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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.”

Posted on 12/05/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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2014: (10) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter Ten: Character is Destiny

Posted on 11/19/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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: (9) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》 “The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” Chapter Nine: Mao Zedong and … Continue reading →

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2014: (5) Liu Nianchun’s Novel《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” — The Inflated Ego Syndrome Chapter 5

Posted on 10/26/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》”The Catastrophe at Zhongnanhai” continues below with Chapter Five “The Inflated Ego Syndrome”, the unchecked power of China’s top leader and only political party and its consequences for China. Liu Nianchun’s novel 《劫在中南海》chapters translated thus far on … Continue reading →

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2024: Oral History of PRC Confucian Scholar Zhang Liwen

Posted on 01/20/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The reuse of ancient ideas as China under General Secretary Xi Jinping strives to enter a Chinese renaissance aka the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. As did earlier dynasties, the Chinese Communist Party detested Confucius when they were rebels … Continue reading →

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2024: Kang Youwei on Founding Confucian State Religion — First Survey the Religion of Others

Posted on 01/16/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The late 19th century thinker and reformer Kang Youwei, seeing China under the assault of the West on all fronts, sought to preserve Chinese culture in the face of aggressive missionary efforts and growing foreign cultural influences. Kang wanted to … Continue reading →

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2012 Yu Ying-shih: The Predicament of Modern Confucianism

Posted on 01/12/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Yu Ying-shih (余英時; January 22, 1930 – August 1, 2021) was a distinguished Chinese-born American historian and sinologist, renowned for his extensive contributions to Chinese intellectual, political, and cultural history. He held the position of Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of … Continue reading →

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2013: Critique of Historical Materialism in PRC Archaeology

Posted on 12/03/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Lately I’ve been reading Chinese articles on archaeological discoveries and how they have been changing the accepted picture of China’s past. Stressed also is historical materialism that informs how those discoveries are understood by the Party and apparently also by … Continue reading →

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2023: Baidu on Xu Xing, a Contemporary of Mencius

Posted on 05/30/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Reading the Mencius lately, I came across this reference to another thinker contemporary to Mencius, looked him up on the Baidu online encyclopedia and then made this translation using ChatGPT as a translation tool. The China of 2500 years ago … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 05/20/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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