Idle People's Gossip: Dongli Essays
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I think the person who was best at living in ancient times was Li Yu. Although he lived in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and experienced troubled times, he finally retired to seclusion. It is indeed rare to be able to go back to seclusion unscathed after going through troubled times. He wrote a book called "Xian Qing Ou Ji", which is a classic work on health preservation. It discusses various phenomena in art and life such as opera, singing and dancing, clothing, grooming, gardens, architecture, flowers, utensils, maintenance, and diet. Li Yu's lifestyle is enviable and conforms to the living standards of most literati. The life of ancient literati was nothing more than three parts: studying, being an official, and living in seclusion. If you don't succeed in the middle steps, just go to the last step. Therefore, whether you are an official or not, ancient literati would read, and they would eventually spend their lives reading, writing, and entertainment. I collected the articles I wrote in my spare time and compiled them into a volume. In order to pay tribute to the ancients, it was named "Idle People's Gossip".
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