The Basics The Visual Structure This character is made of two clear parts: Put them together: a pig under a roof.At first glance, that might seem odd – why would a pig define “home”? But think like an ancient farmer: in early agricultural societies, pigs were the most valuable domestic animals. They provided meat,…
-by Zhou Dunyi (Song Dynasty) Among the flowers of land and water, many are lovely. During the Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming alone loved the chrysanthemum. Since the Tang Dynasty, people have greatly favored the peony.
6.30 Zigong said, “If a ruler not only conferred wide benefits upon the common people, but also compassed the salvation of the whole State, what would you say of him? Surely, you would call him benevolent?”
6.17The Master said, “Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
Sun Wukong is portrayed in Journey to the West as quick-witted and rhetorically adept. Notably, statistical analyses of the novel reveal that of its approximately 300 cited classical quotations, Sun Wukong alone delivers 110 lines—over a third of the total.