Friday, October 15, 2010

Chapter 7 – Ordinary is quite Sagely

Rich wine, fatty meats, spicy and sweet foods don’t have true flavour.

True flavour is actually quite bland.

The sage is not an exotic super person.

The true sage is actually ordinary.



If you enjoy these excerpt, buy the book, Hong, Zicheng; Aitken, Robert (2006), Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living, Avalon Publishing Group.

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