num_pages: 192
description: In the autumn of 2006 Yu Dan a professor of media studies at Beijing Normal University gave a series of lectures entitled Yu Dan's Insights into the Analects which was broadcast for seven days on China Central Television. Her highly personal interpretation of Confucian thought was rapturously received An edited transcript of the lectures sold 10000 copies on the day it was published in book form and by September the following year the book had sold 4.2 million legal copies in China and an estimated 6 million pirated ones remaining at the top of the Chinese bestseller lists today.Simply written and with a view to taking the wisdom of Confucius out of the hands of the academics and the philosophers and making it accessible to the general reader Confucius From the Heart gives us a contemporary Confucius one who can teach us how to attain spiritual happiness adjust our daily routines and find our place in modern life. Yu Dan arguesthat his sayings or Analects - far from being merely interesting quotes from ancient lore of little use in our hectic stress-filled world. Instead they are simple truths that can speak to each and every one of us and help us lead better happier calmer lives.
language: English
title: Confucius from the Heart: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World
publisher: MacMillan