The Great Thoughts of China
3,000 Years of Wisdom That Shaped a Civilization
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Word Count
69,500 words, Guess
Page Count
278 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7598701M
- ISBN-139780471027515
- ISBN-100471027510
- OCLC Control Number32699806
- Library of Congress Control Number95030503
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- Goodreads1883372
- LibraryThing1854901
Classifications
- LCCPN6095.C4 G74 1996
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.
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.
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