Pauline Lee

Associate Professor of Chinese Religions and Cultures, Saint Louis University, Missouri

Pauline Lee is associate professor of Chinese thought and cultures at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Her books include Li Zhi (1527-1602), Confucianism, and the Virtue of Desire (SUNY Press, 2012) and A Book to Burn and A Book to Keep (Hidden) (2016).

Written by Pauline Lee

Painting of a man relaxing against a large leafy tree in a grassy field.

How to be useless

Follow the Daoist way – reclaim your life and happiness by letting go of the need to produce, strive or serve a purpose

by Helen De Cruz & Pauline Lee