Monthly Archives: May 2008

朋友

Friends (péngyou) by 周華健 (Emil Chou)   This song is dedicated to all my friends (wherever you are ):         zhèxiē nián yī gèrén 这些 年 一 个人 fēng yě guo yǔ yě zǒu 风 也 过 雨 … Continue reading

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Confucious sayings Part 2

  More on the lecture series on Lun Yu 论语 (Saying of Confucious) that was presented by Yu Dan 于丹.     天地人之道         心灵之道     交友之道     理想之道     人生之道      

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月下独酌

  Yuè Xià Dú Zhuó  (Drinking alone under the Moon) A famous Tang poem by Li Bai     花 间 一 壶 酒 ,         (With a pot of wine amidst Spring blossoms) huā jiàn  yī hú jiǔ,    独 … Continue reading

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Confucious sayings Part 1

  Someone called Wankee in a forum remonstrated "all these young western Chinese, many of them have no appreciation of Chinese humanity, Chinese thinking , harmonious living…they see the beautiful moon in the waters and want to jump down to … Continue reading

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The Confucian World

  Professor Wu wrote this article more than 9 years ago. It is just as relevant, if not , more so, given the Marxism is lost cause and Confucianism is on ascendency in China. IMHO this article basically sums up what … Continue reading

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