“中国智慧”丛书包括:《一代宗师—孔子》《亚圣—孟子》《兵圣—孙子》《千年道德经—老子》《天地逍遥游—庄子》。本套丛书的特色,就是突出了古代先贤的智慧思想和当代中国社会的关联性,因此每一个先贤人物读起来都是那样平和亲近。书后附各位先贤经典语录,深入浅出的演绎,非常适合外国人阅读和理解,可作为他们了解中国文化的敲门砖。
《天地逍遥游——庄子》,向国外读者介绍战国中期道家学派的代表人物,著名的思想家、哲学家和文学家,道家学说的主要创始人之一——庄子的生平及其经典语录。庄子生平只做过地方漆园吏,因崇尚自由而不应同宗楚威王之聘。他是老子思想的继承和发展者。后世将他与老子并称为“老庄”。其代表作品为《庄子》,名篇有《逍遥游》、《齐物论》等。
The pre-Qin Confucian philosophy and Taoism, are full of wisdom, giving modern time people profound inspiration and enlightment. They represent the essence of the Chinese culture.
The Wisdom of China is a series for foreign readers. They tell of the lives and wisdom of ancient sages including Confucius, Lao Tzu, Sun Zi, Menciu and Chuang-tzu. From these readers are expected to the cultural wisdom of the Chinese.
As the books are treated with living stories, readers will feel close to the time sages and find it easy to understand their philosophies. A survey among the potential readers show these books are easy to understand and the best channel to understand a cultural China.
The series books include CONFUCIUS: A Philosopher for the Ages, LAO TZU: The Eternal Tao Te Ching, MENCIUS: A Benevolent Saint for the Ages, SUN TZU: The Ultimate Master of War, ZHUANGZI: Enjoyment of Life in an Untroubled State. For the compilation of these books, the authors went to hometowns of these sages and hit numerous books in library. Many of their contents are available to readers for the first time.
If Lao Tzu is the founder and ultimate source of Taoism, Zhuangzi is a key thinker who carried forward a local philosophy of religion, and formed a unique and powerful system of thought, which retains its considerable power today in the modern world.