Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom: A Modern Reader of the 'Vegetable Roots Discourse'

By Yingming Hong

Book Overview

This book offers a contemporary look at the popular, 400 year-old text Vegetable Roots Discourse.

Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Yingming wrote many books, but only Vegetable Roots Discourse has survived into the 21st century--remaining a widely studied text in China, Japan and Korea. In it, Yingming offers 360 observations and proverbs about life, human nature, heaven, earth and more. These witty and timeless sentiments derive from Yingming's own informal compilation of thoughts, as well as the understandings of Buddhism, Daoism (Taoism) and Confucianism.

In The Art of Living Chinese Proverbs and Wisdom, Professor Wu Yansheng and Dr. Ding Liangyan have provided original commentaries for each of the 360 snippets of wisdom. These help readers to expand their understanding of the meaning behind the original text, whilst demonstrating its significance in a contemporary context.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602201633
• ISBN13: 9781602201637
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Shanghai Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Intuition is our innate wisdom.

This is a well know book in Asia. It's about embracing simplicity and trusting your own nature for contentment in life. To stop fighting with ourselves and be at ease. Life is naturally blissful if we allow it and live through awareness rather than the mind. "Vegetable Roots" is a return to the earth. I have several translations of this book. This one might my favorite. Beautifully written.