The Art of Living in Wisdom with Happiness

Download or read book The Art of Living in Wisdom with Happiness written by Hong Yingming and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a contemporary look at the popular, 400 year-old textVegetable Roots Discourse. Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Yingming wrote many books, but onlyVegetable 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. InThe 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.