Guo Xue Ji Chu Wen Ku · Jing Zhuan Zhu Zi Yu Xuan

Author: Zhou Guolin
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Publishing Date: 2006-09-01
Features: After compiling, it is placed on the desk for review and reflection. Sometimes, a single sentence is picked to discipline the body and mind, or a collection of quotes is synthesized to understand the principles of the way. With a leisurely sense of achievement, it benefits me greatly. The ancients wrote not for a single moment, and modern readers can also draw lessons from it, taking ancient words to serve contemporary needs—this is common practice. —Zhang Shunxi in the unpublished manuscripts of the master of Chinese classics, Zhang Shunxi, there is a compilation titled Selection of Quotes from Classics and Philosophers, with the purpose of "advancing virtue and cultivating learning." The compilation of the Selection began in his youth. For decades, he always kept it on the desk for review and reflection. In his later years, "he still struggled to complete this book, wanting to use it as a concise manual for reviewing the past, merely as a self-imposed task." The book contains both life guidance that blends emotion and reason and governance strategies that balance firmness and flexibility. The brilliance of the thoughts of the sages has endured for millennia, like gold that has weathered the tides, shining brightly amidst the vastness of the classics. The Selection has been meticulously reviewed and annotated by Professor Zhou Guolin, and readers who read it with dedication will surely make steady progress.
After compiling, it is placed on the desk for review and reflection. Sometimes, a single sentence is picked to discipline the body and mind, or a collection of quotes is synthesized to understand the principles of the way. With a leisurely sense of achievement, it benefits me greatly. The ancients wrote not for a single moment, and modern readers can also draw lessons from it, taking ancient words to serve contemporary needs—this is common practice. —Zhang Shunxi in the unpublished manuscripts of the master of Chinese classics, Zhang Shunxi, there is a compilation titled Selection of Quotes from Classics and Philosophers, with the purpose of "advancing virtue and cultivating learning." The compilation of the Selection began in his youth. For decades, he always kept it on the desk for review and reflection. In his later years, "he still struggled to complete this book, wanting to use it as a concise manual for reviewing the past, merely as a self-imposed task." The book contains both life guidance that blends emotion and reason and governance strategies that balance firmness and flexibility. The brilliance of the thoughts of the sages has endured for millennia, like gold that has weathered the tides, shining brightly amidst the vastness of the classics. The Selection has been meticulously reviewed and annotated by Professor Zhou Guolin, and readers who read it with dedication will surely make steady progress.