Zeng Guang Xian Wen aka What

Zengguangxianwen (增广贤文), also known as "The Virtuous Writings of the Past" ("昔時贤文") and "The Virtuous Writings of the Ancient and Modern World.

Zengguangxianwen is a collection of rhyming proverbs and literary gems, with a wide range of contents, from etiquette and morals, rules and regulations, to tales of scenery, astronomy and geography, and almost everything in between, but centering on life philosophy and the way of the world. Some of the proverbs, sayings reflect the Chinese people for thousands of years since the formation of hard work and simplicity, the fine tradition of hard-working, become a spiritual wealth;

Many of the content of society, life, through the vicissitudes of the world's thousands of refinement, to become a warning of the world's aphorisms; some of the proverbs, sayings summed up thousands of years of people with the struggle for natural experience, to become a concise and lively philosophical knowledge of science; There are also some content from the article canon, is a part of China's traditional culture.

These healthy and positive contents, especially some aphorisms and aphorisms containing profound philosophical principles, as the ancient Chinese enlightenment reading materials, have played a positive influence on popularizing cultural knowledge, creating spiritual civilization, and governing the world and educating people, which cannot be underestimated. To this day, they are still of reference value.

A certain culture is a reflection of a certain socio-political economy in the conceptual form, "Zeng Guang Xian Wen" is no exception. Due to the limitations of the times and history, it is bound to bear the imprint of that era. Many of its contents reflect feudal ethics and moral concepts, even with obvious feudal superstitions and fatalistic colors;

Some of its contents are personal-centered, reflecting the prevailing selfishness and self-interest; some reflect the negative philosophy of life of the common people under the social system of that time, which is to get by, cower in fear of peace, and to avoid disasters and be misanthropic; and some reflect the negative philosophy of life under the social system of that time.

There are also some contents with vague meanings or only one-sided truths, which will become wrong if they are not correctly understood. These are not in line with the spirit of the times, we have to take a critical attitude when reading, Mingcha Yangjie, critical inheritance, to absorb its nutritious components, ancient for modern use.