The Collection of Critical Biographies o[Chinese Thinkers, under the general editorship of the late honorary president of NanjingUniversity, Professor Kuang Yarning, is the largest-scale project ofresearch materials on Chinese thinkers undertaken since the beginning of the twentieth century. Standing on the shoulders ofthis great man and other 200 well-known Chinese professors, thiscollection of concise Chinese-English version is not only based ona profound academic foundation, but also exhibits a brand new feature which is the virtue of explaining the profound in a simple way, hence leading readers to mastery of the contents; it also incorporates a refined principle of selection, a simple mode of evaluation and commentary, and a moving narration of the stories and their wisdom.
Lao zi, one of the most important celebrities in Chinese history and the inaugurator of Taoism, taught people should retreat in order to advance, be humble and modest, overcome the hard with the soft and preserve the mind and cultivate the nature to achieve "Do no thing and everything will be done."
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