Watching the tree to catch a hare

by Adeline Yen Mah | Philosophy |
ISBN: 0006531547 Global Overview for this book
Registered by LilyKlip of Leipzig, Sachsen Germany on 6/13/2011
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by LilyKlip from Leipzig, Sachsen Germany on Monday, June 13, 2011
A beautifully written book explaining Chinese philosophy in a very personal way.

Journal Entry 2 by LilyKlip at Leipzig, Sachsen Germany on Saturday, June 25, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (6/26/2011 UTC) at Leipzig, Sachsen Germany

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This book will travel to the Netherlands now. Hope you like it, Totje2!

Journal Entry 3 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Saturday, July 2, 2011
Thank you. LilyKlip, for sending this book to me. It was my second choice in the (Intl.) BookXerpting that you organised.
Thank you for doing so, I loved taking part & I look forward to reading this book :-)

Journal Entry 4 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Thursday, May 10, 2018
A very interesting book, in which the Chinese way of thinking about many things (relations, health, religion etc.) is elaborated in a personal way, with a touch of philosophy.
I read it with pleasure, it fits in all the other Asian books I've read, sometimes adding pieces to the puzzle they left behind, sometimes it's an aknowledgement of how I read and interpreted the others.

This book will travel on to the winner of my One Book a Month draw for May.

Journal Entry 5 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Thursday, May 10, 2018
Short contents:
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.

Journal Entry 6 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Thursday, May 24, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (5/25/2018 UTC) at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This book will be travelling to Berlin shortly, to sedna5213, who won the draw for this book of May.
Congratulations & I wish you many happy hours reading it!

Journal Entry 7 by wingsedna5213wing at Charlottenburg, Berlin Germany on Thursday, June 14, 2018
Thank you very much for this book Boekentrol! Looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 8 by wingsedna5213wing at Charlottenburg, Berlin Germany on Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (12/5/2022 UTC) at Charlottenburg, Berlin Germany

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The book is travelling as part of the EU Secret Santa package. Happy holidays!

Journal Entry 9 by Arvores at Porto Santo (ilha), Madeira Portugal on Thursday, December 29, 2022
What a wonderful choice!
It came together with a bunch of Christmassy goods (yummy stuff and decorative items).
Thank you so much, sedna5213! I trully appreciate this.

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