It is amazing to consider that Ch’an Master Han Shan still sits-upright in modern China – hundreds of years after his passing whilst sat in meditation. What an example to set for us all…
Author: Adrian (釋大道)
Adrian Chan-Wyles is a British expert specialising in the forensic translation of historical and contemporary political, cultural and philosophical Chinese texts - providing reliable English language interpretations. A number of his English language articles (interpreting Chinese affairs) have been published within the PRC - referenced in a number of Chinese language academic and news texts as examples of reliable transliterations regarding the (correct) 'foreign' understanding of Chinese culture.
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