Product: Chinese Maxims: Golden Sayings of Chinese Thinkers Over Five Thousand Years
By Gong Dafei (Editor), Yu Feng (Editor)
Paperback: 256 pages, Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
Publisher: Sinolingua (January 1, 2004)
ISBN: 7800524248 9787800524240
Many of the maxims framed by Chinese thinkers and other figures of various dynasties stretching over thousands of years have been handed down to us intact. Containing elements of universal truth, they are still instructive and inspiring today and come from innumerable Chinese classics. This handy book includes golden sayings from many of China's different dynasties. The maxims in this volume are classified under six headings: On Will, On Learning, On Self-cultivation, On Social Relations, On Wisdom and Strategy, On Government. This book will meet the needs of all those who are pressing ahead with the times, who intend to continually cultivate themselves, who are busily building their career and who wish to perfect themselves by drawing on classical texts and by learning from real life. The text is bilingual (Chinese-English) and is designed as a language text.
