There is true literature in the mind of each of us, but it is entirely too scattered. Likewise there is true music, but seductive tunes and alluring dancing drown it out. Thus it is important for me to sweep away external things and search after the essential. Only in this way can I grasp my own authenticity.


Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living - Caicentan by Hong Zicheng (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006), Translated by Robert Aitken with Daniel W. Y. Kwok, p. 29

Hong Zicheng Quotes

There is true literature in the mind of each of us, but it is entirely too scattered. Likewise there is true music, but seductive tunes and alluring...

There is true literature in the mind of each of us, but it is entirely too scattered. Likewise there is true music, but seductive tunes and alluring...

There is true literature in the mind of each of us, but it is entirely too scattered. Likewise there is true music, but seductive tunes and alluring...

There is true literature in the mind of each of us, but it is entirely too scattered. Likewise there is true music, but seductive tunes and alluring...