The book "Soul of the East" is intended for a wide range of readers, those who are interested in the oriental mentality, most clearly represented in the works of the classics of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, etc. literature. Not everyone can always find the time and opportunity to get acquainted, at least in passing, with the works of Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi, Confucius and many other, less popular authors today, real titans of Eastern philosophy, including Sufi wisdom. In addition, the legacy of these geniuses is sometimes so extensive that it will take weeks and months to fully study it, although not everything is so interesting for us. Therefore, I took the trouble to sift through the mountains of this golden sand in order to extract completely priceless nuggets from them, without acquaintance with which no one can be considered a truly cultured person.