The Great Thoughts of China
Subtitle: 3,000 Years of Wisdom That Shaped a Civilization
Publisher: Wiley; John Wiley & Sons
Published: April 4, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780471027515
First sentence: Personal ambition is a subject that has made many Chinese thinkers uneasy, because most made a very clear distinction between two different kinds of goal-seeking: the broad-minded pursuit of ethical perfection and the self-interested pursuit of personal success.
Description: From the time-honored sagacity of Confucius to the contemporary words of Deng Xiaoping, The Great Thoughts of China brings together - for the first time - quotations from the wisest, most insightful voices of Chinese history. Compiled by one of China's foremost cultural experts, the quotations have been carefully selected and translated for this edition to make them accessible to contemporary readers, while preserving their original meanings and context.