03152007 | Some more books I can't live without

As someone would notice it too, the list below is quite inclined toward western readers' preference. It's pretty obvious though. Well, it would've been better if I had seen some more great book titles on it, like The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse, My Sweet Orange Tree by Jos Mauro de Vasconcelos, Perfume by Patrick Suskind or Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. I think these are the classics even though they were not originally written in English. Anyway, I'd like to introduce some other good books I can't live without. I mean, you're going to like it if you had any chance to try it - written in my mother tongue, of course. ;P



Letters From Wildflowers by Dae-Kwon Hwang

This book contains more than a message from mother nature. The author had been in jailed for over than 13 years without any justifying reasons and this is the record from there - not in a voice of angry or offence. He found out a reason to live by planting wildflowers around his small cell and could reconstitute his thought to the world. A very calm and peaceful story than any other meditations.



Tyogye and Gobong being writing translated by YD Kim

Yep! Another collection of letters. Tyogye and Gobong were both historic figures who accomplished great academic achievement in Josun Dynasty. Tyogye was particularly the one of the two mastering one form of Confucianism. They exchanged and shared their views on the philosophy by writing a letter each other although Tyogye was older than 25 years than Gobong and already got an important position while Gobong just passed the exam which was required to whom wanted to be a government officer at that time. So this is a very unique and decisive lettering which can help us realizing what is the true attitude to researching and understanding their great thoughts as well.


p.s. I'm sorry for any poor translations.





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