“Cai Gen Tan” is a collection of quotations on self-cultivation, life, dealing with the world, and leaving the world compiled by Hong Yingming, a Taoist monk in the early Ming Dynasty. It is a rare and precious treasure. It has an incredible and subtle influence on people’s self-cultivation, character development, and moral cultivation.
《菜根谭》是明朝还初道人洪应明收集编著的一部论述修养、人生、处世、出世的语录集，为旷古稀世的奇珍宝训。对于人的正心修身、养性育德，有不可思议的潜移默化的力量
福莫福于少事，祸莫祸于多心。唯苦事者，方知少事之为福；唯平心者，始知多心之为祸。
No one is happier than he who has caused few troubles. On the other hand, no one invites more trouble than the person who is always suspicious of others. Only a troubled man knows that refraining from causing trouble brings happiness, and only a man with a tranquil mind knows that suspicion brings calamity.
