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2014 Ran Yunfei: “Zhuangzi As I See Him” 冉雲飛著《莊子我説》Preface

Posted on 12/10/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I got to know Sichuan writer Ran Yunfei when I worked at U.S. Consulate General Chengdu 2007 – 2012. Ran Yunfei is a fine writer, scholar, and bon vivant.  Lately, studying the Zhuangzi in Chinese with some retired friends we have … Continue reading →

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1788: (V. 1, Ch. 3) Qing Dynasty Ghost Stories 续子不语 (What the Master Would Not Discuss — V.1) by Yuan Mei 袁枚 Chapter 3

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

Here are more ghost stories from China’s Qing Dynasty. I’ve added links to notes on the text using ChatGPT5 and Wikipedia. Wikisource has the original text of the entire 《子不語》 What Confucius Would Not Discuss supernatural collection in twenty-four chapters and of the … Continue reading →

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1788: Volume Two (Ch. 3) Qing Dynasty Ghost Stories 续子不语 (What the Master Would Not Discuss — V.2) by Yuan Mei 袁枚 Chapter 3

Posted on 10/24/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Translated below is chapter three of the Qing Dynasty ghost stories compiled by Yuan Mei entitled 子不语 (What the Master Would Not Discuss). The Master is Confucius who famously refused to speculate about gods and demons. “The Master did not … Continue reading →

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2021: Intro II from Daoism/Zhuangzi: Zhang Yuanshan’s “Zhuangzi Restored Edition” 張遠山《莊子復原本》

Posted on 07/04/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Here continuing the translation of the preface and the introductions of Zhang Yuanshan’s “Zhuangzi Restored Edition” 《莊子復原本》that I began at 2021: Daoism/Zhuangzi: Zhang Yuanshan’s “Zhuangzi Restored Edition” 張遠山《莊子復原本》 Commentators have worked on recovering and correcting transcription errors and other problems with ancient … Continue reading →

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2021: Daoism/Zhuangzi: Zhang Yuanshan’s “Zhuangzi Restored Edition” 張遠山《莊子復原本》

Posted on 07/02/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

As I continue reading some Chinese classics in Chinese with friends over the past few years — we have finished the Analects and the Mencius — we are moving on to the Zhuangzi. As I was looking for a good … Continue reading →

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Song Dynasty: Guan Yinzi Neo-Daoist Text Chapter Four

Posted on 05/07/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

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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Neo-Daoist Classic Guan Yinzi Chapter Three 關尹子/3

Posted on 04/16/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

On to Chapter 3! The more I work on this, the more I see it as a text for meditation. So I translated it into prose and from there transposed it into free verse. I’ve been reading more about Daoism … Continue reading →

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Song Dynasty?: Daoist Classic Guan Yinzi, a Translation, Chapter Two

Posted on 03/21/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The Guan Yinzi series thus far: This is my translation of Chapter Two of the Guan Yinzi. As in Chapter One, I interweave Bao Yizi’s commentary on the text with the original as it would be in an old Chinese … Continue reading →

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600 BCE? Song Dynasty?: The Daoist Classic Guan Yinzi, a Translation Attempt, Chapter One

Posted on 09/26/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Two well-known Daoist classics, the Lao Zi and the Zhuang Zi, have been translated many times into many languages. The rest of the vast Daoist literature is much less well-known, and even less so in translation. Much scholarly work done … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Tian Guan Da Di 天官大帝! (Great Emperor of the Heavenly Officials)

Posted on 02/23/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Last night at my wife’s family home in Chushan, Nantou County, Taiwan we celebrated the birthday of the Tian Guan Da Di, paying our respects and burning paper money. According to Daoist belief, Tian Guan Da Di’s birthday falls on … Continue reading →

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