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Rachelle
Dec 4, 20232 min read
樊增祥《爽翁惠咖啡余誤為鼻煙》“Old Shuang gave me some coffee as a gift; I mistook it for snuff”
An amusing incident about coffee in China.
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Rachelle
Nov 27, 20232 min read
An Omen on a Moonlit Night
An anecdote from an 11th-century history.
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Rachelle
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Bamboo in the Wind by Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1524)
A bit of art for windy days.
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Rachelle
Nov 6, 20232 min read
"Fengyu guimu" 風雨歸牧, hanging scroll by Li Di 李迪 (fl. 12th century)
A country scene on a rainy day
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Rachelle
Oct 30, 20233 min read
人鬚筆 Beard Brush Pen
Another joke from Feng Menglong's collection Gujin tangai 古今譚槩.
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Rachelle
Oct 16, 20232 min read
張鎡《清平樂·炮栗》To the Tune Qingpingle, On Roasting ChestnutsBy Zhang Zi (1153-1221?)
Another autumn delight...
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Rachelle
Oct 9, 20232 min read
On how to use quinces
Two suggestions for an autumn delight from the thirteenth century.
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Rachelle
Oct 2, 20234 min read
Yet another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Guo Ju burying his son.
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Rachelle
Sep 25, 20235 min read
Another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Laolaizi
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Rachelle
Sep 18, 20233 min read
What it takes to be a model son
One of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars
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Rachelle
Sep 11, 20233 min read
曾幾《蚊蠅擾甚戲作》“Written in jest when much annoyed by mosquitoes and flies” by Zeng Ji (1084-1164)
Summer nuisances.
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Rachelle
Aug 28, 20232 min read
李穡《蜂螫》 “Bee Sting” by Yi Saek (1328-1396)
A few words of consolation for a recent incident in the woods.
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Rachelle
Aug 14, 20234 min read
劉辰翁《金縷曲》 “To the tune ‘Jinlüqu’ ” by Liu Chenweng (1232-1297)
For the peach season.
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Rachelle
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Shen Zhou 沈周 on Chinese leaf
Chinese leaf... better than lamb with wine (?!)
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Rachelle
Jul 24, 20232 min read
A life sketch of pomegranates
Album leaf and inscription by Shen Zhou 沈周
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