This article explores the everlasting charm of Journey to the West. Its Monkey King gets repeatedly reinvented across animations, films and hits like Black Myth: Wukong, whose core theme of freedom versus authority strikes global audiences over centuries.
This article introduces Wang Yangming, a great Ming philosopher and general. Exiled for opposing eunuch Liu Jin, he attained enlightenment at Longchang and founded the School of Mind (mind is principle, unity of knowledge and action). He suppressed the Ning Prince rebellion and inspired a new intellectual trend, marking a key turning point in…