Shishuoxinyu

The book "Shishuoxinyu" is really interesting! It is like a kaleidoscope, showing the appearances of all living beings in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The stories in the book are short and concise, but can make people have endless aftertaste. For example, in the "Virtue" chapter, "The luminous pearls do not have to come from the river of Mengjin; the jade in the hand does not have to be picked from the Kunlun Mountains." This sentence made me understand that the preciousness of character does not lie in the external environment, but in the inner cultivation. This book is not only a literary classic, but also a window into that era.