whole family sharing a freshly ripe, sandy-pulp watermelon. This book is the author's reflections and insights on society and life over the years, where he interprets the truths that "simplicity is true" and "tolerance is a blessing" through everyday small incidents.