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Mencian Child-Rearing
Jeremiah, over at the new and improved Granite Studio, calls me out on the question of child-rearing in Mencius. Glad to be of service… He is discussing the "household instructions" left by a scholar-official long about… Continue reading
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Dust Off Your A. N. Whitehead
UPDATED: see below…. The new semester is upon us! Posting has fallen off a bit because I am working on my syllabuses (syllabi?) for my classes (one on Chinese politics and a tutorial on ancient Chinese philosophy). But I will… Continue reading
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The Tao of Obama
I know: Taoism is not really a good analytic framework for US politics (largely because Taoism is, in itself, anti-analytic, but that is another story…). Too much weirdness about keeping people uninformed and hiding the weapons and all… Continue reading
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Walking the Dogs with Confucius and Chuang Tzu
When I am around my dogs – two beagle-mutts, Rudy and Larry – I am more Confucian than Taoist. I was reminded of this again today when my wife and I took them both for a walk. … Continue reading
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That’s Why I Love Guangzhou
This site has been blocked in China for the past couple of weeks, as have all Typepad blogs…again. I noticed it on one of my site meters: all the China readers disappeared. What a drag. I have thought… Continue reading
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Synthetic Biology
I have drifted away from Taoism in recent weeks. A trip to an election in another country will do that to you… But I saw a story in today’s NYT that had my Taoist antenna tingling: Scientists Take… Continue reading
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Preparing to Teach “Confucius”
Alan, over at Frog in a Well, has a post up about teaching Confucius. He raises an interesting question: …It has long been accepted that at least some bits of Analects are much later than Confucius, and that some… Continue reading
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Sun Tzu on how the Giants can win the Super Bowl
I am back in my office at Williams in rural northwestern Massachusetts. A far cry from the intense urban-ness of Taibei and Hong Kong. But the great advantage of this place, for me, is that it is home.… Continue reading
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Lots of Travel, Little Blogging
The bad news: a long, long flight from Hong Kong to Taibei to LA to Chicago to Albany. The good news: business class on China Air from Taibei to LA. The bad news: a ten hour(!)… Continue reading
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Hong Kong Pictures
I have been rushing around this marvelous city for the past two days. I have always liked it here, ever since I first visited in 1983. There something about the energy and design of the place that draws… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 