* A Mirror For The Romantic (i.e. Big Fat Asian Novels)
* General Relativity
* String Theory
* Translation and Commentary on the Huainanzi
* Mythology of Death and the Afterlife†
† Class I personally organized and designed the syllabus for.
* General Relativity
* String Theory
* Translation and Commentary on the Huainanzi
* Mythology of Death and the Afterlife†
† Class I personally organized and designed the syllabus for.
Tell me five classes you took in college:
*Science Fiction by Women
*Science and Pseudoscience: An Investigative Approach
*Japanese Performing Arts
*Movement for Singers
*Medieval Myth & Modern Narrative
*Science Fiction by Women
*Science and Pseudoscience: An Investigative Approach
*Japanese Performing Arts
*Movement for Singers
*Medieval Myth & Modern Narrative
Tell me five classes you took in college:
• How People Speak and How People Think
• Music History: The Romantics
• The Political Geography of Russia & the former Soviet Union
• Physics for Poets
• Music Composition
• How People Speak and How People Think
• Music History: The Romantics
• The Political Geography of Russia & the former Soviet Union
• Physics for Poets
• Music Composition
September 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
* A Mirror For The Romantic (i.e. Big Fat Asian Novels)
* General Relativity
* String Theory
* Translation and Commentary on the Huainanzi
* Mythology of Death and the Afterlife†
† Class I personally organized and designed the syllabus for.
* General Relativity
* String Theory
* Translation and Commentary on the Huainanzi
* Mythology of Death and the Afterlife†
† Class I personally organized and designed the syllabus for.
When the cunning rabbit is caught,
the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down,
the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down,
the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker
February 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
When the cunning rabbit is caught,
the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down,
the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down,
the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
上求材，臣殘木；
上求魚，臣乾谷。
When the ruler wants a plank, his officials cut down a tree.
When the ruler wants a fish, his officials dry up a valley.
Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
上求魚，臣乾谷。
When the ruler wants a plank, his officials cut down a tree.
When the ruler wants a fish, his officials dry up a valley.
Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone
The man, who has now been suspended, was taking a selfie when he dropped his phone into the water.
www.bbc.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
上求材，臣殘木；
上求魚，臣乾谷。
When the ruler wants a plank, his officials cut down a tree.
When the ruler wants a fish, his officials dry up a valley.
Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
上求魚，臣乾谷。
When the ruler wants a plank, his officials cut down a tree.
When the ruler wants a fish, his officials dry up a valley.
Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
March 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"Greedy, foolish, and brutal people cause damage to kind people of the world; as a result, tens of thousands of people will become restless, and no one can live in peace and stability."
~ The Huáinánzǐ 淮南子,The Masters/Philosophers of Huainan (2nd-century BC)
#Sculpture
~ The Huáinánzǐ 淮南子,The Masters/Philosophers of Huainan (2nd-century BC)
#Sculpture
March 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Greedy, foolish, and brutal people cause damage to kind people of the world; as a result, tens of thousands of people will become restless, and no one can live in peace and stability."
~ The Huáinánzǐ 淮南子,The Masters/Philosophers of Huainan (2nd-century BC)
#Sculpture
~ The Huáinánzǐ 淮南子,The Masters/Philosophers of Huainan (2nd-century BC)
#Sculpture
ensure a bountiful harvest.
According to the Huainanzi, "clay dragons could bring rain(土龍致雨)". Shanhaijing explains: The Responding Dragon was originally a deity who created clouds and rain in heaven. Later, it agreed to help the Yellow Emperor fight against Chi You and Kua Fu. Using water as 2/3
According to the Huainanzi, "clay dragons could bring rain(土龍致雨)". Shanhaijing explains: The Responding Dragon was originally a deity who created clouds and rain in heaven. Later, it agreed to help the Yellow Emperor fight against Chi You and Kua Fu. Using water as 2/3
December 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
ensure a bountiful harvest.
According to the Huainanzi, "clay dragons could bring rain(土龍致雨)". Shanhaijing explains: The Responding Dragon was originally a deity who created clouds and rain in heaven. Later, it agreed to help the Yellow Emperor fight against Chi You and Kua Fu. Using water as 2/3
According to the Huainanzi, "clay dragons could bring rain(土龍致雨)". Shanhaijing explains: The Responding Dragon was originally a deity who created clouds and rain in heaven. Later, it agreed to help the Yellow Emperor fight against Chi You and Kua Fu. Using water as 2/3
the more cursed version iirc comes from the huainanzi which is "once all the deer are caught in the mountain the hunting dogs are turned into stew"
September 16, 2023 at 4:34 PM
the more cursed version iirc comes from the huainanzi which is "once all the deer are caught in the mountain the hunting dogs are turned into stew"
to be good you need to make your will breast-like (supple), but ass-like (clenched) when it needs to be
-huainanzi
-huainanzi
January 6, 2024 at 7:26 PM
to be good you need to make your will breast-like (supple), but ass-like (clenched) when it needs to be
-huainanzi
-huainanzi
When the cunning rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They're crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks.
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
www.ft.com/content/a0df...
January 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
When the cunning rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
-- Huainanzi tr. Major et. al.
During Emperor Yao's time, ten suns appeared simultaneously, and creatures like Jiuying caused harm to the people. Therefore, Emperor Yao sent the divine archer Hou Yi to eliminate these threats, and he shot Jiuying above the fierce waters. Jiuying is mentioned in Huainanzi, in ALT.
2/2
2/2
October 19, 2024 at 2:40 AM
During Emperor Yao's time, ten suns appeared simultaneously, and creatures like Jiuying caused harm to the people. Therefore, Emperor Yao sent the divine archer Hou Yi to eliminate these threats, and he shot Jiuying above the fierce waters. Jiuying is mentioned in Huainanzi, in ALT.
2/2
2/2
I'm already loving _The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China_ (will refer to as TH) as opposed to its abridged version - _The Essential Huainanzi_. (will refer to as EH)
Here is one reason:
Here is one reason:
December 8, 2024 at 3:24 AM
I'm already loving _The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China_ (will refer to as TH) as opposed to its abridged version - _The Essential Huainanzi_. (will refer to as EH)
Here is one reason:
Here is one reason:
fwiw the Huainanzi agrees with my DDJ interpretation. It comments (1.9):
"What we call 無為 is to not anticipate the activity of things. What we call 無不為 means to adapt to what things have done"
This treats both 無為 and 無不為 as describing "actions", rather than view 無不為 as describing a result
"What we call 無為 is to not anticipate the activity of things. What we call 無不為 means to adapt to what things have done"
This treats both 無為 and 無不為 as describing "actions", rather than view 無不為 as describing a result
May 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
fwiw the Huainanzi agrees with my DDJ interpretation. It comments (1.9):
"What we call 無為 is to not anticipate the activity of things. What we call 無不為 means to adapt to what things have done"
This treats both 無為 and 無不為 as describing "actions", rather than view 無不為 as describing a result
"What we call 無為 is to not anticipate the activity of things. What we call 無不為 means to adapt to what things have done"
This treats both 無為 and 無不為 as describing "actions", rather than view 無不為 as describing a result
'THE OLD MAN LOST HIS HORSE' FROM THE #HUAINANZI– THE CLASSICAL CHINESE VIEW OF THE PROVERBIAL NATURE OF THINGS
"Good luck and bad luck create each other and it is difficult to foresee their change.
"Good luck and bad luck create each other and it is difficult to foresee their change.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
'THE OLD MAN LOST HIS HORSE' FROM THE #HUAINANZI– THE CLASSICAL CHINESE VIEW OF THE PROVERBIAL NATURE OF THINGS
"Good luck and bad luck create each other and it is difficult to foresee their change.
"Good luck and bad luck create each other and it is difficult to foresee their change.
故子夏心戰而臞，得道而肥。
“Thus when [Confucius’ disciple] Zixia clashed with his own mind, he grew thin; when he attained the Way, he fattened up again.”
The Huainanzi is full of little gems like this.
January 6, 2024 at 2:26 AM
故子夏心戰而臞，得道而肥。
“Thus when [Confucius’ disciple] Zixia clashed with his own mind, he grew thin; when he attained the Way, he fattened up again.”
The Huainanzi is full of little gems like this.
En temps de l'Emperador Groc, Cangjie 倉頡 va inventar l'escriptura observant amb quatre ulls les petges dels animals, les muntanyes, els rius i els núvols. Segons el «Huainanzi» aquella nit monstres i ancestres van plorar i del cel va ploure mill 蒼頡作書，而天雨粟，鬼夜哭.
September 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
En temps de l'Emperador Groc, Cangjie 倉頡 va inventar l'escriptura observant amb quatre ulls les petges dels animals, les muntanyes, els rius i els núvols. Segons el «Huainanzi» aquella nit monstres i ancestres van plorar i del cel va ploure mill 蒼頡作書，而天雨粟，鬼夜哭.
視書，
In looking at writings,
上有酒者，下必有肉，
if there is the character "wine" above,
the character "meat" will certainly be below.
上有年者，下必有月，
If" year" is above,
"month" will certainly be below.
以類而取之。
We can pick them out according to their categories.
- The Huainanzi, 130s BC tr. Major et. al
In looking at writings,
上有酒者，下必有肉，
if there is the character "wine" above,
the character "meat" will certainly be below.
上有年者，下必有月，
If" year" is above,
"month" will certainly be below.
以類而取之。
We can pick them out according to their categories.
- The Huainanzi, 130s BC tr. Major et. al
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
July 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
視書，
In looking at writings,
上有酒者，下必有肉，
if there is the character "wine" above,
the character "meat" will certainly be below.
上有年者，下必有月，
If" year" is above,
"month" will certainly be below.
以類而取之。
We can pick them out according to their categories.
- The Huainanzi, 130s BC tr. Major et. al
In looking at writings,
上有酒者，下必有肉，
if there is the character "wine" above,
the character "meat" will certainly be below.
上有年者，下必有月，
If" year" is above,
"month" will certainly be below.
以類而取之。
We can pick them out according to their categories.
- The Huainanzi, 130s BC tr. Major et. al
I want to respond with a huainanzi quote but I think it would be too cursed
October 7, 2023 at 3:19 PM
I want to respond with a huainanzi quote but I think it would be too cursed
Thinking back on this part of the Huainanzi (139 BCE), which I used in my Data Journalism class last fall (Nov. 7, to be precise):
![Screengrab of a page from the book Huainanzi:
"The Admonitions of Yao says, "Trembling and shaking, take heed day by day. People do not stumble over a mountain; they stumble over an anthill." This is why those who look lightly on small harms and scorn minor affairs will have many regrets. Worrying about a calamity once it has arrived is like a sick person’s searching for a good doctor once he has already become critically ill. Even if [the doctor] has the skill of a Bian Que or a Yu Fu, [the patient] will still not live.
The arrival of calamity is generated by human beings; the arrival of good fortune is effected by human beings.
Calamity and good fortune share a gateway; benefit and harm are neighbors.
No one who is not a spirit or sage can distinguish them."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzbl43dvk2b5qgbcvynq33on/bafkreiapy7vekjuu5zrkabdol5himvkyrf7uvytwivazmftiopqgtdfzjq)
January 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Thinking back on this part of the Huainanzi (139 BCE), which I used in my Data Journalism class last fall (Nov. 7, to be precise):
Zz ch. 22 quotes the daodejing: 無為而無不為, translatable either as "doing nothing, yet nothing not done" or as "non-doing and non-not-doing". on that latter reading, transition is a perfect example (longer discussion but i think the second reading is historically attested in the huainanzi)
August 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Zz ch. 22 quotes the daodejing: 無為而無不為, translatable either as "doing nothing, yet nothing not done" or as "non-doing and non-not-doing". on that latter reading, transition is a perfect example (longer discussion but i think the second reading is historically attested in the huainanzi)
When the cunning rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
(huainanzi tr. Major)
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
(huainanzi tr. Major)
December 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM
When the cunning rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked.
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
(huainanzi tr. Major)
When the high-flying bird is shot down, the strong crossbow is put into storage.
(huainanzi tr. Major)
"When society is orderly, the common people are upright and cannot be seduced by profit. When society is disorderly, the elite are villainous and cannot be stopped by the law."
*Huainanzi*, translation by Thomas Cleary in *The Taoist Classics" vol. I
#huainanzi #taoism
*Huainanzi*, translation by Thomas Cleary in *The Taoist Classics" vol. I
#huainanzi #taoism
April 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"When society is orderly, the common people are upright and cannot be seduced by profit. When society is disorderly, the elite are villainous and cannot be stopped by the law."
*Huainanzi*, translation by Thomas Cleary in *The Taoist Classics" vol. I
#huainanzi #taoism
*Huainanzi*, translation by Thomas Cleary in *The Taoist Classics" vol. I
#huainanzi #taoism