Tales of Cai Gen, Night Talks Around the Fireplace, and Notes from the Small Window: Three Wonderful Books on How to Become a Man in the World

A good philosophical book to understand Chinese culture and cultivate your mind "Cai Gen Tan", "Night Talk around the Fireplace" and "Xiao Chuang You Ji" are also called the three most wonderful books about life. Director Wong Kar-wai also regarded these three books as pillow books. "Cai Gen Tan" was written during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which has a history of nearly 400 years. The author Hong Yingming, whose courtesy name is Zicheng and also known as the First Taoist, was keen on official career and fame in his early years. In his later years, he retired to the mountains and forests to devote himself to reading and writing. He put his life experience, reading experience and life insights into the tip of his pen, and wrote this collection of more than 300 well-proportioned quotations with a splash of ink. "Night Talk Around the Fireplace" is a philosophical and persuasive work. The author of this book, Wang Yongbin, lived in the turbulent late Qing Dynasty. The world was declining and people's hearts were not as old as before. As a scholar, Wang Yongbin himself had thoughts on political reform and moral reconstruction, and was also exploring ways to persuade the world. "Night Talk around the Fireplace" was one of his attempts. "Weilu Night Talk" aims at settling down and establishing a career, and reveals the inner meaning of life from various aspects such as self-cultivation, study, life, and family management. The book contains a total of 221 articles, with plain and vivid language, short and pithy, and unique insights. Therefore, it occupies an important position in the history of Chinese literature and has been passed down to this day. In the complicated life, these three wonderful books make people feel peaceful and clear with their excellent wisdom, refined taste and profound meaning. These three wonderful books use a philosopher's coldness to criticize the current ills and criticize the bad social customs, and briefly and comprehensively explain the philosophy of cultivating one's moral character and conducting oneself in the world.