by Richard Wilhelm · Mariner Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780156799805
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«The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life» is the Taoist classic by Richard Wilhelm (Mariner Books, paperback, 176 pages, in English).
A classic Taoist text that Richard Wilhelm rediscovered and presented as a practical manual for unifying the personality. It sets out a simple, silent method of meditation, sometimes described as «zen with details», and is accompanied by the celebrated psychological commentary of C. G. Jung, which brings this Eastern wisdom closer to the Western reader.
English translation by Cary F. Baynes; revised and enlarged edition.
For readers interested in Taoism, meditation and the psychology of Carl Jung.
Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary. He lived in China for 25 years, became fluent in spoken and written Chinese, and grew to love and admire the Chinese people. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. His translation of the I Ching is still regarded as one of the finest, as is his translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower; both were provided with introductions by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, who was a personal friend."Wilhelm was a truly religious spirit, with an unclouded and far-sighted view of things. He had the gift of being able to listen without bias to the revelations of a foreign mentality, and to accomplish that miracle of empathy which enabled him to make the intellectual treasures of China accessible to Europe...he could not help recognizing the logic and clarity of Chinese thought... it had overwhelmed him and assimilated him.
