Yet another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Guo Ju burying his son.
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Sep 25, 20235 min read
Another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Laolaizi
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Sep 18, 20233 min read
What it takes to be a model son
One of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars
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Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Sep 4, 20232 min read
Cat the hunter
A 14th-century tale from Yulizi 郁離子.
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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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Aug 21, 20233 min read
On calling a cat "cat"
An anecdote from the Ming dynasty.
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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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Aug 7, 20233 min read
Du Guimeng's 陸龜蒙 duck
A celebrated "swindle".
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Jul 31, 20232 min read
Shen Zhou 沈周 on Chinese leaf
Chinese leaf... better than lamb with wine (?!)
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Jul 24, 20232 min read
A life sketch of pomegranates
Album leaf and inscription by Shen Zhou 沈周
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Jul 17, 20232 min read
A life sketch of loquats
Album leaf and inscription by Shen Zhou 沈周
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Jul 10, 20232 min read
How to survive a tiger attack
A joke from Feng Menglong's Xiaofu.
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Jul 3, 20233 min read
梅堯臣《蛙》“Frogs” by Mei Yaochen (1002-1060)
Summer metamorphosis...
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Jun 26, 20233 min read
A solution to drought, with the help of little "dragons"
An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.
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Jun 19, 20233 min read
公孫詭《文鹿賦》“Poetic Exposition on a Patterned Deer” by Gongsun Gui (d. 148 BCE)
On a fairy beast that visits me every day lately...
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Jun 12, 20233 min read
Xitong 洗桐 (Rinsing the Wutong Tree)
If you see people washing a tree in a painting...
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Jun 5, 20233 min read
陸遊《夜歸》 “Returning at Night” by Lu You (1125-1210)
A night in the countryside, full of life.
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May 29, 20233 min read
“Yong'an ming” 慵菴銘 (Inscription on the Cottage of Idleness) by Bai Yuchan 白玉蟾 (1134-1229)
How to be lazy thoughtfully
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May 22, 20233 min read
Three treasures at home
A joke from the 19th-century collection Xiaolin guangji 笑林廣記.
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