This is the ninetieth chapter in Other People’s Thoughts, a China Heritage series inspired by a compilation of quotations put together by Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans), one of our Ancestors, during his reading life.… Read

The Other China 誰愛我呀 This is the fourteenth chapter in the series Dasheng’s Calligraphic Comments on Current Affairs, which features the calligraphy of Liu Chan, aka Dasheng, and his observations on the news of the day.… Read

Intersecting with Eternity 不封不樹，日月遂過。
匪貴前譽，孰重後歌。 Raise me no mound, plant me no grave;
time will pass with the revolving sun and moon.
I never cared for praise in my lifetime,
and it matters not at all what eulogies are sung after my death.… Read

The Other China 重陽節   The 18th of October 2026 is the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month in the traditional Chinese calendar 農曆九月初九. It marks the Double Ninth or Double Brightness Festival 重陽節, a celebration that follows shortly after the Harvest or Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節.… Read

Intersecting with Eternity The Idler, though sluggish, is yet alive, and may sometimes be stimulated to vigour and activity. He may descend into profoundness, or tower into sublimity; for the diligence of an Idler is rapid and impetuous, as ponderous bodies forced into velocity move with violence proportionate to their weight.… Read

The Other China 四季最愛秋天，紅葉黃葉滿山。
不冷不熱正好，沒事到處轉轉。 Of the four seasons, my favourite must be autumn,
when the hills are covered in variegated leaves and
the weather’s just right — not too cold nor too hot.… Read