The talented Zhang Jiuling suffered setbacks while creating lasting works of governance, civil engineering, and poetry, but he never suffered fools. One day, about 1,300 years ago, an imperial official known to be a literary master was traveling through the lush Chinese countryside when someone handed him an essay written by a little-known scholar. The ...
During the last several hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty (周朝), people’s selfish desires increased along with the development of society. The ancient great virtues and the virtuous rule of emperors in the Xia Dynasty (夏朝), Shang Dynasty (商朝), and early Zhou Dynasty were replaced by individuals seeking personal interest. As a result, relationships among ...
In the summer, you need to learn how to cultivate your inner fire. Within traditional Chinese medicine, there is the five element theory. It is believed that each season (fall, winter, spring, summer, and late summer) is connected to one of the five elements: metal, water, wood, fire, and earth. Summer, the warmest season, relates ...
A patient whom I will call Rita came to me to treat her Parkinson’s disease. In traditional Chinese medicine, Parkinson’s disease is called “trembling paralysis.” Rita was referred to me by a doctor of Western medicine. She had been suffering from this ailment for three years. Both her hands trembled, but the right one trembled ...
In the long history of Chinese civilization, harmony has always been a highly valued virtue. Chinese people have always put an emphasis on harmony. It encompasses the fundamental principles of nature, society, and humanity. It is also a prerequisite for cultivating one’s morality, protecting one’s family, governing one’s nation, and stabilizing the world. Harmony is ...
Few know that pasta originates from ancient China. After spreading throughout Asia, it’s said that Chinese noodles found their way to Italy around the 8th century. In this recipe, Japanese buckwheat soba noodles saddle up for a new twist on an Italian favorite — spaghetti. Enjoy it with a Sergio Leone film and call it ...
Let’s do an easy word this time – The Chinese character for jade! 玉 (yù) is another word based on the ideogram for king, 王 (wáng). The only difference is that there’s a tiny dot on its lower right side, which resembles an amulet on the king’s gown. The oldest form of 玉 displays a ...
The amount of rain that Hurricane Harvey recently (end of August 2017) pored down on Houston was phenomenal. But what this Hurricane Harvey catastrophe tells us about the way we build cities in the age of climate change goes far beyond Texas. The accumulation of extreme precipitation and floods is turning into a new trend, ...
In the Qing Dynasty, an official tried to help his daughter escape her fate after he hired a well-known Chinese fortune-teller to reveal his daughter’s fortune. “She faces an early death,” said the fortune-teller. “A tiger will kill her.” He even stated the year her fate would happen. “My daughter lives in a very secure ...
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