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Rachelle
- Nov 13
- 2 min
A pillow tale
A quirky little story from the Soushenji 搜神記.
Rachelle
- Oct 30
- 3 min
人鬚筆 Beard Brush Pen
Another joke from Feng Menglong's collection Gujin tangai 古今譚槩.
Rachelle
- Oct 2
- 4 min
Yet another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Guo Ju burying his son.
Rachelle
- Aug 21
- 3 min
On calling a cat "cat"
An anecdote from the Ming dynasty.
Rachelle
- Jul 10
- 2 min
How to survive a tiger attack
A joke from Feng Menglong's Xiaofu.
Rachelle
- Jun 26
- 3 min
A solution to drought, with the help of little "dragons"
An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.
Rachelle
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Xitong 洗桐 (Rinsing the Wutong Tree)
If you see people washing a tree in a painting...
Rachelle
- May 29
- 3 min
“Yong'an ming” 慵菴銘 (Inscription on the Cottage of Idleness) by Bai Yuchan 白玉蟾 (1134-1229)
How to be lazy thoughtfully
Rachelle
- May 22
- 3 min
Three treasures at home
A joke from the 19th-century collection Xiaolin guangji 笑林廣記.
Rachelle
- Apr 24
- 2 min
The hardest thing in the world
A joke from the nineteenth century.
Rachelle
- Mar 20
- 3 min
How to identify a true lion in the 13th-century China
A tip from Zhou Mi's 周密 (1232-1298) jottings.
Rachelle
- Mar 6
- 3 min
An anecdote about a missing cat, recorded by Lu You 陸游 (1125-1209)
How (not to?) find your beloved cat.
Rachelle
- Feb 6
- 3 min
杜甫《惡樹》 “Hateful Trees” by Du Fu (712-770)
Du Fu the gardener...
Rachelle
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
蘇軾《書蜀僧詩》“Note on the poem by a monk of Shu” by Su Shi (1037-1101)
An eleventh-century anecdote about cooking with the head.
Rachelle
- Sep 19, 2022
- 4 min
An anecdote from the Tang dynasty about hiding the Big Dipper
How an astrologer-monk tricked the emperor into releasing a murderer.
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