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  1. Rejoice in Enemies The Owner of West Lake Fishing Hermitage237k Wordscompleted The book has 24 chapters, each with a story, focusing on various twists and turns of marriage tragedies and comedies, vividly showing the various human emotions and world conditions in Ming Dynasty society, including sympathy for young men and women pursuing freedom of love; bold exposure of the hypocrisy of asceticism; and full affirmation of women's independent personality and intelligence. In the process of describing the love between men and women, the novel reveals the distinct tastes of sc 651Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  2. Fish Have No Legs Jörn Kalman Stefansson176k Wordscompleted Keflavik is known as the darkest place in Iceland, a barren lava, a sea that cannot be fished, and a US military base that cannot be driven away. Writer and publisher Ali returns here because of his seriously ill father, and memories of his childhood come flooding back. Grandfather and grandmother were Icelanders who built their lives on the sea of ​​the East Fjords with courage and will. At that time, the ancient custom was still popular, men brought glory and glory by going to sea, and women e 650Reads9.4Score294Shelves
  3. Cafe at the End of the World John Streleki34k Wordscompleted There are always periods of confusion in a person's life. If you have experienced it, do you remember how you got through it? If you are experiencing this, then welcome to the Why Cafe. There are no universal answers about life here, but there are things that money can never buy. The answers are not sold here, but those who are willing can always find them. 650Reads9.5Score255Shelves
  4. List of Gods [Ming Dynasty] Written by Xu Zhonglin587k Wordscompleted "Feng Shen Bang" is a famous ancient Chinese novel about gods and demons. It mainly tells the story of King Wu of Zhou overthrowing King Zhou of Shang in the late Shang Dynasty. Because King Zhou favored and trusted the demon concubine Daji, he implemented tyranny, which led to the people's deprivation and the world's chaos. Jiang Ziya was ordered by Yuanshi Tianzun to go down the mountain to assist King Wu of Zhou in his crusade against King Zhou. During this process, gods and demons from all w 650Reads9.5Score105Shelves
  5. Samurai Cat Part 1 Midnight Tracking Erin Hunter139k Wordscompleted There has been peace in the forest for several seasons. Unexpectedly, Star Clan issued a new prophecy: disaster is about to come, and if the Clan wants to survive, they can only listen to the message of "Midnight". Four cats from different tribes selected by Star Clan, together with an apprentice from Thunder Clan and a warrior from River Clan, embark on a long journey to listen to the mysterious prophecy of "Midnight". They have encountered unprecedented difficulties. Will they unite or turn ag 650Reads9.5Score312Shelves
  6. The Legend of the Ming Dynasty Heroes Xu Wenchang292k Wordscompleted The book "The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty" tells the story of Emperor Shun's failure in the late Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang led a group of heroes to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, cut off the separatist forces, and establish the Ming Dynasty. The portraits of heroes who were all-powerful during the Ming Dynasty were created with thick colors: Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Hua Yun, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying, Zhu Wenzheng, Deng Yu, Tang He, Guo Ying, Zhu Liangzu, etc. 650Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  7. "Three-Body Problem" Quick Reading Edition Xusi Reader119k Wordscompleted "The Three-Body Problem" is a long science fiction series created by Liu Cixin, which consists of "The Three-Body Problem", "The Three-Body Problem", "The Dark Forest" and "The Three-Body Problem". The work tells the story of the information exchange, life-and-death struggle between human civilization on Earth and the Trisolaran civilization, as well as the rise and fall of the two civilizations in the universe. The first part of it won the 73rd Hugo Award for Best Novel after translation. 649Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  8. Time Is the Absolute Magic Medicine Cai Lam85k Wordscompleted Cai Lam is humorous and elegant. He tells what he sees and hears in vivid and vivid words and shares his insights with readers. He said: "Writing for the joy of writing is the real beginning. In addition to the merit of writing, it must also be truthful and frank enough." The essays one after another are truly moving and interesting. Gradually, you will feel the philosophy of life seeping out of the words bit by bit. "Time is the Absolute Medicine" is a collection of Mr. Chua Lam's daily diaries 648Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  9. Yu Zhao Shenying Zhen Jing [Eastern Jin Dynasty] Guo Pu14k Wordscompleted "Yuzhao Shenying Zhenjing" is an important classic in the history of Chinese numerology. It was written by Guo Pu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was later supplemented and improved by numerologists of the Tang and Song Dynasties. This book takes the yin and yang and the five elements as the core, and systematically explains the rules of numerology deduction, especially the "three limits of destiny" (year, month, and sun pillars are divided into early, middle, and late periods of the owner's life 648Reads9.2Score448Shelves
  10. Learn to Be a Wise Person Cai Lam86k Wordscompleted What is a "wonderful person"? A person who possesses "insightful and sincere wisdom in life, and an interesting and rare soul". Mr. Cai Lam is such a "wonderful person". He is a writer, gourmet, and lifestyle person. He lives a thorough and sincere life. When the word interesting is mentioned, the first thing many people think of is "Cai Lam." This book "Learning to Be a Wonderful Person" is Mr. Cai's latest collection of essays. The articles contain the "mystery" of Mr. Chua Lam's "how to becom 647Reads8.9Score157Shelves
  11. Annotations on the Analects of Confucius Jin Liangnian128k Wordscompleted This book is one of a series of translations and annotations of Chinese classics. The author fully grasps the historical background of the compilation of "The Analects" and the evolution of previous annotations, and extensively draws on the research and discussion of the original work by modern scholars. The author comprehensively elaborates on the original text, annotations, translations, and paragraphs according to chapters, and goes in depth to help readers read and understand the original wo 647Reads9.3Score228Shelves
  12. Shurangama Sutra Prajna Secret Truth77k Wordscompleted The full name of the "Surangama Sutra" is "The Surangama Sutra, the Secret Cause of the Tathagata on the Top of the Great Buddha, the Secret Cause of Practice and Realization of the Righteousness of All Bodhisattvas in Ten Thousand Actions". It is an extremely important Buddhist classic, with a total of 10 volumes. It is said that Pāṇāmī was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. It was confirmed by Huaidi and translated into Chinese by Fang Rong. After the Northern Song Dynasty, the Suran 647Reads9.4Score169Shelves
  13. Lao Tzu Li Er7k Wordscompleted Laozi's thought has a profound influence on the development of Chinese philosophy, and the core of his thought is simple dialectics. In politics, it advocates governing by doing nothing and teaching without speaking. In terms of power, we should pay attention to the principle that things must be reversed when they reach their extreme. In terms of self-cultivation, it pays attention to the practice of being humble and not competing with others. It is the ancestor of Taoist dual cultivation of lif 646Reads9.4Score250Shelves
  14. The Mystery of White Horse Villa Keigo Higashino120k Wordscompleted Keigo Higashino's almost perfect classical style! The prototype of the "Witch" series, the "Super Secret Room" with two female protagonists as detectives VS all the suspects! Keigo Higashino challenged the limits of his own reasoning and called it a golden masterpiece that he could never write again! Keigo Higashino's "No Survivors"! A multi-trick work that combines nursery rhyme murder/secret room murder/spell code/code deciphering! In order to find out the truth behind her brother's suicide, N 645Reads9.4Score323Shelves
  15. Yuan Hai Ziping Xu Sheng69k Wordscompleted Numerology works were recorded by Xu Sheng in the Song Dynasty based on the fortune-telling method of Xu Ziping, a famous numerologist at that time. This is the first time that the four-pillar fortune-telling method has been discussed in a relatively complete and systematic manner. It can be said to be a masterpiece of ancient Chinese fortune-telling and is deeply believed by people who study fortune-telling in later generations. The content of this book is very complex and can basically be divi 645Reads9.4Score200Shelves
  16. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Grim Classic) Oscar Wilde135k Wordscompleted The young Dorian Gray is handsome and kind-hearted. His friend Howard drew a beautiful portrait of him, and Lord Henry's words made Dorian realize his youth and beauty for the first time. He couldn't help but sigh: "How sad! I will grow old, but this painting will always be young... If only it could be the other way around! If I am the one who is forever young, and the painting is the one who grows old, how wonderful! For this, I am willing to give everything I have in the world! I am willing to 645Reads9.4Score235Shelves
  17. War and Peace: 2 Volumes (Famous Translation Series) Leo Tolstoy983k Wordscompleted "War and Peace" describes the entire process of the Russo-French War in 1812. It uses the activities of the four major aristocratic families at that time as clues to reflect many major historical events and the real life of all classes from 1805 to 1820. It criticizes those nobles who speak elegantly but ignore the fate of the motherland. It praises the patriotism and heroism displayed by the younger generation in the war. It is an epic masterpiece. 644Reads9.5Score235Shelves
  18. It's Better to Have Tea Lin Qingxuan125k Wordscompleted "It's Better to Have Tea" is a book that can calm down both body and mind - elegant writing and wisdom of Buddhist Zen. Steal a half-day of leisure, whether at work, entertaining guests, or alone, with tea, watching the tea leaves tumbling up and down, looking at the world in the cup, tasting the life of Cangyu, and getting relief from it. The originally thin and curled leaves stretched slowly in the water like green mountains and green waters, and the refreshing fragrance escaped, faintly warmi 640Reads9.4Score209Shelves
  19. The Lustful Generation of Girls (Japanese) Written by Ihara Saikaku, Translated by Yu Jing72k Wordscompleted [Introduction] "I have no husband, no children, and am a lonely woman, so there is no need to hide the past. I have tasted love for the first time since I was a nutmeg. Later, I experienced a thousand ups and downs, and was tainted by the dirt on the road of lust..." Two men, one is entangled in lust, the other is troubled by love, both of them are ignorant about the love between men and women, and they have no idea. Come visit this reclusive old woman and listen to her tell about her sinking li 640Reads9.0Score—Shelves
  20. Human Shackles Maugham519k Wordscompleted "The Shackles of Humanity" is Maugham's masterpiece and has an obvious autobiographical color. The protagonist of the novel, Philip Carey, lost both his parents when he was young. Unfortunately, he was also born with a disability. He spent his childhood in an indifferent and unfamiliar environment, making his character withdrawn and sensitive. The years he spent in boarding school made him suffer from the unreasonable school system, and when he entered the society, he experienced pain in love. O 639Reads9.4Score182Shelves
  21. Cai Gen Tan + Evening Talks Around the Fireplace + Small Window Secrets Hong Yingming93k Wordscompleted "Chinese People's Unique Knowledge of Life" is a collection of three books: "Cai Gen Tan", "Night Talk around the Stove" and "Little Window". It is known as the "Three Wonderful Books on Life". The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade. The three books are all good words and "wonderful" words on life summarized by the predecessors with their lifetime wisdom. The principles of how to behave in the world will never go out of style. Reading the article carefully will be of 639Reads9.4Score255Shelves
  22. I Hope You Can Express Yourself Freely Liu Kaixin45k Wordscompleted This book is a collection of Liu Kaixin's works, including her poems, essays, and artistic creations. The book consists of five parts, with the themes of "Personal Introduction", "Childhood", "Growth", "Life" and "Thinking" respectively, bringing together her various creations over the years. Although she has been suffering from illness since birth, she is still thinking, feeling and creating. These spirited poems and paintings show readers a diverse version of her: not only a rare disease patie 639Reads9.4Score247Shelves
  23. The Education of Love (Recommended Books in the Primary School Chinese Textbook "Happy Reading") E. De Armicis169k Wordscompleted "Education of Love" is a highly contagious children's novel. Through the diary written by a fourth-grade primary school student, it tells countless short stories that happened in school and life. It tells our young readers: A person should not only learn various cultural knowledge from an early age, but also learn something more important than this, that is, love and respect for the motherland, hometown, people, parents, teachers, classmates, and everyone around him. Every story in the book is t 637Reads9.4Score154Shelves
  24. Outlaws of the Marsh Liu Shengya34k Wordscompleted "Water Margin" is a novel written by Liu Shengya. It is a representative sequel to "Water Margin" written for national affairs during the Republic of China. 637Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  25. Annotated Version of Water Margin Shi Naian803k Wordscompleted "Water Margin", also known as "Water Margin of Loyalty", or "Water Margin" for short, was written in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. The whole book describes the story of the 108 heroes led by Song Jiang who revolted in Liangshanbo in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and how they accepted recruitment and fought in various places after gathering together. 636Reads9.6Score—Shelves
  26. Di Gong's Case Wu JianrenMystery200k Wordscompleted [Four Mysterious Cases of Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + Detective Investigation + Divine Reversal + Chinese Horror] When Di Renjie first took office as the magistrate of Changping County, he never expected that murders would happen one after another in this small county! News of the murder of Huzhou merchants came to the Liulitun Inn. The owner Kong Wande complained about injustice, but the local security guard Hu De held on to Kong Wande and refused to let him go. When Di Renjie checked, he found tha 635Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  27. The First Part of the Chronicles of the Water Margin: the Rivers and Lakes Are Far Away Qu Changchun199k Wordscompleted This book is a popular book written by the historical writer Qu Changchun, who read "Water Margin" repeatedly and spent several years writing it. He used the current social outlook and combined with his unique personal thinking to give a new narration and interpretation of the people and events in "Water Margin", and wrote down all the 108 generals and contemporaries in "Water Margin" with profound descriptions. The first part, "Jiang Hu Gone Far Away" tells the story from Gao Qiu's appointment 634Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  28. The Legend of Immortality Yiyunshi183k Wordscompleted "The Legend of Shengxian" is a long novel about gods and demons in the Qing Dynasty, signed by "Yiyunshi". The book is based on the historical background of Yan Song's dictatorship and the corruption of the imperial court during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and integrates historical romance, battles between gods and demons, and various world conditions. The core of the novel tells the story of the Confucian scholar Ji Xiaotang (Ji Dengke) who was dissatisfied with the power of the pow 634Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  29. Summer Fireworks, Her Ghost Wen Xueliang73k Wordscompleted When she was seventeen years old, the girl Ichinose Yushichi unfortunately drowned. The funeral is over and life goes on. Endo Daichi finally accepted that she was dead reality, but unexpectedly discovered that as long as you light a certain kind of cigarette cigarettes, you can see the ghost of the girl. With a heart that he dared not express aloud, Endo lit fireworks again and again just to see her again. However, the number of fireworks that could summon her to appear was gradually decreasing 633Reads9.3Score307Shelves
  30. Veil Maugham139k Wordscompleted After reading "The Veil", I realized that you can do without love, but don't lose yourself! The representative work of "Story Master" Maugham in his mature creative period is a novel based on his personal experience after traveling to China in 1920. It uses the story of a British woman who came to China in a turbulent era to explore the meaning and value of women's existence in the world. It has been adapted into movies three times, touching countless fans, and is known as "a classic for women's 632Reads9.5Score205Shelves
  31. Medicinal Properties (Treasure in the Palm of the Hand of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics) (Gold) Written by Li Dongyuan; Compiled by Zhi Xiaojuan38k Wordscompleted "Herbs" played a huge role in the inheritance of ancient Chinese medicine. The content includes general Fu (including four Fus of cold, heat, warm and flat); invention of medicines (general discussion on how to use medicines); indications of main treatments (memorizing the functions and indications of 90 commonly used medicines); instructions for use of medicine: Materia Medica (the properties, taste, functions and indications of the main medicines in 9 parts, including jade, grass, wood, humans 632Reads9.3Score271Shelves
  32. Shaolin Is Very Busy Matthew Pauley220k Wordscompleted "Translation Documentary: Shaolin Busy" tells the story of Matthew who thought he would find an isolated monastery filled with ascetics with supernatural abilities, just like the ones he had seen in countless corny movies. Unexpectedly, what he found was a "Kung Fu World" transformed by the government into a "Kung Fu World" full of tourists. He finally found the Shaolin Martial Arts Center, where the monks still strictly trained some ancient and intense martial arts methods. After the first day 630Reads9.0Score—Shelves
  33. World Literature Masterpiece-Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen227k Wordscompleted "Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's most famous masterpiece. Austen once claimed that "Pride and Prejudice" was her "favorite child". It plays a connecting role in the history of British romantic novels. The plot of the novel is tortuous and vivid, and the language is fresh and beautiful, leaving a deep impression on people. 628Reads9.3Score157Shelves
  34. Veil (Collector's Edition) Maugham128k Wordscompleted After getting married, Katie, a British beauty, went to Hong Kong with her husband. Unwilling to tolerate her withdrawn husband Walter, she had a secret love affair with Charles, the Assistant Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. This desperate derailment triggered Walter's strange and terrible revenge: he wanted to take Katie to the cholera-ravaged mainland China to quell the plague. In that small southern town full of death, Katie faced not only a broken marriage, but also the cold winter of life and 627Reads9.4Score216Shelves
  35. Ordinary World Chen Hao152k Wordscompleted In the world of love, I don't know how far the distance is between people. I always feel that I seem to smell your breath. However, I finally found out that this was a mistake... What is love? What is caring? I no longer have basic judgment... 627Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  36. A Dream of Red Mansions: up and Down (Four Great Classics: Audio Edition) Cao Xueqin1.0M Wordscompleted "A Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four ancient Chinese masterpieces and the pinnacle of ancient Chinese novels. The whole book centers on the daily life of Rongguo Mansion, takes the love and marriage tragedies of Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochai as well as trivial matters in the Grand View Garden as the main line, and takes the history of the four famous aristocratic families of Jinling, Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue from their peak to decline as the undercurrent, showing the decline of families and s 626Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  37. The Collected Works of Leo Tolstoy: 17 Volumes in Total Leo Tolstoy4.6M Wordscompleted This collection consists of seventeen volumes, including Leo Tolstoy's most representative works of various genres and themes, including short stories, novels, dramas, literary essays, political essays, letters, diaries, etc., And strives to objectively and comprehensively reflect Leo Tolstoy's creative thoughts and artistic characteristics. Volume 1: Childhood, Youth, Youth; Volumes 2 to 4: Short Stories; Volumes 5 to 8: War and Peace; Volumes 9 to 10: Anna Karenina; Volume 11: Resurrection; Vo 626Reads9.4Score171Shelves
  38. Mushroom Circle Alai99k Wordscompleted This book consists of two novellas, "Three Cordyceps" and "Mushroom Circle". "Three Cordyceps" tells the story of Sangji, a Tibetan primary school student who skipped class to dig up Cordyceps during the "Cordyceps season" in Tibetan areas in order to alleviate his family's financial constraints and his own pure inner ideal. It is full of a warm and touching "personality rendering". Si Jiong in "Mushroom Circle" has gone from an era of political absurdity to the present, and has experienced many 624Reads9.6Score119Shelves
  39. Harry Potter and History Damian Bridno94k Wordscompleted Since the publication of J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series in 1997, this magical and interesting work has successfully attracted millions of readers around the world through novels and movies. Fans all over the world have also grown up with Rowling's works. Whether they are outstanding contemporary writers or scholars, they have all drawn inspiration from it. The author of this book comprehensively interprets Rowling's "Harry Potter" series from the perspective of British myths and legends. 622Reads8.4Score149Shelves
  40. Scream: Comic Version Lu Xun5k Wordscompleted [All classic chapters of "The Scream" are included, and new comics are presented! The selected chapters refer to middle school textbooks, allowing young people to experience the more readable, ironic and shocking world of Lu Xun. "The Scream: Comic Version" selects 7 pieces from Lu Xun's short story collection "The Scream", "Autograph", "Diary of a Madman", "Kong Yiji", "Medicine", "Trouble", "Hometown", "Social Opera", and 1 piece "Blessing" from "Wandering" for graphic adaptation. The selecte 622Reads9.3Score172Shelves
  41. The Analects of Confucius (Spring and Autumn Period) Written by Confucius; Edited by Yaser370k Wordscompleted "The Analects", the "Confucian Bible", has been showing its timeless classic light and lively and powerful vitality for thousands of years. The Complete Works of the Analects of Confucius is divided into five parts: the original text, annotations, annotations by famous writers, translations, and interpretations, which provides great convenience for deepening modern people's understanding of the Analects. The interpretation of the original text of "The Analects" in the book is based on the needs 621Reads9.3Score153Shelves
  42. Little Reunion (2019 Version) Zhang Ailing154k Wordscompleted Zhang Ailing's representative novel, compiled and published based on Zhang Ailing's manuscripts. The manuscript has a total of 619 pages. After it was completed in 1976, Eileen Chang sent it to her friends Song Qi and Kwong Wenmei in Hong Kong, but it was later unable to be published due to various reasons. In February 2009, with the authorization of Song Yilang, the executor of Eileen Chang's estate, Crown Publishing House published a single version for the first time. This is a passionate stor 621Reads9.4Score257Shelves
  43. Hexagram 64 of Zhouyi Compiled by Du Zhiming5 Wordscompleted "The Book of Changes" is an important classic document in ancient China. It contains 64 hexagrams, each of which has its own unique symbolic meaning and interpretation. These 64 hexagrams reveal the changing laws of everything in the universe through different combinations of yin and yang. Starting with the Qian hexagram, it represents the beginning of heaven, the masculine force, while the Kun hexagram symbolizes the earth, the foundation of the feminine. With the changes in the hexagrams, we c 621Reads8.4Score160Shelves
  44. Read Poetry to Your Lover Guomai13k Wordscompleted "Reading Poems to My Lover" contains 74 modern and contemporary love poems at home and abroad: Lin Huiyin's "You Are April in the World", Feng Tang's "Seal" and other classic poems are included. In addition to "When You Are Old" by Yeats and "The Gate" by Gu Cheng, there are also powerful poems of the new generation presented: "A Little Happiness" by Zhang Tianai, "Roadside Picnic" by Bi Gan, "Untitled" by You Shiyou, author of the Scientific Squirrel Society, etc. The whole book talks about dif 620Reads8.9Score163Shelves
  45. The Analects of Confucius (Two Volumes) Nan Huaijin553k Wordscompleted "The Analects of Confucius" written by Mr. Nan Huaijin is a collection of lectures on "The Analects of Confucius". The book gives a detailed and vivid description of each original text of the twenty chapters of "The Analects of Confucius". There are not only hints on chapter structure and paragraph connection, but also elucidation of the meaning of the original text and the humanistic anecdotes involved. What is particularly novel is that the author summarizes the original text into historical s 619Reads9.5Score248Shelves
  46. Liezi Lie Yukou100k Wordscompleted Liezi is an important Taoist classic. It is a famous classic in the history of ancient Chinese thought and culture, belonging to various schools of thought. It is a book of wisdom that can open up people's minds, give people enlightenment, and give people wisdom. 619Reads9.4Score254Shelves
  47. Plum Blossoms Are Easy to Count Written by Shao Yong40k Wordscompleted "The Number of Plum Blossoms" is one of the ancient Chinese divination methods. Today's Bagua Xiangshu and Plum Blossom Heart Yishang are both nicknames for Plum Blossom Yishu. According to legend, it was written by Shao Yong, a scholar of the Yi Dynasty in the Song Dynasty. It is a book based on the mathematics of the Yi study and combined with the "Xiang Xue" of the Yi study for divination. It is said that when Shao Yong used it, every hexagram was sure to be correct, and it worked repeatedly. 619Reads9.5Score221Shelves
  48. Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic Anonymous192k Wordscompleted This work "Huangdi Neijing" is written by an anonymous author 618Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  49. Boudoir Secrets No Author Mentioned143k Wordscompleted This work "Secret Techniques of the Boudoir" is written by the author without title. 618Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  50. Kite: Somerset Maugham's Short Stories Maugham122k Wordscompleted This book selects eleven of Maugham's more representative short stories, such as "The Kite", "Red Hair", "Before the Banquet", "The Man Who Swallowed the Magic Fruit", etc. Looking at many of Maugham's short stories, his works are very storytelling, usually with foreshadowing, suspense, climax and aftermath. Maugham has a frank personality and often makes statements in his creations. He insists on examining reality with an objective and calm attitude, which also reflects his concern for human na 618Reads9.5Score211Shelves