A book titled Safeness Sutra went viral on Tuesday.
这本吉林省公安厅常务副厅长贺电所著的《平安经》，全文以“XX平安”为内容，如“眼平安，耳平安，鼻平安，舌平安，身平安，意平安”，再如“1岁平安，2岁平安，3岁平安，4岁平安，5岁平安”。
An excerpt of the book includes the phrases "safe eyes, safe ears, safe nose, safe tongue, safe body and safe ideas," and in other chapters, the word "safe" is followed by names of locations or ages. For example, "safe 28 years old, safe 29 years old, safe 30 years old…"
The book has drawn floods of mockery and criticism on Sina Weibo, with many asking if it is "really a book or just simple phrase-making homework of a pupil."
"I could laugh for a whole year after reading this book. And I suddenly realize I could write a book on drinking water. My book goes like this: 'People have to drink water, man drink water, women drink water, children drink water, elderly drink water, young drink water,'" a netizen commented.
Meanwhile, the book has been recommended by local media outlets and other government organs several times. A report in the Jilin Daily on June 7 said that Safeness Sutra was a "hymn of peace in the form of rhymes, and its rich content could be deemed as a small encyclopedia which is easy for readers to access relevant knowledge."
In a recommendation article posted by the Department of Emergency Management of Jilin province in May, it said the book was jointly published by the People's Publishing House and Qunzhong Publishing House, according to news site thepaper.cn.
▌吉林省公安厅工作人员：《平安经》的创作系贺电业余时间的个人行为
7月28日，有媒体报道一条吉林省公安厅工作人员的简短回应，称“《平安经》的创作系贺电业余时间的个人行为。”
The People's Publishing House announced on its Sina Weibo account on Tuesday that it never published the book nor agreed with any institutions to publish the book.
"As for the act of publishing the book in the name of our house, our house reserves the right to ascertain the legal liability of the person responsible for it," the publishing house said.
▌吉林省委：已成立联合调查组
29日下午，吉林省委决定，成立由省委政法委牵头，省纪委监委、省委宣传部等部门组成的联合调查组，对吉林省公安厅党委副书记、常务副厅长贺电所作《平安经》有关问题进行调查核实。
An investigation team was jointly established by the Jilin provincial commission for discipline inspection and publicity department to investigate the incident, the Jilin provincial government said on Wednesday.
▌《平安经》已在电商平台下架
29日，多个电商平台已下架《平安经》一书。根据此前其他媒体报道，此书在某电商平台上的售价为269元。
编辑：唐晓敏
来源：央视新闻 吉林发布 Global Times
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