Tending the Roots of Wisdom

Description

Tending the Roots of Wisdom

Author: Hong Yingming

Order No. 6093

ISBN-13: 9787800055621

ISBN-10: 7800055620

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: New World Press

Pub Year: 2001

Pages: 385

Language: English and Chinese (with pinyin)

Size: 5.5 x 8

Price: $17.95

This is a book of adages written in essay form, mostly dealing with the proper conduct of one’s life. Using plenty of quotations and stylish phrasing, its elegant observations explain profound truths in simple terms and provide much food for thought. In choosing the title of his book, the author explained, ‘Talent, wisdom and self-improvement can only be attained through a process of rigorous cultivation’ – hence the stress on tending the roots. Pinyin annotations and notes on the original text and illustrations are given. With b&w illustrations.