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PublisherShambhala Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-101590309936

ISBN-139781590309933

eBay Product ID (ePID)109113190

Product Key Features

Book TitleMaster of the Three Ways : Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicTaoism (See Also Philosophy / Taoist), General, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), Eastern

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Philosophy, Self-Help

AuthorHung Ying-Ming

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-046845

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"I recommend this work to anyone interested in the way of the world's greatest sages, whose teachings can help us all to see into and improve our own lives."-from the Foreword by Red Pine, author of Zen Baggage and Road to Heaven

Dewey Decimal181/.11

SynopsisAt once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-seven verses, the author, Hung Ying-ming-a seventeenth-century Chinese sage-explores good and evil, honesty and deception, wisdom and foolishness, and heaven and hell. He draws from the wisdom of the "Three Creeds"-Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism-to impress upon us that by combining simple elegance with the ordinary, we can make our lives artistic and poetic. This sense, along with a particular understanding of Zen that makes art from the simple in everyday life, has permeated Chinese and Japanese culture to this day. The work is divided into two books. The first generally deals with the art of living in society and the second is concerned with man's solitude and contemplations of nature. These themes repeatedly spill over into each other, creating multiple levels of meaning., At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-seven verses, the author, Hung Ying-ming--a seventeenth-century Chinese sage--explores good and evil, honesty and deception, wisdom and foolishness, and heaven and hell. He draws from the wisdom of the "Three Creeds"--Taoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism--to impress upon us that by combining simple elegance with the ordinary, we can make our lives artistic and poetic. This sense, along with a particular understanding of Zen that makes art from the simple in everyday life, has permeated Chinese and Japanese culture to this day. The work is divided into two books. The first generally deals with the art of living in society and the second is concerned with man's solitude and contemplations of nature. These themes repeatedly spill over into each other, creating multiple levels of meaning.

LC Classification NumberBJ1588.C5H8613 2012