Harmony
Skinner House Books (Verlag)
978-1-55896-571-3 (ISBN)
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For over two thousand years, the Chinese have used brief sayings known as chengyu to sum up practical wisdom and ethical principles. Most chengyu are associated with a story that illustrates their meaning, and these stories have been passed down by word of mouth over the centuries.
Gathered in this volume are twenty-four of the most popular chengyu and the stories based on them, each beautifully illustrated by one of China's foremost artists, Ji Ruoxiao. For readers curious about the cultural context of the tales, the book includes a brief overview of Chinese religious traditions as well as background notes on each story, a map, and chronology.
Sarah Conover has written six books on world wisdom traditions and the spiritual education of families. Her interests lie in building bridges of understanding between people of differing world cultures and wisdom traditions. As a former high-school teacher, she strived to bring multicultural perspectives to her students by collaborating with other educators worldwide. She was the recipient of two U.S. State Department grants that brought U.S. teachers to the Middle East to initiate classroom collaborations between students in the two regions. Sarah lives in Spokane, Washington, where she teaches creative writing and Buddhist meditation. Chen Hui majored in English literature and education at Hunan Normal University, in Chansha. She subsequently earned an MA in education from Harding University, in Searcy, Arkansas, and taught Chinese at St. George's School, in Spokane, before her recent move back to China. Ji Ruoxiao is a professor of art at Sichuan Normal University, in Chengdu. She studied at Beijing's Central Institute of Fine Arts, and her paintings hang in the Chinese Art Museum, also in Beijing. The recipient of many honors, she was one of two Chinese artists whose work was chosen for the art exhibition at the Fourth United Nations World Conference of Women. She lives in Seattle and returns to Sichuan each year to teach.
Preface
To the Young Reader
Stories
A Man in Qi Worries That the Sky Will Fall
Waiting for a Hare by a Tree Stump
Pulling Up Sprouts to Help Them Grow
Blind Men Touch an Elephant
Sharpening an Iron Bar into a Needle
The Fight Between a Snipe and an Oyster
Studying How to Walk in Handan
A Frog in a Shallow Well
The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Power
His Spear Against His Shield
A Man from the Kingdom of Zheng Buys Shoes
Quenching Thirst by Hoping for Plums
Practice Makes Perfect
Looking for a Horse with the Aid of a Diagram
Monkeys Dragging Up the Moon
Mend the Sheepfold Even If Sheep Have Been Lost
Trying to Go South by Driving The Chariot North
A Man from the Kingdom of Qi Snatches Gold
Marking the Boat to Search for Your Sword in the River
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell
An Unskilled Musician Concealed in the Crowd
Old Man Sai Lost His Horse
Yu Gong Moved Mountains
The Teeth Are Gone, but the Tongue Remains
Maps and Timeline
Guide to pronunciation
Philosophical and Religious Influences
Source Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors and Illustrator
About the Series
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.4.2011 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Ji Ruoxiao |
| Zusatzinfo | color illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 228 x 190 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55896-571-8 / 1558965718 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55896-571-3 / 9781558965713 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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