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"Go In, Settle Yourself" Author: (US) Xu Zhuoyun/Feng Junwen Publisher: Beijing Daily Press
"Go In, Settle Yourself" Author: (US) Xu Zhuoyun/Feng Junwen Publisher: Beijing Daily Press
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"I was born with a disability. I couldn't walk before I was eight years old. After that, I sat on a bamboo stool, but I couldn't do anything for a long time. I saw a bunch of ants coming out of their nest. Each ant picked a piece of leaf from a large leaf and carried it on its back. They lined up in a single line and walked back to the nest. I watched this scene for an hour. It was like watching an interesting drama. I also discovered the wisdom of ants. This method is called "self-distraction", finding a place to settle down by yourself."
"To be honest, I haven't had a good life. I was born with a disability, and I've been sick for decades. If I hadn't walked inward, I wouldn't be alive today... If we can build our inner selves, no longer pursue short-lived happiness and vain joy, our actions and emotions will be able to reach the world and the soul."
The 90-year-old historian Xu Zhuoyun tells us from his personal experience: Only by going inward can we settle ourselves.
If you always feel tired of living, then open this book and start to calm your mind from today.
【Editor's recommendation】
◆ I always feel that my life is very tiring, and the reason why I am tired is that I cannot settle my heart.
◆ How to live a truly powerful life? What should I do if I can’t find the meaning of life?
How should we face confusion? How should we rebuild relationships between people?
◆ The philosophy of life written by Xu Zhuoyun, the 90-year-old historian and author of "The Eternal River", for young people tells you how to "go inward and settle yourself."
◆ The historian Xu Zhuoyun has won the Special Contribution Award of the Asia Society and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fourth Global Chinese Studies Ceremony. His works have won the Third Wenjin Book Award and were given to every freshman of the Class of 2019 by the president of Tsinghua University.
◆ Special collection of Xu Zhiyuan’s interview with Xu Zhuoyun and his wife in “13 Invitations”, telling the story of Mr. Xu’s life journey of “going inward and settling himself”.
◆ Hardcover, full-color printing, including many illustrations by independent artist Zhao Xiangqian, and Mr. Xu Zhuoyun's quotes.
◆ The book comes with a miniature print of the same name by printmaking master Yang Hongwei.
◆ If you always feel tired of living, then open this book and start to calm your mind from today.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Xu Zhuoyun, a historian, was born in Xiamen in 1930. He is a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and a member of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. In 2004, he won the Special Contribution Award of the Asia Society, and in 2020, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fourth Global Chinese Classics Ceremony.
His representative academic works include "History of the Western Zhou Dynasty" and "Agriculture in the Han Dynasty". He also has dozens of popular historical works such as "The Eternal River", "Talking about China" and "The Spirit of Chinese Culture", which have sold millions of copies at home and abroad.
Feng Junwen, a native of Huanggang, Hubei, is a senior publisher and currently an honorary researcher and visiting scholar at the Asia Center of the University of Pittsburgh.
