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蘇軾《除夜訪子野食燒芋戱作》“Written in jest on a visit to Ziye on the New Year's Eve when [we] had some roasted taro” by Su Shi (1037-1101)
Learning about how to use cow dung from poetry.
Rachelle
Apr 14, 20252 min read
A positive perspective on lost chickens
An anecdote from Feng Menglong's 馮夢龍 (1574-1646) Gujin xiaoshi 古今笑史.
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Apr 7, 20252 min read
李東陽《水僊》“On Daffodils” by Li Dongyang (1447-1516)
Spring colours.
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Mar 31, 20252 min read
方回《次韻志歸（其六）》In response to “A Remark on My Return”, with the same rhyming scheme (No. 6), by Fang Hui 方回 (1227-1305)
On a new member of my vegetable garden: perilla.
Rachelle
Mar 24, 20252 min read
張弼《耕隱》“A Tiller-Recluse” by Zhang Bi (1425-1487)
On a familar spring day.
Rachelle
Mar 10, 20252 min read
On Wild Boars
In an attempt to learn more about the beast before our next encounter in my backyard.
Rachelle
Mar 3, 20252 min read
劉子翬《種菜》“Growing Vegetables” by Liu Zihui (1101-1147)
For the new planting season.
Rachelle
Feb 24, 20252 min read
On mushrooms
A familiar story about modernity from the Ming Dynasty.
Rachelle
Feb 17, 20252 min read
陸求可《相思兒令·佳人口》“To the Tune ‘Lovesick Song’: Mouth of the Fair One” by Lu Qiuke (d. 1679)
A tip for fresh breath.
Rachelle
Feb 10, 20252 min read
白居易《病中贈南鄰覓酒》“Writing in sickness to my neighbour in the south to seek wine” by Bai Juyi (772-846)
A tippler's remedy to toothache.
Rachelle
Feb 3, 20252 min read
An account of cat theft
Cat theft during the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279).
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Jan 27, 20253 min read
敲冰煮茗 Chipping ice to brew tea
Killing time like a sophisticated recluse.
Rachelle
Jan 20, 20252 min read
張問陶《畫松鼠》“Painting Squirrels” by Zhang Wentao (1764-1814)
Finding a new idol
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Jan 13, 20252 min read
楊萬里《餐霜醒酒》“Dining on Frost to Sober up” by Yang Wanli (1127-1206)
An alternative remedy for hangover.
Rachelle
Jan 6, 20252 min read
Inscription on the toothbrush
From Qing bai leichao 清稗類鈔.
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Dec 30, 20242 min read
Down duvets from the Tang dynasty
Little things that make life better...
Rachelle
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Another winter scene
Album leaf by Shen Zhou 沈周 (1427-1509)
Rachelle
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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