Every Character Holds a Life: Wild-Path Deconstruction of Chinese Characters (Book 6)`
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Zi Zi Jie Ming (字字皆命, "Every Character Holds a Life") is the sixth book of the Cancan spiritual series. Written in a self-coined "wild-path" style of Chinese character deconstruction, it treats each character as a "pearl" carrying a full life lesson: the "Solution Characters" volume unpacks 119 characters across the body, family, money, fame and power; the "Human World" volume turns the same lens on lived experience; and the closing "Breaking Characters" chapter dissolves the tool itself. Opening with the Zen parable of the old monk who carries a woman across the river and sets her down at the crossing, the book is dedicated to everyone who is still carrying someone, something, or some sentence — and is ready to put it down. About 290,000 Chinese characters in two volumes.
Author: CHEN, CAN
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7224118447