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This is why I'm so mad that they let the Japanese language component of the MA at my uni atrophy to shit. I am denied a well-rounded Sinological training and instead have to learn Japanese on my own.

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Looking more into this book series and they have a monograph on Bao Zheng. Delightful.

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Qin conquered the Ba and Shu kingdoms and used the geographically shielded resources to overpower the rest of the polities? I did not know that. You're telling me that for the first time.

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Made the same black background white text powerpoint with a few quotes again award

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There is a tradition that persons suffering from the Quatrain Ague (i.e. malaria) could be cured if they sleep with a copy of the 4th book of the Iliad under their pillow. books.google.com/books?id=Evo... (in this book Menelaus is injured by an archer, and is then cured by a physician, Machahon)

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Apparently there was a book called "Soviet Folk Tales about Lenin and Stalin" and I really want to just flip it through for fun but no antiquary has it and the only library at uni that has it is some sub library and you can't even borrow it for some reason.

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This is roughly the speed at which universities produce conference volumes.

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Chinese teacher is explaining 大凶 in class

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Idk why but I just feel a sense of inherent disdain towards Crowley's Tarot.

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New translation on the blog! "The Story of Judge Bao and Guanyin's Dreamtime Visit" A short story from the Longtu Gong'an 龍圖公案 You can read it HERE: juewangshidai.neocities.org/BaoZhengGuan...

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Lidl has this King Kong themed energy drink but I like to pretend that it's actually a Confucius themed energy drink.

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Tried to download a volume of Tang poetry and when the pdf opened it was just "Lu Xun Studies Volume 12" from 1988 for some reason

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Little Chen and the Dragon Brothers tells the story of a severe drought in Guilin’s Crescent Moon Mountain, where no rain had fallen for two weeks, leaving the land parched and farmers in distress. In the story, kind-hearted Xiao Chen helps the trapped dragon brothers, 1/2 #folklore #art

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New translation on the blog! "The Story of Judge Bao and Guanyin's Dreamtime Visit" A short story from the Longtu Gong'an 龍圖公案 You can read it HERE: juewangshidai.neocities.org/BaoZhengGuan...

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This is straight up just detailing a convoluted rape so far. Like 你若使昨夜性子，有麻繩、剃刀、毒藥在此，憑你死吧！(If you act as stubbornly as last night, I have ropes, a razor and poison, pick the way you die!) is probably the single most vile sentence I've ever read in Chinese. (And it's a Buddhist monk saying this!!)

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The best part about reading old vernacular shit is that while it's easier to read, I'm also constantly tormented by how much worse it is composed compared to anything written pre-Three Kingdoms like this is straight up just ass prose and nobody will know based on my translation.

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Did you know how #JinYong would rate #wuxia fiction? He cited Romance of the Three Kingdoms as an example to illustrate the critical importance of characterization as a criterion of evaluation, second only to theme exposition. hongkonger.world/2024/06/25/j...

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Chapter talking about the crimes in Bao Gongan 包公案: “Rapes with subsequent murder are counted both as murders and sexual crimes.”

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I’m at the point right now where I have this project and I keep reading for it and it just keeps getting out of line and in my head I have an entire anthology of primary sources and a companion volume/PhD envisioned for it but I’m not doing any of the fucking translationwork.

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This time it took Kumeta two chapters to start ironically bringing up Japanese nationalist talking points.

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general observations on the Rider Waite Smith tarot: - Apart from the aces, There are only 2 cards that do not depict human figures: The 3 of swords and the 8 of wands

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Now on its way to a special collections library: these Meiji era (1886) educational cards introducing Japanese students to major figures of Western history and literature, based on the classic Iroha Karuta matching game. Among those included: Newton, Homer, George Washington, Cleopatra, & Moses.

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Our article w @cosimawagner.bsky.social, Cornelis van Lit & David Wrisley, has been nominated for a DH Award (Best short publication category). If you liked our non-standard&OA article, we'd appreciate your support thru the voting site: dhawards.org/dhawards2024... (open until April 4) Thank you!

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“Terms and conditions may apply” (My third term and my conditions)

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Studying that sample is well worth the risk of a resonance cascade

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Christian Wolff, Oratio de sinarum philosophia practica

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Of course this is sort of a downstream of ancient philosophy, with a harmonious society being dependent on rectified names (zheng ming正名) that clearly establish roles and tasks for people to fulfill.

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I have this theory of JRPGs vs WRPGs that the former’s “roleplaying” in the strictest sense, that is you have stereotyped characters and you, the player are just partaking in a digital noh play: Conform to your premade role as best as you can!

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I’m really getting a kick out of things that were at one point contemporary and 20 years of technological change made them into period pieces essentially. The computer in Azumanga Daioh or the flip-phones and the MP3 in Persona 3 etc.

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Maybe a coffee will help. I wish I weren’t in class right now. Then again, even if I was free I would probably be just doing nothing.

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Every day I bless my mother for forcing me to learn German in high school instead of just dicking around with English.

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Whenever I have lunch with friends I realize that I am not plugged into uni life at all basically. Or maybe my department is just not very "communal". Almost jealous of the Buddhist guys in a sense.

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Here's a monk wearing a model of a pagoda, designed to attract attention to their fundraising efforts.

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I was wondering what I will read after this (because at this point it's a habit that I have a manga alongside a book for bedtime reading) and I was hesitating between a re-read of Evangelion or reading Joshiraku, but I went with the latter. I don't think Evangelion is what I need right now.

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DAZZLE [ #persona5 #goroakechi ]

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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei v3 - c23

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does anyone know if ebook editions from this bilingual translation series actually exist? some of are listed as having them, but i don't actually see anywhere to buy them global.oup.com/academic/con...

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Okay, so let’s talk a bit about Biheguan Zhuren’s 碧荷館主人 “New Era” (新纪元). This is a 1908 novel set in 1999 and tells the story of a world war China wages against the West to protect Hungary. The question is: “Quo vadis, Sinae?” or ”Where will have you been gone going, China?” rather. A thread:

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They finally have the entire Mengzi in Hungarian. The catch is that Tokaji is really obsessed with making all of his translations get AIslop covers...

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Finished reading Azumanga Daioh for the third time. I can't exactly remember why I got the omnibus. Firs time I read it on my phone during a beach holiday. Also don't know why I keep re-reading it. I'd never say it's "a favourite", but I went back for a third read in 10 years...

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The issue is that Twitter is now mostly for “BASED WEST” and “THE CULTURAL CRITIC” and “HITTORA’S TOP WEEB” (all run by either Mexicans or Indians) and Bluesky is just millions of pic related posting about Trump and having a pizza party/coffee at 45 as if it was exciting or enviable.

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"Thank you for ending the drought Emperor Gigachad." "What drought?"

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Honesty I would have thought this was actually legal but morally detested in ancient China but apparently if they caught you gambling they would beat the shit out of you. (From the Tang Code 唐律)

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“Not to be introduced into the British Empire and U.S.A.” A German-printed English edition of Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms”. Someone liked it a lot because they repaired the spine with tape.

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