Take advantage of the enemy’s internecine fight and make use of its weakness and lack of judgment. Sui: At nightfall, return home to rest. A regular element in offensive operations, surprise can be effected by the deception of the enemy as well as the mobility of one’ own troops. A cautious commander understands that, in […]
Each year, when the Spring Festival is coming, Chinese people will rush to come back home to reunite. From the south to the north, from the city to the village, the whole country will pass the spring transportation period, the students need to come back home, the people who work outside also hurry to back. […]
If you’ve noticed the emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games, you may know it is a Chinese seal. Seal cutting is based on Chinese calligraphy. It takes Chinese characters as its form of expression, using craving knives instead of writing brushes, and stone instead of the paper. It can be viewed as a pocket edition […]
A Chinese dinner host will not expect a visitor to know all of the traditions associated with a Chinese meal. But the visitor who knows some of them will “gain” face and give “face” to his host. Chinese table manners include: 1. Don’t “jump the gun”—always eat after your host. 2. When the host proposes […]
Chinese think that tea drinking is a very sophisticated pastime. In Chinese classical novels, if someone drinks tea out of a big cup to quench his thirst, the action is called “drink”, like a cow drinking water. Scholars would use fine cups to drink tea and the word to use is “savor”. Tea drinking starts […]
The phrase “remaining indifferent whether granted favor or subjected to humiliation” describes a person as having the peace of mind to carry on as usual regardless of finding oneself in a favorable or unfavorable situation. Ancient Chinese philosophers advocated an attitude of treating the ups and downs of life as a common phenomenon like blossoming […]
Many westerners don’t understand why Chinese people eat dogs. After some of them have studied Chinese, they realized that the word “dog” is used in many derogatory expressions. Some of those are “a running dog”, “stinky dog droppings” or “like a dog who bites on the strength of its master’s power”. This last one describes […]
In China, the 1st important event for the newly born baby is the one-month celebration. In Buddhist or Taoist families, on the morning of the baby’s 30th day, sacrifices are offered to the gods so that the gods will protect the baby in his subsequent life. Ancestors are also virtually informed of the arrival of […]
In China, ancient weapons were developed out of tools in the Neolithic Age. Needs of living and hunt made the forefathers at that time create stone axes and stone knives. Later on, as an intertribal annexation war occurred, weapons were developed. The early weapons in China were mainly bows and arrows, spears, dagger-axes, knives, and […]
It so happened during the Spring and Autumn Period that King Zhuang (?-951BC) of the State of Chu was feting his ministers when the lamps suddenly went out. Taking advantage of the darkness, someone among the ministers made a pass at a favorite concubine of the king. The woman broke free and tore off that […]