《菜根譚》為明代洪應明所著。全書儒、道、釋三家精華，勸導世人和平相處，溫厚待人，凡事不可極端。在全球華人區，它不僅家傳戶曉，且對他們的生活態度有很大的影響。

VegetableRootswaswrittenbytheChinesescholarHongYing-minginthelate16thcentury.ThebookisacrystallizationofConfucianism,Taoism,andBuddhism,whichteachespeopletolovepeace,tobekindandnottogotoextremes.TheseteachingsarenotonlywellknowntoChinesearoundtheworldbutalsohavegreatlyinfluencedtheirattitudetowardslife.