On Removing the Stale Speech-A Case Study of Cliched Allusions in Tang-Song Prose
I wrote this paper before I started writing my dissertation on late Tang prose as a reflection of the secondary sources I have read in...
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Nov 14, 20237 min
A study of 居居 and 于于
This is another old note of mine discussing two binome in the Zhuangzi 莊子. In this note, I studied the two words from the etymological...
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Nov 14, 202322 min
The Life of a Recluse-Reading Tao Qian’s Two Poems to Liu Chengzhi
In this short paper, I examine Tao Yuanming's 陶淵明 unqiue understanding and practice of reclusion (yin 隱) through the reading of his two...
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Nov 14, 20235 min
Transfer verb patterns with yi 以 and yü 於
This is an old note of mine, in which I tried to propose a framework for the typical usage of "transfer verbs" with yi 以 and yü 於. In...
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Nov 13, 20235 min
Discussion on “嗇” in Guodian Laozi B Strip One
In this paper, I try to find out what the mysterious graph in Guodian Laozi B strip one means. 1. Research Question: What word is the...
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Nov 13, 202319 min
Discussion on the Origin of the Middle Chinese Rising Tone
In this paper, I discuss the issues about Tsu-lin Mei’s well-accepted proposal that the final glottal stop is the origin of the MC rising...
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Nov 13, 20232 min
Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit)
A friend shared with me his son's recent performance in one of the greatest plays by the Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt...
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Nov 13, 20233 min
Die Klagen über die Zeit in der klassischen chinesischen Literatur
I had much fun writing this German essay, "Die Klagen über die Zeit in der klassischen chinesischen Literatur" ("Complaints about Time in...
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Nov 13, 202317 min
芙蓉女兒誄
The rainy winter days in Seattle always remind me of the rainy winter days in Chongqing, where I always sat in my tiny bedroom, reading...
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