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守株待兔 Shǒu zhū dài tú: Waiting by the tree stump for a hare to dash against it again

守株待兔 Shǒu zhū dài tú: Waiting by the tree stump for a hare to dash against it again

There are 成语 chéngyǔ that, with the passage of time, have been reduced to mere moral platitudes. 守…

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The Fracture of Sacred Time: When the Annals of the Middle Kingdom Challenged Genesis

The Fracture of Sacred Time: When the Annals of the Middle Kingdom Challenged Genesis

Why does a dispute over Genesis matter today? At first glance, a seventeenth-century dispute over …

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Three Poems by 白居易 Bái Jūyì in Exile

Three Poems by 白居易 Bái Jūyì in Exile

The Turn of the Year 815: From Imperial Remonstrance to the Silence of 江州 Jiāngzhōu To understand t…

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The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The proclamation of the Republic of China (中华民国 Zhōnghuá Mínguó) on January 1, 1912, in 南京 Nánjīng …

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Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

In Chapter 124 of the《史记》 Shǐjì , the Records of the Grand Historian , 司马迁 Sīmǎ Qiān undertakes one…

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