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Watching the Tree : A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Spiritual Beliefs and Universal Wisdom

by Adeline Yen Mah
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Chinese philosophy meets personal reflective narrative.

If you were moved by "Falling Leaves," "Watching the Tree" offers you more of Adeline Yen Mah's blending of personal story with cultural insights. This book doesn't just recount events; it's a thoughtful examination of Chinese wisdom through the lens of the author's life. It's a cross-cultural journey that sheds light on universal truths and might deepen your understanding of both happiness and resilience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Watching the Tree : A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Spiritual Beliefs and Universal Wisdom

by Adeline Yen Mah
Save up to 61%
Compare to estimated retail price: RM57.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9780006531548
Author: Adeline Yen Mah
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Philosophy, History
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Autobiography, History, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 743 readers)

Description

Adeline Yen Mah, whose autobiography ‘Falling Leaves’ is an international bestseller, here interweaves her own experiences with her views on Chinese thought and wisdom to create an illuminating and highly personal guide for Western readers.Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, and through the conversations and wisdom of her grandfather and aunt learnt a great deal of traditional Chinese thought, history and religion. Through her father’s second marriage to a Eurasian woman, and their subsequent move to Hong Kong, she learnt more about the Chinese attitudes to business and to family, and the strength of the Chinese in exile.Since living in London and California, Adeline Yen Mah has studied Chinese thought, looking at both the strengths and weaknesses which it gives those who follow it and now, in ‘Watching the Tree’, she takes us on a journey through the Chinese language, religions and history, using both Chinese proverbs and her own experiences, to bring to us an understanding of the richness of China and the ways that we can take and use some of the wisdom for ourselves in the West.
 

Chinese philosophy meets personal reflective narrative.

If you were moved by "Falling Leaves," "Watching the Tree" offers you more of Adeline Yen Mah's blending of personal story with cultural insights. This book doesn't just recount events; it's a thoughtful examination of Chinese wisdom through the lens of the author's life. It's a cross-cultural journey that sheds light on universal truths and might deepen your understanding of both happiness and resilience.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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