Off To See The World: Poems and Essays - Out of Box Collection SC

by Yuexin Liu

Overview

This is a collection of modern Chinese and English poems in the most popular classical Song style metrical formats, and short Chinese and English essays in the concise and sharp styles. The collection provides completely different perspectives on the world and life.

There are 16 categories with total 152 pieces in this collection of literacy works. From Hometown, Youth, College, to Study Abroad and Work, it is a trajectory of life. Holidays, Travel, Foreign Culture, Living Abroad and Second Hometown describe the different ways of life in different lands. Then comes the bird view on the world and life, Philosophy, Faith, Life, See the World, History and Look into Future. It is the Out-Of-Box thinking and sharp reflection that really pull all the things together.

Human beings are so used to what we see and hear every day. We are constantly confined to a domain that we are subconsciously accustomed to. That is why we need to see the outside world by going out of box. As we get comfortable with what we see and hear, it becomes clear that the outside world is not that different. The new world then becomes a box itself. We need to continuously get out of the comfort zone, find the new comfort zone and go through the iterations in a never-ending way.

Growing up and spending the youth in China allows me to be deeply inherited with Chinese philosophy and the Eastern way of thinking. Thirty years of American experience provide me a completely different way to look at the world and life. It is not about having it all. It is more about experiencing it all. It is life itself, bit by bit, drop by drop, that makes it all meaningful. At a certain stage of life, it all suddenly starts to make sense. Inside out, upside down. Spiral ascending. It is the Out-Of-Box thinking and sharp reflection that traverse a truly meaningful life. Attempts have been made here to express all these in a concise and articulate manner, in the forms of metrical poems and short essays, in both Chinese and English.

Some of the pieces may contain sharp personal opinions. The beauty is that you do not have to agree with me. And the essence is the thought process itself. The goal here is to inspire new thoughts and new ideas. It is the critical thinking and sharp reflection that I am aiming here. Ultimately this is an Out-Of-Box collection of literacy works after all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578398808
Publisher:	Mundus Artis, Inc.
Publication date:	04/09/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	534
File size:	31 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Language:	Chinese

About the Author

Yuexin Liu, born in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, China, currently lives in Seattle, Washington State, U.S.A. Yuexin graduated from No. 1 High School of Xinyu City in 1984, went to college in Beijing and graduated with honor and B.S. from the Department of Geophysics of Peking University in 1988. He was admitted to Chinese Academy of Sciences with the Entrance Exam exempted. In 1991, he was admitted to MIT for Ph.D. study under the advice of TEPCO Professor Ronald G. Prinn. Yuexin earned the MIT Ph.D. in Global Change Science and completed majority of the Sloan School MBA program. He served as Board Member of MIT CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association), and VP for MIT CAST (Chinese Association of Science and Technology). Yuexin has over 25 years of experience in Software Development, Business System Implementation, Business Management and E-Commerce Operations Management. He worked for Microsoft for 7 years, leading the Commerce Platform operations as a Senior Lead Program Manager. He was the Senior Director of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Systems for the Chicago E-Commerce company OpticsPlanet and the Chief Solution Architect for the Los Angeles company Western Computer. Yuexin foundered two companies - Enterprise InfoEdge and Mundus Artis. He is currently the President of Mundus Artis. Yuexin is a member of PMI. He once created the Nested Library software design and crawling technology for Business Systems. Yuexin is passionate about Philosophy, History and Hiking. During the Baida time, he studied Pre-Qin Philosophers through the class taught by Visiting Professor Guying Chen from Taiwan University. He also studied Western Economics class by Professor Yining Li from Guanghua School. His undergraduate study focused on Non-Linear Dynamic System, Chaos and Attractors.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Overlooking mountains from a towering floor, viewing snow from an elevated city wall, seeing the moon over a lighting shore, viewing the sunset with a wooden oar, watching beauties under the moonlight pour, observing the world from outside of territory door, these are all things I adore, I would only regret the things I don't do more, if I don't strive and pursue what I love to look for.

Reading ten thousand books, walking ten thousand miles, tasting the world sufferings, experiencing all sides and faces, receiving teachings from others, mastering the digestion with internalization. The intended path, other have gone. The planned undertaking, other have done. That witty idea, other have run. Learning from others is never late. Corrections with a mirror always aid.

Hundred rivers flow to the sea. Universe is only as big as leniency. Cliff stands solid thousand foot tall. More strength comes with less of wanting more. Knowing past goes with knowing present. Understanding Western comes with understanding Chinese inherent. Seen it. Been there. Done that. Standing high. Seeing clear. All things arrive with enough room to spare. It is as wise as it looks fool. It is as less intervention as many things you can explore.

Compass has eight directions. Sky has nine compartments. Change has four phases. Things have five elements. Sun, moon, star and universe, each has its own laws. Time goes by like a loom shuttle. From above to below, pursuing hard is vital. You only fail when you stop trying. Strong belief moves mountain. There is no regret when you keep doing.

The river coming from high mountain runs to the vast ocean. The splendid flower starts with the bud's burst motion. Constant renewing brings upon the prosperity. Steady drive sets the great expectation. Adventurous comes with marvelous. Audacity goes with creativity. Youth is like the morning sun. The magnificence has just begun.

From Yellow Emperor to King Chiyou, from royal family to folks you never know, dynasties come and go. And there is royal descendant pole to pole. Genghis Khan has two hundred million offspring in Euro Asia. My far away ancestor, the young brother of the first Han emperor, who also has two hundred million descendants all over China. It does not matter if it's Yuan or Song, or whichever dynasty the people come from, they are all Chinese wherever they have gone, with the same culture and the same dawn, or from the same culture but different town. The Chinese nature is always real, just like the Jews from Israel. They always keep their heritage, which is why they are still strong in thousands of years of age.

From the south of Yangtze River, born in the 60s of the culture fever, never have I compared myself with Guan Zhong and Yue Yi of ancient Chinese sage master. Only lately from family tree, I came to know my ancestry. The chancellor of the first Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Bowen Liu, was in fact the offspring of the prominent 5-son Song officials of the same Liu family. Wealth does not pass three generations and prosperity is always in fluctuations. This is true to the families, the ethnic groups as well as to the nations. Only through enduring accumulations, can there be lasting and thriving durations.

Looking back as a traveling Chinese 30-year-living afar, I have never thought of making a mark, only writing down the experience I see and hear, and from where I personally encounter, hoping it would be useful to people who care. It would be such a joy if there are things here that folks can benefit and employ.