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Caigentan
The Caigentan is circa 1590 text written by the Ming Dynasty scholar and philosopher Hong Zicheng . This compilation of aphorisms eclectically combines elements from the Three teachings ( Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism), and is comparable (Goodrich and Fang 1976:678) with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations or La Rouchefoucauld's Maximes.