Self-Cultivation

26 books

Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living, Volume 1 cover
Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living, Volume 1 Xu Yitang / Liu Fengwen Shidai Literature Publishing House · 1995 Letters of Past Worthies on the Art of Living is an anthology of classical Chinese letters edited by Xu Yitang and Liu Fengwen. From the correspondenc…
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Letters to His Son, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Project Gutenberg · 2002 Letters to His Son, 1752 is the "1752" portion of the complete correspondence from the Earl of Chesterfield to his illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope, …
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On Self-Cultivation (National Reading Classics · Paperback) Zhu Guangqian Zhonghua Book Company · 2018 On Self-Cultivation is a collection of essays on personal cultivation that Zhu Guangqian, an aesthetician, literary theorist, and educator, wrote for …
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Collected Works of Zou Taofen (1929) Zou Taofen The "1929" in the title refers to the writings Zou Taofen published around 1929 in the weekly Life under the pen name "Taofen." In October 1926, he to…
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Caigentan (The Roots of Wisdom) Hong Yingming / Sun Lin Zhonghua Book Company · 2022 Caigentan (The Roots of Wisdom) is a book of aphorisms on the wisdom of life written by the Ming dynasty literatus Hong Yingming. Hong, whose courtesy…
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2008 Meditations is a series of personal writings in Greek by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180), composed in the intervals between military campa…
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Morning Talks Liang Shuming Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2017 Morning Talks is a collection of transcripts from Liang Shuming's talks with students of the research department at the daily dawn meetings held durin…
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Rating 4.5
On Self-Cultivation Zhu Guangqian Lijiang Publishing House · 2011 On Self-Cultivation is a collection of essays on the cultivation of character and life, written for young readers by Zhu Guangqian (1897–1986), an aes…
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Rating 4.4
On Self-Cultivation (National Reading Classics) Zhu Guangqian Zhonghua Book Company · 2012 On Self-Cultivation is a collection of essays on cultivation that Zhu Guangqian wrote for young people during the War of Resistance. The essays appear…
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Zen Inside, Zen Outside: Reflections on Life Li Shutong (Hong Yi) Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2006 This book gathers Master Hongyi's (Li Shutong's) reflections on life and his insights into Buddhist practice, and belongs to the Lotus Heart Series. T…
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Yu Dan's Collected Works on Chinese Classics Yu Dan Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2015 Yu Dan's Collected Works on Chinese Classics gathers years of popular writings on Chinese classics and belles-lettres by Yu Dan, a cultural scholar an…
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Laozi (Complete Annotated Translation of Chinese Classics Series) 汤漳平 / 王朝华 Zhonghua Book Company · 2014 Laozi, also known as the Daodejing or the Five Thousand Words of Laozi, is the most important classic of pre-Qin Daoism, traditionally attributed to L…
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Yilin Press · 2013 Meditations (also translated as The Emperor's Handbook) is a collection of personal philosophical notes written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (…
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Rating 3.9
Jiwai Ji (Beyond the Collected Works) Ji Xianlin Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2015 Jiwai Ji is a collection of Ji Xianlin's later writings. It gathers two earlier collections, Qianxi Wencun and Xin Jiyuan Wencun, most of whose essays…
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Rating 4.3
A Life of Beauty: Essays by Zhu Guangqian Zhu Guangqian Peking University Press · 2008 A Life of Beauty: Essays by Zhu Guangqian is one volume in Peking University Press's The Scholar's Essay Series. It gathers forty-one essays written b…
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Rating 3.2
Flowing Water in the Mountains 宁一夫 Universal Publishing House · 2024 This collection brings together three kinds of writing. The first is a gathering of occasional thoughts from daily life, titled “Thought Floss”; the s…
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Rating 3.9
Liking Everything About Yourself: Hu Shi's Lessons in Inclusive Living Hu Shi Guizhou People's Publishing House · 2024 Hu Shi was an educator of international renown and a major influence in the fields of literature, history, and philosophy. Over his lifetime he publis…
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Rating 4.3
On Self-Cultivation Zhu Guangqian Taihai Publishing House · 2021 This book is one of Mr. Zhu Guangqian's important works of aesthetic essays, comprising 22 essays in total, along with 6 letters. It expounds the path…
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Rating 2.6
Famous Quotes on Education from China and Abroad 徐晓林 Enterprise Management Publishing House · 2020 Gleaning key ideas and discussions on teaching and character development from representative works of ancient Chinese thinkers and educators such as C…
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Rating 3.9
The Power of Character 斯迈尔斯 · 2020 The Power of Character is a rare and valuable book on how to live and conduct oneself. Character may well be one of the most influential forces in the…