Liao-Fan's Four Lessons了凡四训

Liao-Fan's Four Lessons is a book written by Yuan Liaofan, was a Chinese official during the Ming Dynasty, born in present-day Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province. Yuan wrote the book to teach his son, Yuan Tian-Chi.The principal idea behind these lessons is that destiny can be changed through proper cultivation of kindness and humility. Thus, one should not be bound by fate, but by one's own actions. Yuan Liaofan was told by a Taoist monk surnamed Kong that he would only live to the age of 53 and