菜根谭 (The Roots of Wisdom)

(The Roots of Wisdom is a quotation collection expounding accomplishment, life, way of dealing with the world and way of renouncing the world, written by Hong Yingming (Huanchu Daoren) of the Ming Dynasty. It integrates essences of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and puts the golden mean, the thought of renouncing the world and the thought of non-interference all together. It surpasses quotation in interest, and overpasses informal essay in orderliness. With graceful words, favorable antithesis, far-reaching significance and affordability for thought, it is a popular literature good for taste cultivating, will tempering and progress. Mao Zedong once said: "One comprehending The Roots of Wisdom can do everything." Furthermore, The Roots of Wisdom is included in the "3 masterpieces for dealing with the world" together with The Lunar Night Talk and Speculations in Solitude at Tiny Window. It teaches people how to renounce, go into and deal with the world with numerous philosophical wisdom words. It is attractive with much food for thought.)