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2014: (18) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 18 “A Thousand Li Apart, Linked by Fate”

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (17) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 17 “In the … Continue reading

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2014: (17) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 17 “In the lover’s eye, even an ordinary woman appears as the beauty Xishi.”

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on this blog are listed at 2014: (1-2) Liu Nianchun’s Novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapters 1 – 2 The previous chapter: 2014: (16) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter 16 “Let the ruler … Continue reading

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Song Dynasty: Guan Yinzi Neo-Daoist Text Chapter Four

Continuing with Chapter Four of an apparently Song Dynasty Neo-Daoist synthesis text the Guan Yinzi aka Wenshi Zhengjing. Below I have translated the text of chapter four, supplemented it with a ChatGPT4o translation with explanations, and then a ChatGPT4o translation … Continue reading

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1928: Qian Mu on Confucius and the Status of His Doctrine

Qian Mu (錢穆 aka Ch’ien Mu) was one of the top Chinese classical scholars of the 20th Century. Translated below is a 1928 lecture on Confucius that Qian Mu gave to students in Suzhou. We see in his presentation how … Continue reading

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