Lao Shu’s Floating Life

The Other China 夫天地者,萬物之逆旅 This Heaven and Earth are the hostel for Creation’s ten thousand forms, where light and darkness have passed as guests for a hundred ages. But our floating lives are like a dream; how many moments do we have for joy?… Read

When That Man is Dead and Gone — Imperial Obsequies for the Post-Trump Moment

Contra Trump 百年之后   This chapter in Contra Trump is inspired (triggered?) by Yaqi Li, a scholar, China-America watcher and essayist. After reading The Dotard State on Donald J. Trump’s Eightieth Birthday, an earlier chapter in this series, Yaqi asked: I wonder what kind of 諡號 [posthumous name or title] we would rightfully assign to Trump?… Read