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  1. “Do not underestimate small problems: one crack can sink a ship. Do not underestimate small creatures: one fly can poison you. Do not underestimate the small-minded: one petty fool can plunder a nation.”

    attributed to Guan Yinzi, the gate guard who allegedly stopped Laozi as he was abandoning civilization and got him to write down the Dao; translation mine. ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&

    #classicalchinese #philosophy #subtweet

  2. “Do not underestimate small problems: one crack can sink a ship. Do not underestimate small creatures: one fly can poison you. Do not underestimate the small-minded: one petty fool can plunder a nation.”

    attributed to Guan Yinzi, the gate guard who allegedly stopped Laozi as he was abandoning civilization and got him to write down the Dao; translation mine. ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&

    #classicalchinese #philosophy #subtweet

  3. Ali Express scores: I got this massive tome of major Classical Chinese texts for $6. No footnotes, no commentary, no hints in modern language, just 700 pages of public domain text #classicalchinese #aliexpressfinds

  4. Ali Express scores: I got this massive tome of major Classical Chinese texts for $6. No footnotes, no commentary, no hints in modern language, just 700 pages of public domain text #classicalchinese #aliexpressfinds

  5. Ali Express scores: I got this massive tome of major Classical Chinese texts for $6. No footnotes, no commentary, no hints in modern language, just 700 pages of public domain text #classicalchinese #aliexpressfinds

  6. Ali Express scores: I got this massive tome of major Classical Chinese texts for $6. No footnotes, no commentary, no hints in modern language, just 700 pages of public domain text #classicalchinese #aliexpressfinds

  7. Ali Express scores: I got this massive tome of major Classical Chinese texts for $6. No footnotes, no commentary, no hints in modern language, just 700 pages of public domain text #classicalchinese #aliexpressfinds

  8. #DOTD in #ModernChina : Zhang Shizhao #章士釗 (1881–1973), Chinese educator, journalist, and politician. Editor of the journal The Tiger 甲寅, he promoted Confucian values and #ClassicalChinese education in the wake of the #NewCultureMovement #新文化運動. #CulturalConservative #China

  9. If you're a #ChinaStudies person, a scholar of #AncientChina, or just interested in #ClassicalChinese poetry, #ChinesePhilosophy, or the #YiJIng...
    ... would you mind adding your name to this form? forms.gle/e2QC4hGmrZ94GXP5A

    And please pass it along to anyone you think would be interested.

    Relevant to:
    #Laozi #Confucius
    #Historians #ChineseLiterature #Daoism

  10. If you're a #ChinaStudies person, a scholar of #AncientChina, or just interested in #ClassicalChinese poetry, #ChinesePhilosophy, or the #YiJIng...
    ... would you mind adding your name to this form? forms.gle/e2QC4hGmrZ94GXP5A

    And please pass it along to anyone you think would be interested.

    Relevant to:
    #Laozi #Confucius
    #Historians #ChineseLiterature #Daoism

  11. I recently went over a tribute I wrote for Matteo Ricci. He was an amazing scholar of Chinese born over 400 years ago who was the first Western advisor to the Chinese court in the Forbidden City. See the tribute I posted below. #chinese #scholars #classicalchinese #matteoricci
    bit.ly/3czDfgq