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Rachelle
Aug 26, 20242 min read
廖融《古檜》“Ancient Juniper” by Liao Rong (fl. 10th century)
何人見植初， 老樹梵王居。 山鬼暗栖托， 樵夫難破除。 聲高秋漢逈， 影倒月潭虛。 盡日無僧遶， 清風長有餘。 By whom was it planted at the beginning? The old tree in [this] dwelling of...
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Rachelle
Aug 19, 20242 min read
王質《山轎 繖》“The Mountain Carriage and Umbrella” by Wang Zhi 王質 (1001-1045)
To commemorate my first application of tung oil (on a cutting board instead of a carriage though).
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Rachelle
Aug 5, 20242 min read
張昱《瓜田》“The Melon Field” by Zhang Yu (fl. 14th century)
Those who truly love the summer heat.
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Rachelle
Jul 29, 20242 min read
Tips for cooking pig kidneys from the 18th century
By Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1798) the foodie again.
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Rachelle
Jul 22, 20242 min read
孫一元《望海》“Gazing at the Sea” by Sun Yiyuan (1484-1520)
絕頂天風吹鬢毛， 長天東去望中遙。 沙邊煙浪浮珠牡， 島上人家住翠鰲。 萬里閒情窮海嶽， 百年無事只漁樵。 連翩盡日歸來晚， 看到潮生月色高。 From the peak of the heavens wind blows the hair at [my]...
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Rachelle
Jul 15, 20242 min read
袁枚《消夏八首（其七）避蚊》“Eight Poems on Escaping the Summer Heat (No. 7): Hiding from Mosquitos” by Yuan Mei (1716-1798)
An ancient enemy in summer...
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Rachelle
Jul 1, 20242 min read
A Quirky Indicator of Summer Solstice
A fifteenth-century account
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Rachelle
Jun 17, 20243 min read
"An Account of the Drumming from the Watchtower" by Zhu Yunming 祝允明 (1461-1527)
Image credit: National Palace Museum, Taipei https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Painting/Content?pid=15123&Dept=P Text and calligraphy by...
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Rachelle
Jun 10, 20242 min read
鄭東《題李唐牧牛圖》“On Li Tang’s Painting of Pasturing Cattle” by Zheng Dong (fl. 14th century)
To the newcomers in my neighbourhood.
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Rachelle
Jun 3, 20242 min read
蘇大 《山房睡起》“Waking up in a Hillside Chamber” by Su Da (fl. 14th century)
On the Indian pokeweed: Shanglu 商陸
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Rachelle
May 27, 20242 min read
馬戴《過野叟居》“Passing by an Old Rustic’s Place” by Ma Dai (d. 869)
To all happy rustics...
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Rachelle
May 20, 20243 min read
A legendary louse
An anecdote about Wang Anshi from an eleventh-century biji collection.
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Rachelle
May 13, 20242 min read
Xie Lingyun 謝靈運 (385-433) and his hiking clogs
An ancient Chinese hiker and his gear.
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Rachelle
May 6, 20242 min read
孫元衡《菠蘿》“The Pineapple” by Sun Yuanheng
A seventeenth-century celebration of the pineapple.
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Rachelle
Apr 29, 20242 min read
How to get your cat pregnant... without a male cat
An excerpt from the Bencao gangmu 本草綱目.
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