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Not a turtle
Blog: Four Seas As Home - 10 May 2010
When I asked why all of the stelae – huge stone slabs carved with commemorative texts – are mounted on the backs of turtles, a look of horror flashed on the guide’s face. “They’re not turtles, they’re bixi – the sixth child of the dragon”. He led me around the bixi, and pointed out that [...]
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有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
Blog: Four Seas As Home - 7 May 2010
We’re now in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius. I have my personal reservations when it comes to Confucian thought – knowing one’s place in society and always deferring to authority doesn’t sound that great to me – but visiting the hometown of one of the world’s most famous philosophers is still very cool. We thought [...]
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