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Yu Dan helps readers attain spiritual happiness and harmony. Her simple, conversational prose finally makes the ancient wisdom of Confucius accessible to all, ultimately unveiling the immense value of Confucian teachings.
In today's increasingly demanding world, Confucius from the Heart is a beacon of light, ready to soothe our souls with wisdom that has guided a whole culture and withstood the test of time.
作者简介 Yu Dan is a Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Media at Beijing Normal University. She holds a Master's degree in Chinese Literature and a doctorate in Film and Television Studies. In 2006 her lectures on Confucianism appeared on CCTV's popular primetime show, Lecture Room, transforming her into a cultural icon. From the transcript of these talks, she published New Interpretation of Confucious Analects. Her broadcasts and writings have made Yu Dan a household name in China where she now serves as a media advisor to over 40 regional TV stations.
文摘 The wisdom of Confucius can help us to obtain spiritual happiness in the modern world, to get used to the daily routine of our lives, and to find the personal bearings that tell us where we are.
We might sometimes think that what we read lacks a rigorous logic. Very many of the sayings concentrate on a single issue, there are few passages of any great length, and almost everything we find is simple and short.
We will see how this absence of words is also a kind of teaching.
Confucius said, "What does Heaven ever say? Yet there are the four seasons going round and there are the hundred things coming into being. What does Heaven ever say?" (Analects XVII). Confucius said: See, the heavens are above us, solemn and quiet, never speaking a word, yet the four seasons come round again and again, and all of nature increases and multiplies around us. Do the heavens need to speak as well?
What we will find in Confucius is a way of thinking that is plain, simple, and warm. It is exactly this attitude with which Confucius influenced his students.
Confucius had three thousand students, seventy-two of whom were men of exceptional wisdom and virtue. Each of these men was a seed, and each in his turn spread the seed of this wisdom and this view of life far and wide.
That is why in China we call Confucius a sage. The sages are those people who in their time on this earth are the most practical and capable, and possess the most personal magnetism. They bring us conviction, and a kind of faith. Such men can only be the product of natural growth, emerging from within our lives, not dropping down from heaven.
This sense of natural, balanced growth can be found in China's creation myth, which tells of Pan Gu, who separated heaven and earth. This separation was not a sudden change, as in a Western creation myth, where Pan Gu might be expected to take a big ax and split them apart with a bang, whereupon a golden light might shine out in all directions, and the heavens, earth,
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