Tao Te Ching
Lǐ Yú 李漁
(Li Liweng)
1610 – 1680 CE
“Artist of Living, playwright, actor, director, poet, novelist and "writer-entrepreneur;” Li Yu dropped out of the imperial exam process and instead of becoming an official traveled through China with his own acting troupe writing plays, acting and directing. A daring and creative writer described by biographers as the “most versatile and enterprising writer of his time,” he wrote the Carnal Prayer Mat which became a Chinese erotic classic, Errors caused by the Kite that endures as a Chinese opera favorite, The Arts of Living that continues its influence on practical wisdom, and translated many popular essays.
Eras
Sources
Prayer Mat of Sex 肉蒲团 (Jou Pu Tuan)
Quotes by Lǐ Yú (10 quotes)
“No one knows the art of living better than Confucius. I know that because he did not sleep like a corpse or sit like a statue.”
from Art of Living
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“Too much money means too many things to attend to.”
from Art of Living
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“The art of being happy though poor consists in one phrase, to think ‘it could be worse.’ The same situation can look like hell to one person and like paradise to another.”
from Art of Living
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“The art of being happy though poor consists in one phrase, to think ‘it could be worse.’ The same situation can look like hell to one person and like paradise to another.”
from Art of Living
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“Charm, the power of exotic beauty, fascinates and is like the flame in a fire, the light in a lamp, the luster in jewels. Commonly misunderstood as good looks, it’s much more powerful and can make the old appear young, the ugly beautiful, the dull exciting.”
from Art of Living
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“Sleep is an infallible miracle drug but perfect sleep requires a peaceful conscience. First rest your mind, then your eyes keeping your health by dividing half your time to rest, have to activity.”
from Art of Living
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“With great wealth endless worries quickly come and peace of mind quickly leave. You become a target of envy and you don’t know if people are only pretending to like you for an advantage. Fears of theft and robbery arise. What chance is there for enjoying life?”
from Art of Living
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“Teaching rich men to enjoy life means asking them to give money away, which is difficult, to say the least. But it doesn’t have to be a huge amount. Not constantly grasping for more is good start and small amounts are greatly appreciated by the poor. Small and frequent gestures benefit both giver and recipient helping to banish envy and enmity.”
from Art of Living
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“Pass a few pleasant hours with a 'cloud sprite on the magic mountain' in her pleasure house with its narrow passages and spacious halls in the sanctum of her flower-temple.”
from Prayer Mat of Sex 肉蒲团 (Jou Pu Tuan)
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“Happiness and suffering... empty catchwords, book covers without a book, for there is not such thing in reality.”
from Prayer Mat of Sex 肉蒲团 (Jou Pu Tuan)
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