Zeng Guang Xian Wen

Zeng Guang Xian Wen was originally called Xianwen of the Past, also known as Xianwen of Ancient and Modern. The title of the book was first seen in the opera Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Since the late Qing Dynasty, this book has been popular all over the country and has a great influence. The sentences in Zeng Guang Xian Wen are very incisive, simple in language, profound in meaning, and easy to understand; in form, most of them are paired with each other, with harmonious phonology, catchy, and once they are recited, they will be memorable for a long time. Its content is quite extensive, involving many aspects such as standing up for one''s life, behaving in the world, etiquette and morals, allusions of customs, astronomy and geography, natural laws, etc. It embodies Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other thoughts, and contains rich wisdom in life. There are also many sentences in this book that embody the ancients'' sense of worry in peace and danger, the wisdom of survival of contentment, and the dialectical method of thinking that things must be reversed, which are also effective for us today. The content of Zeng Guang Xian Wen mostly comes directly from the pre-Qin classics, philosophers'' speeches, notebook novels, poems, lyrics, and verses. As a summary of the precious life experience of the ancients, this book has multiple functions such as value guidance, method guidance, and motivation. It can give people the positive life force of the excellent Chinese traditional culture. Therefore, this book is regarded as a golden guide to life and a guide to life. At the same time, many sentences in Zeng Guang Xian Wen directly face the complexity of the world and the weakness of human nature. Its profound insights into human nature, grim observation of the world conditions, exposure and criticism of many issues such as official corruption are very sharp. This is exactly the profoundness of this book.