compassion

We often doubt our own abilities, convince ourselves we can’t change our circumstances, and feel unbearably small. Many …

It was a Sunday afternoon when a friend invited me out for hotpot. Just as we stepped into …

Zhong Liyi, also known by his courtesy name Zi’a, was a native of Shanyin in the Kuaiji region …

In the chaos of China’s late Qing Dynasty, where power shifted like sand and political careers were often …

In the late Song Dynasty, a young man named Fan Tang from Jianzhou in Fujian Province — and …

I’m someone who is easily moved. Once, while watching the curtain fall on the Kirov Ballet’s Swan Lake, …

Every morning in a small, sleepy town, a woman would make breakfast for her family — thin, golden …

There’s an old saying in Chinese: “A soft knife kills” — a metaphor for how harsh words, though …

Sometimes, life presents us with a crossroads where despair meets hope, and a single act of kindness can …

Helping handicapped or disabled brothers for one month or one year seems acceptable. However, if it takes over …