Kao Shi Kakun (Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] At the end of the Six Dynasties Period in China, when dynasties rose and fell repeatedly, the aristocrat Yan Zhi Tui served four dynasties (Liang, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui), overcoming the difficulties of exile in his own family. The "Family Precepts of the Face Clan," which he wrote for his descendants, is full of wisdom useful in all aspects of life, from the way one should conduct one's family and educate one's children, to writing theory, the importance of health care, one's attitude toward work, and one's attitude toward death. The wisdom of the Chinese classics has been revived in a modern translation.

王朝の興亡が繰り返された中国六朝時代末、一族流浪の困難を乗り越え、梁、北斉、北周、隋と四つの王朝に仕えた名門貴族の顔之推。彼が子孫のために書き残した『顔氏家訓』は、家族のあり方から子供の教育法、文章論、養生の心得、仕事に臨む姿勢、死をめぐる態度まで、人生のあらゆる局面で役立つ知恵に満ちている。中国古典の英知が現代語訳で甦る。