The Family Instructions of Master Yan 顏氏家訓
A text by 颜之推 Yan Zhitui (531 - c. 591), including a collection of essays on morality and philogical subjects
- Introduction
- 卷第一 序致 教子 兄弟 後娶 治家 Scroll 1: Preface, Educating Children, Brothers, Husband and Wife, Managing the Household
- 卷第二 風操 慕賢 Scroll 2: Character and Personal Integrity, Admire of Virtue
- 卷第三 勉學 Scroll 3: Exhortation to Study
- 卷第四 文章 名實 涉務 Scroll 4: Articles, Names Reality, and Managing Affairs
- 卷第五 省事 止足 誡兵 養生 歸心 Scroll 5: Moderation, Refrain from use of Arms, Good Health, Religious Faith
- 卷第六 書證 Scroll 6: Writing
- 卷第七 音辭 雜藝 終制 Scroll 7: Good Speech, Various Arts, Conclusion
Source
Wikisource, accessed 2018-08-21, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/顏氏家訓.
English translations
None
Discussion
- Idema, W L and Haft, L 1997, A Guide to Chinese Literature, Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, p. 112.
- Tian, Xiaofei 2011, “From the Eastern Jin through the Early Tang (317–649),” in The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature: To 1375, edited by Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 269-270.