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Rachelle
Nov 27, 20232 min read
An Omen on a Moonlit Night
An anecdote from an 11th-century history.
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Rachelle
Oct 30, 20233 min read
人鬚筆 Beard Brush Pen
Another joke from Feng Menglong's collection Gujin tangai 古今譚槩.
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Rachelle
Oct 2, 20234 min read
Yet another model son
Lu Xun's review of the story about Guo Ju burying his son.
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Rachelle
Jul 10, 20232 min read
How to survive a tiger attack
A joke from Feng Menglong's Xiaofu.
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Rachelle
Jun 26, 20233 min read
A solution to drought, with the help of little "dragons"
An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.
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Rachelle
Jun 12, 20233 min read
Xitong 洗桐 (Rinsing the Wutong Tree)
If you see people washing a tree in a painting...
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Rachelle
May 29, 20233 min read
“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
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Rachelle
May 22, 20233 min read
Three treasures at home
A joke from the 19th-century collection Xiaolin guangji 笑林廣記.
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Rachelle
Apr 24, 20232 min read
The hardest thing in the world
A joke from the nineteenth century.
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Rachelle
Mar 20, 20233 min read
How to identify a true lion in the 13th-century China
A tip from Zhou Mi's 周密 (1232-1298) jottings.
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Rachelle
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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Rachelle
Mar 6, 20233 min read
An anecdote about a missing cat, recorded by Lu You 陸游 (1125-1209)
How (not to?) find your beloved cat.
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Rachelle
Feb 6, 20233 min read
杜甫《惡樹》 “Hateful Trees” by Du Fu (712-770)
Du Fu the gardener...
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Rachelle
Dec 12, 20223 min read
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.
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Rachelle
Sep 19, 20224 min read
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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