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CHINESE CULTURE
The Chinese idiom "huánghuācài dōu liáng le," literally "even the daylily dish has gone cold," is a northern colloquial expression for someone who has arrived so late that the moment has passed and nothing can be retrieved. The phrase rolls off the tongue without a second thought. Yet the plant
The 10 Admonishments of Imperial Official Lin Zexu (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1 Lin Zexu (林則徐, 1785-1850) was an honest official in the late Qing Dynasty known...
The 10 Admonishments of Imperial Official Lin Zexu (Part 1)
Lin Zexu (林則徐, 1785-1850) was an honest official in the late Qing Dynasty known for his strict crackdown...
The Magnanimous Emperor Taizong
In the 7th century A.D., China’s Sui Dynasty collapsed. Wasteful policies and civil war devastated the...