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A solution to drought, with the help of little "dragons"
An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.

Rachelle
Jun 26, 20233 min read


Xitong 洗桐 (Rinsing the Wutong Tree)
If you see people washing a tree in a painting...

Rachelle
Jun 12, 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

Rachelle
May 29, 20233 min read


Three treasures at home
A joke from the 19th-century collection Xiaolin guangji 笑林廣記.

Rachelle
May 22, 20233 min read


The hardest thing in the world
A joke from the nineteenth century.

Rachelle
Apr 24, 20232 min read


How to identify a true lion in the 13th-century China
A tip from Zhou Mi's 周密 (1232-1298) jottings.

Rachelle
Mar 20, 20233 min read



Rachelle
Mar 13, 20232 min read


An anecdote about a missing cat, recorded by Lu You 陸游 (1125-1209)
How (not to?) find your beloved cat.

Rachelle
Mar 6, 20233 min read


杜甫《惡樹》 “Hateful Trees” by Du Fu (712-770)
Du Fu the gardener...

Rachelle
Feb 6, 20233 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.

Rachelle
Dec 12, 20223 min read


An anecdote from the Tang dynasty about hiding the Big Dipper
How an astrologer-monk tricked the emperor into releasing a murderer.

Rachelle
Sep 19, 20224 min read


Zheng Xie 鄭燮 on bird keeping
Zheng Xie on the proper way to keep birds.

Rachelle
Aug 8, 20223 min read


趙翼《偶書所見(其一)》“Casual notes on my observations (No. 1)” by Zhao Yi
For those who (like myself) often forget what they’ve read...

Rachelle
Jul 18, 20223 min read


When a centipede meets a slug
An allegory from the Yulizi 郁離子.

Rachelle
Jul 11, 20223 min read


Another odorous anecdote from the Qing dynasty
A little reform of portable toilets

Rachelle
Jun 27, 20224 min read


An odorous anecdote from the Qing dynasty
An innovative evaluation system for dogs and their farts.

Rachelle
May 30, 20222 min read


Let’s talk about toilets
My second animated short film. It's about toilet culture of medieval elites, mainly based on two anecdotes from the Shishuo xinyu 世說新語.

Rachelle
May 13, 20206 min read


How to shut up a jerk in classical Chinese
My first short animated film, based on the story of Cao Shang in the Zhuangzi.

Rachelle
Apr 15, 20203 min read


How I Chose My "Style Name"
Find out how Su Shi made his excuse for drinking in the morning and why you want to have a style name.

Rachelle
Mar 21, 20205 min read
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