Sages of the Celestial Empire

China, the Middle Empire is the birthplace of the oldest, but not losing its significance of philosophical teachings and world religions, the fantastic kingdom of the all-pervading spirit and the centers of the mystical forces of the Earth, the center of sacred knowledge of mankind and the world that keeps the original mysters of nature. And at the same time - spiritual and carnal, wisdom and nonsense, wealth and poverty, greed and generosity, mercy and cruelty, friendship and enmity - all human turns out to be presented here in some incomprehensibly symbolic way. This collection of Chinese wisdom and bright aphorisms will allow, if not understand, then at least to look into this amazing world