"Come back to the root of the dish"

Author: Hong Yingming (Ming) with annotations by Li Zhengxi
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Publishing Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The Ming Dynasty book The Root of the Garden is highly revered today and listed as a "National Literary Treasure," widely introduced and disseminated. Since the 1980s, it has sparked a The Root of the Garden fever in countries like Japan, South Korea, and Thailand, with everyone competing to purchase it, making it a "hot commodity." The Japanese business community believes that The Management of Enterprises can be skipped, but The Root of the Garden is indispensable. The reason The Root of the Garden has such strong appeal among modern readers is its rich content and the author's wise heart. There are many versions of The Root of the Garden. For this annotation, we have used a copy preserved in the Tsukiji Bunko at the Ministry of Education in Japan, which is generally considered the version closest to the original. During the annotation process, we have strived to stay true to the original book's intent and have only elaborated on its content.