"Virtue"

Lin Zexu (林則徐, 1785-1850) was an honest official in the late Qing Dynasty known for his strict crackdown …

The “refined” nobles of Athens often looked down upon Socrates. He did not dress up like them; he …

Wu Qi was a well-known military strategist during the Warring States Period in China, but he never met …

This is a Taoist tale from ancient China about a bowl of rice. Once upon a time, there …

The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said that “happiness depends upon ourselves.” To fully comprehend the essence of man’s …

Until the earlier parts of the 20th century, there was a definition for music and arts, and that …

A strange question, indeed. What does it mean to suffer properly? Does this question justify suffering? No one …

There is a story in the Yuetan Sulu, which is a novel written by He Bang-e. It is …

Chinese culture stresses that good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil. The energy of goodness …

Emperor Taizong of Tang, also known by his original name Li Shimin, discussed the lessons of the demise …