Richard L Cheng

Seeds of Wisdom Richard L Cheng

seeds of Wisdom is the eagerly awaited companion to Nuggets of Wisdom, the story of Yong-Gan, a young man who left China in mid-19th century to seek his fortune in California's "Gold Mountain." Readers wanted more. What had happened to those he left behind - especially his beloved An-Na? Seeds of Wisdom tells that story. When An-Na's parents fall on hard times she is sold to an officer in the emperor's army They have no sons, and she is only a woman, so she's expendable. Unbeknownst to anyone except An-Na, she is carrying Yong-Gan's baby, a circumstance that could result in tragedy for both her and the child. An-Na spends years in servitude and hardship before becoming a soldier herself, though in the Revolutionary Army, not the Imperial Army. Meanwhile, Little Dragon - An-Na and Yong-Gan's son - grow up in the home of his paternal grandparents. A holy man notices Little Dragon and teaches him Buddhist philosophy and traditions, giving him direction and purpose.