03 March 2018

Watch the west

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The news out of China recently has been all about the abolition of term limits for the presidency, thus theoretically allowing Xi Jinping...
28 February 2018

A few words on Diaochan in Three Kingdoms

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Diaochan 貂蟬 I lived and worked for two years in the city of Baotou, Inner Mongolia , as an English language teacher. The city has several...
27 February 2018

A scholar’s frustration?

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A modern artist’s depiction of Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 I think I understand why Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 remains such a fascinating figure to me. From...
26 February 2018

Bringing the charge home

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Ouch. 子曰：「已矣乎！吾未見能見其過而內自訟者也。」 The Master said, ‘In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the...
25 February 2018

(You gotta) fight for your right (to prostrate)

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Empress Theodōra venerating icons with her daughters Today is the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (and, coincidentally, the Russian Men...
24 February 2018

Heaven is within you

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Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 「物之所由然，其於人切近，可不省邪？ 」 The causes of events are closely bound up with human beings. Is it possible not to contemplate th...
23 February 2018

Xi Shi, Fuchai and the gates of repentance

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Xi Shi 西施 Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒 says this in The Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn 《春秋繁路》 : King Fuchai of Wu bullied the state of ...