Yulizi

Yulizi (郁離子) is a brilliant collection of satirical fables, philosophical dialogues, and historical anecdotes by Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), the legendary strategist behind the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Through vivid and often humorous parables, it explores the burdens of leadership and the moral failings of the powerful.

The ritual codes, philosophical discourses, educational primers and religious classics that shaped Chinese civilization for over two millennia. Where the narrative classics tell China’s stories, these texts encode its institutions, its ethics and its inner life.