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How to survive a tiger attack
A joke from Feng Menglong's Xiaofu.
Rachelle
Jul 10, 20232 min read
梅堯臣《蛙》“Frogs” by Mei Yaochen (1002-1060)
Summer metamorphosis...
Rachelle
Jul 3, 20233 min read
A solution to drought, with the help of little "dragons"
An anecdote about lizards from the 11th century.
Rachelle
Jun 26, 20233 min read
公孫詭《文鹿賦》“Poetic Exposition on a Patterned Deer” by Gongsun Gui (d. 148 BCE)
On a fairy beast that visits me every day lately...
Rachelle
Jun 19, 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
陸遊《夜歸》 “Returning at Night” by Lu You (1125-1210)
A night in the countryside, full of life.
Rachelle
Jun 5, 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
Album leaf “Yu’er mudan” 魚兒牡丹 by Zou Yigui 鄒一桂; inscription by Qianlong Emperor 乾隆
On a happy encounter with the bleeding heart in Gmunden.
Rachelle
May 15, 20232 min read
Deer among pine trees
To commemorate a delightful encounter near Zwettl.
Rachelle
May 8, 20232 min read
朱彝尊《鵲橋仙》To the tune “Queqiaoxian” by Zhu Yizun (1629-1709)
The flowering season of the magnolia and the crab apple.
Rachelle
May 1, 20233 min read
The hardest thing in the world
A joke from the nineteenth century.
Rachelle
Apr 24, 20232 min read
楊承鯤《鷹》“The Hawk” by Yang Chengkun (1550-1589)
A gentle reminder for our newly arrived chicks.
Rachelle
Apr 17, 20232 min read
A spring scene
On the occasion of receiving two friends in spring.
Rachelle
Apr 10, 20232 min read
韓維《謝到水仙二本》“In Gratitude for a Gift of Two Narcissus Bulbs” by Han Wei (1017-1098)
For narcissus whose season is coming to an end.
Rachelle
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Two excerpts on the process of creation
A common struggle of creators across time and space.
Rachelle
Mar 27, 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.
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
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