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Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living : Caigentan

Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living : Caigentan

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Product Code:
16-01
ISBN
978-954-321-603-1
SKU
11.0274
Year
18-08-2002
Translation
from English: Dancho Gospodinov
Pages
204
Size
130/200 мм
Weight
0.23 kg
Cover Type
Paperback
Genre
Spiritual Teachings, Eastern Wisdom & Philosophy, China, Aphorisms

Hong Zicheng

Hong Zicheng

Hong Zicheng (1572–1620) was a Chinese philosopher who lived during the end of the Ming Dynasty. Zicheng was Hong's zi 字 "courtesy name", his given name was Hong Yingming (Hung Ying-ming), and his hao 號 "pseudonym" was Huanchu Daoren (Huan-ch'u Tao-jen) 還初道人 "Daoist Adept who Returns to the Origin". Hong Zicheng wrote the Caigentan, the Xianfo qizong, and several no-longer-extant books. The c. 159…

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An interpretation of the Ming Dynasty literary guide, The Caigentan, contains 360 observations about life from its exaggerations and absurdities to its grotesqueries and falsities, in a humorous treasury of epigrams that share Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucianist recommendations for tackling everyday challenges.

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