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The Art of Self Cultivation. Quotes from Chinese Wisdom.
Tony Blishen
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Description for The Art of Self Cultivation. Quotes from Chinese Wisdom.
Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBCQ; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
The Art of Self Cultivation, contains hundreds of individual quotations drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history.
The Art of Self Cultivation comprises quotations that are concerned with what in Chinese is termed xiushen-which translates roughly as "self cultivation". One Chinese encyclopedia defines it as "the nurture of body and mind in order to strengthen and raise the level of one's sense of morality". This book addresses individual behavior and conduct from the essentials of character such as morality, through activities like the acquisition of knowledge and the techniques of learning to the norms of correct social behavior. ... Read more
The Art of Self Cultivation, contains hundreds of individual quotations drawn from over 2,000 years of Chinese history.
The Art of Self Cultivation comprises quotations that are concerned with what in Chinese is termed xiushen-which translates roughly as "self cultivation". One Chinese encyclopedia defines it as "the nurture of body and mind in order to strengthen and raise the level of one's sense of morality". This book addresses individual behavior and conduct from the essentials of character such as morality, through activities like the acquisition of knowledge and the techniques of learning to the norms of correct social behavior. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781602201330
SKU
V9781602201330
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Ref
99-17
About Tony Blishen
Tony Blishen is a retired British diplomat who studied Chinese and Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and at the Deng Zhiang College of Chinese in Hong Kong. He was British Consul in Beijing for three years from 1965 to 1967 and later Counselor of the British Embassy in Tokyo. Two of his sons were ... Read more
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