Caigentan - Chinese Wisdom

Caigentan - Chinese Wisdom

Ming-era wisdom for daily life

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  • March 18, 2026
  • September 28, 2026

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Caigentan (Roots of Wisdom) is a collection of aphorisms written by Hong Yingming during the Ming Dynasty. It blends Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist philosophy into concise, timeless reflections on life. The book contains approximately 360 passages in two parts. "If you can chew on vegetable roots, you can accomplish anything." Features: • Full original text, a clear modern rendering, and a present-day parallel for each entry • Offline Chinese narration of all 360 entries, both parts • 10-language interface (English, Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Spanish, French) • Bookmarks, search, reading history and a night-friendly reading mode • Autoplay with a sleep timer
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What's New in Caigentan

2.0.0

September 28, 2026

• New on Discover: Essential Passages, a note on both parts, and a life of Hong Yingming • New icon, launch screen and paintings • Cantonese added — ten languages now, interface and narration • Store copy corrected: a feature the app does not have is gone • Fixed a reading-page fault: in the other languages the original and the plain reading could line up one off, so a line carried somebody else's explanation • Chinese narration completed — all 360 entries

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