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TraditionsEditor's Pick
How Confucius Influenced Chinese Concepts of Morality and Ethics
by Emma Luby Emma LuIn a small kingdom in northeast China, more than 2,500 years ago, a teacher walked the dusty roads …
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WisdomEditor's Pick
A Single Choice Changed a Family’s Fate in Song Dynasty China
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn 1167, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, a story from Fengcheng, Jiangxi, …
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Yuewei Hermitage was the elegant name of the residence of Ji Xiaolan, a famous scholar and official of …
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Chinese CultureFeatured
How East and West Came to Picture Cancer Differently
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisCancer remains one of the most feared diseases in the world. Modern medicine has made enormous progress in …
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Chinese CultureFeatured
The Miracle of the Rice Shipment at Yongquan Temple
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisIn 1734, during the 12th year of the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, a remarkable story …
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Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was a ruler of extraordinary ambition and vision. Under his reign, the …
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In traditional Chinese culture, a promise was never treated lightly. A person’s word carried moral weight, and an …
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A ball of colored dough rests in an artisan’s hand. With a few quick pinches, a few precise …
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Chinese CultureEditor's Pick
A Taoist Priest Foretold Zhang Jun’s Rise Decades in Advance
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisZhang Jun (1097-1164), courtesy name Deyuan, was one of the Southern Song Dynasty’s best-known officials. He resisted the …
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