[Ancient Chinese Classics | Neo-Confucian Classics of Song and Ming Dynasties | Confucian Self-cultivation Books | Ancient Books on Self-Growth]
"Jinsi Lu", the founding work of Neo-Confucianism, extracts the essence of the thoughts of the four great sages of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is divided into fourteen categories, including Taoism, Weixue, Investigating Things and Purifying Reasons, Cultivating, Organizing the Family, and Governing the Country. There are 622 quotations, which build a complete system of self-cultivation and scholarship from the shallower to the deeper.
Don't talk about empty principles, every sentence can be applied to real life. Teach people how to study and make aspirations, restrain selfish desires, correct mistakes, deal with family and interpersonal relationships, and distinguish heresies and heresies. If you want to understand the spirit of Song Confucianism and polish your character inwardly, don't miss this introductory classic.
