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

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Hung Ying-ming William Scott Wilson

Master of the Three Ways

Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life

Hung Ying-ming, William Scott Wilson, Bill Porter , Bill Porter

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 July 2012

Oriental religions; Religious life & practice

"Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life.

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."

By: Hung Ying-ming
Introduction by: Bill Porter, Bill Porter
Translated by: William Scott Wilson
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 189mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9781590309933
ISBN 10: 1590309936
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Scott Wilson is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling books includeThe Book of Five Rings,The Unfettered Mind, andThe Lone Samurai, a biography of Miyamoto Musashi.

Reviews for Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life

-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