Personal Library --

Author: (German) (German) Zhou Jingyi
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The ancients said, "Travel ten thousand miles and read ten thousand books." For modern people, traveling ten thousand miles is easy, but reading ten thousand books is difficult. The wheels of technology are sweeping across the world at an astonishing speed. Modern people, busy in front of computers and all kinds of machines all day, have turned the Earth into a village with wires, optical cables, tracks, or air routes. With a click of the mouse, we can paste ourselves anywhere in the world. However, in the face of vast civilizations, lacking the foundation of reading ten thousand books, we not only frequently encounter the awkwardness of "meeting face to face but not recognizing each other," but we also constantly accumulate the strangeness that comes from the depths of our hearts. For this, we long for a deeper understanding, for a connection of the soul; we long for a return to a way of traveling—before traveling ten thousand miles, first put a few books in our spiritual backpack so that our steps and souls can go further. A spiritual journey does not require "writing essays in youth and exhausting oneself in studies in old age," nor does it require hanging a scroll to study by day or stealing light through a wall at night, nor does it require a red sleeve adding fragrance or never putting down a book. A spiritual journey only requires reading a few classics in leisurely moments. Novels, essays, and poems can all be made into soup for the soul; buses, subways, and even our palms can be our desks. Therefore, we have tailored a "pocket library" for busy urban dwellers. Classics are the soul of the library; easy to absorb is the essence of the library; carrying it with you, anytime, anywhere, and in any state of mind, is the purpose of the library. The selected titles in the library are all timeless classics that have been refined after years of trials and tribulations in foreign civilizations; the illustrations, carefully selected and painstakingly collected from hundreds of rare books and private collections, are a true restoration of the essence of the classics. The small format design makes it as clever as a wallet; the special printing process makes every book "filled with the fragrance of osmanthus." Classics are not afraid of time, but life cannot withstand the erosion of "time flies." The charm of classics is better seen than heard. It is better to use them to mend the gaps in our time, to add value to the fragments of our days; it is better to use on-the-go reading anytime, anywhere, to gather wisdom piece by piece and to understand life in the spiritual journey. Reading classics, with the least expense, to reach the furthest reaches of life. Cinderella, Snow White, The Frog Prince, and The Clever Tailor—these wonderfully imaginative fairy tales all come from Grimms' Fairy Tales. Its authors are the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The brothers began collecting folk tales around 1806, visiting living rooms, gardens, houses, and estates repeatedly to record them orally and in writing, gathering fairy tales and stories that had been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years. Later, they organized and compiled these materials over the years into Children and Household Tales, commonly known as Grimms' Fairy Tales. Children in every corner of the world love fairy tales; fairy tales are the kingdom of joy for children, bringing them beautiful dreams and endless happiness. Countless delightful fairy tales teach children how to distinguish beauty from ugliness, good from evil, truth from falsehood, honesty from deceit, and courage from weakness. Grimms' Fairy Tales is one of the earliest and most systematic collections of fairy tales in Europe, with many stories reflecting the simplicity, cleverness, humor, and bravery of the Germanic people, showcasing the beautiful inner world and noble moral character of the people. The exquisite illustrations drawn according to children's reading habits are colorful and vivid, shining in harmony with the text and brimming with a sense of playfulness. Grimms' Fairy Tales is one of the earliest and most systematic collections of fairy tales in Europe. The Grimm brothers recorded the stories passed down orally with a rigorous and faithful attitude, preserving the original ideological connotation and lively, simple artistic style of folk tales. Many of the stories reflect the simplicity, cleverness, humor, and bravery of the Germanic people, showcasing the beautiful inner world and noble moral character of the people. Now, let us follow the kind Cinderella, the beautiful Snow White, the enchanted Frog Prince, and the clever tailor into this wonderful fairy tale world.