This is a guide to navigating life that cuts through a thousand years of human complexity, and a key to unlocking the treasure trove of Eastern wisdom. Using "worldliness" as a mirror, this book reveals the survival wisdom at the heart of Chinese culture: not the compromise of slick social maneuvering, but the clarity that comes from understanding the ways of the world; not the tricks of scheming and calculation, but the wisdom of treating others with kindness.
