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A Summer Quatrain
This article analyzes Li Qingzhao’s A Summer Quatrain. Set against the Jingkang Incident, it traces the poem’s allusions. By praising Xiang Yu, the work satirizes the Southern Song court’s cowardice and implicitly criticizes her husband’s shameful flight, revealing the poet’s bold patriotism.
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Why Chasing Joy Makes You Miserable
This commentary on Zhuangzi – Zhile argues chasing joy brings misery. It interprets core parables including Zhuangzi singing at his wife’s death, the skull’s dream and the sea‑bird fable, advocating wu‑wei and non‑clinging.
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Chapter 18. Perfect Happiness (Zhi Le)
This Zhuangzi ‑ Zhile (Perfect Happiness) chapter argues true happiness lies in wu‑wei. Featuring famous tales like Zhuangzi singing over his wife’s death and the seabird parable, it teaches accepting natural life‑death transformation.
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Your View of the World Is Only as Big as the Mouth of Your Well
This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Qiushui explores perspective relativity via He Bo’s humbling encounter with the ocean. It analyzes the well‑frog parable and the fish‑joy debate, urging us to transcend narrow mental boundaries.
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Suan La Fen Near Me: A Foreigner’s Guide
This practical foreign‑oriented guide covers authentic Sichuan‑style Suan La Fen. It shares app search tips, key dish features, recommended spots, dietary notes, popular chains and reliable instant‑noodle brands.
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To Little Yellow Chick [Poems]
Like duckweed drifting, you suddenly entered my humble gate,Coming and going in such haste, there was no time for warmth to stay.Fate was too shallow to keep the shadow of your yellow feathers,Leaving only my longing tied to the mossy traces you left behind.Master Tao long ago understood the cycle of life and death,Yet…