Cai Gen Tan (english-chinese)
About This Novel
This is a collection of short quotations on cultivating one's mind, cultivating one's character, and cultivating one's moral character, collected and compiled by Hong Yingming in the Ming Dynasty. This book is named after "caipeng", which expresses the idea that "everything can be done if you chew the cabbage root", that is, "people can acquire intelligence and cultivation through hard training." The writing is beautiful, the dialogues are neat, short, concise, and thought-provoking. It integrates the thoughts of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism as well as the author's life experience. It contains profound philosophy and is the crystallization of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Along with the original works, it is accompanied by Chinese annotations, modern interpretations, English annotations and English translations, making it easier for Chinese and foreign readers of all levels to understand the meaning of the text and experience the exquisiteness of Chinese classical culture.
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Official(1)Scraped 13d ago
When I was writing an English composition, I was trying to find the English translation of the phrase "Unfortunate blessings, gains for no reason, baits for no good, that is, traps of opportunity in human affairs. If you don't set your sights high here, you will rarely fall into other tricks."
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Official(1)Scraped 13d ago
When I was writing an English composition, I was trying to find the English translation of the phrase "Unfortunate blessings, gains for no reason, baits for no good, that is, traps of opportunity in human affairs. If you don't set your sights high here, you will rarely fall into other tricks."
