Cen Wenben(岑文本): The Chancellor Who Wanted to A...
Cen Wenben wrote the edicts that governed the Tang empire at its zenith—and believed, with full Taoist conviction, that civilisation was a mistake. His Reply to the Issue of Abolishing...
Cen Wenben(岑文本): The Chancellor Who Wanted to A...
Cen Wenben wrote the edicts that governed the Tang empire at its zenith—and believed, with full Taoist conviction, that civilisation was a mistake. His Reply to the Issue of Abolishing...
Wei Shikang(韦世康): The Minister Who Kept Asking ...
Wei Shikang was one of the highest-ranking officials of the early Sui dynasty—and spent the last decades of his life asking, politely but persistently, to be allowed to go home....
Wei Shikang(韦世康): The Minister Who Kept Asking ...
Wei Shikang was one of the highest-ranking officials of the early Sui dynasty—and spent the last decades of his life asking, politely but persistently, to be allowed to go home....
Lu Sidao(卢思道): The Darkest Voice in Taoist Phil...
Lu Sidao served three dynasties, held high office, and was admired by his peers. Then he wrote, with the clarity of a man who has studied his own life and...
Lu Sidao(卢思道): The Darkest Voice in Taoist Phil...
Lu Sidao served three dynasties, held high office, and was admired by his peers. Then he wrote, with the clarity of a man who has studied his own life and...
Figures of Taoism: Wang Bao 王褒
Wang Bao (510–574), a renowned Northern Zhou writer, harmonized Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, favoring Daoist immortality practices. He valued each tradition’s role in moral and spiritual cultivation, blending philosophical depth...
Figures of Taoism: Wang Bao 王褒
Wang Bao (510–574), a renowned Northern Zhou writer, harmonized Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, favoring Daoist immortality practices. He valued each tradition’s role in moral and spiritual cultivation, blending philosophical depth...
Wang Ji(王绩): The Drunken Sage Who Wrote His Own...
Wang Ji quit his government post, built a cottage on a river islet, and spent the rest of his life drinking, playing the zither, and walking in the mountains. He...
Wang Ji(王绩): The Drunken Sage Who Wrote His Own...
Wang Ji quit his government post, built a cottage on a river islet, and spent the rest of his life drinking, playing the zither, and walking in the mountains. He...
Empress Xiao(萧皇后): The Empress Who Quoted Laozi
Empress Xiao watched her husband Emperor Yang of Sui destroy one of the greatest empires in the world. Her only surviving work—the Ode to Expressing My Aspirations—quotes Laozi chapter by...
Empress Xiao(萧皇后): The Empress Who Quoted Laozi
Empress Xiao watched her husband Emperor Yang of Sui destroy one of the greatest empires in the world. Her only surviving work—the Ode to Expressing My Aspirations—quotes Laozi chapter by...