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Cover of Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) by Yoshida Kenkō

Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

Yoshida Kenkō · 1330

The second great zuihitsu text. 243 numbered fragments on impermanence, beauty, boredom, and the proper way to live. A Zen sensibility before Zen was a word Westerners used.

Essays · the Pro canon

The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.