Translator’s Note: Julian Shchutskii was a Soviet intellectual who could have changed the world for the Socialist Cause if only he had taken a different direction in
Category: Daoism (Philosophical)
Exploring the Qianfeng School of Wu Liu Daoism based in Beijing – and all things ‘Daoist’!
Email: The Iron Pillar Cross of the Three Kingdoms! (31.7.2020)
This story seems to be officially recorded, but I have not been able to find any pictures of the cross within Chinese language sources. The Nestorian arrival of 635 CE is clearly supported by a 12 foot stele which everyone can still see today! By coincidence, I found the ‘BitterWinter’ site you mentioned. I am checking whether ‘Prof. Daniel Williams ever taught in China – as his work is anti-China propaganda and I doubt he would be allowed in if that’s his attitude. Anyway, whilst supposedly being an expert on the subject of Christianity in China, he did not even know the story of the Iron Cross mentioned above. Besides, I don’t like his tone!
The Importance of Humility
The Judgement MODESTY creates success. The superior man carries things through. The Image Within the earth, a mountain: The image of modesty. Thus the superior man reduces that
Gongfu: When Taijiquan Fought White Crane (1954)
Translator’s Note: If the dates in the below Chinese lanuage text are correct, then in 1954 Master Wu Gongyi would have been 76! This may be compared
The Orgasmic ‘Bliss’ of Monastic Practice
The ‘bliss’ associated with higher levels of contemplation and meditation, is, in my experience, a body-wide muscular contraction that continuously ripples up and down. This
The Concept of ‘Animal Rights’ in China – Dispelling Western Myths
(Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) ‘French enlightenment thinker Rousseau briefly described the concept of animal rights in his preface to “On the Origin and Foundation of Human Inequality “, saying that
