The Three Gorges – Part 1
Sandouping is a town in Yiling District of Yichang city in the Chinese province of Hubei. It is located on the southern bank of the…
Chinese New Year holidays is a time where I re-read my favourite books. In school days from Form 1 to 4, I would borrow from…
View More Chinese New Year – Part 1Re-reading these 2 books on Tun Dr Ismail reveal a lifestyle and an innocent 1915 to 1973 era long gone. [To illustrate, as a boy…
View More Tun Dr IsmailWhy was a comprehensive system of Chinese schools needed to be established in Malaya by the Chinese when the British colonial master was in control?…
View More The Establishment of Chinese Schools in Colonial MalayaThe Cambridge History of China is the most comprehensive set of history on China in the English language. It is also the most expensive. Each…
View More The Cambridge History of ChinaI bought this book Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilisations edited by Arthur Cotterell, published 1993, in KL for Christmas reading 2002. I was introduced to…
View More Encyclopedia of Classical CivilizationsThe Ming dynasty was a time where Chinese civilization continued to progress. The advances allowed the literati class to aim and live a refined life.…
View More The Art of Living SimplyThis 2004 book is a collection of 14 essays on how the inhabitants of Shanghai lived and survived in Shanghai under Japanese occupation. An interesting…
View More In the Shadow of the Rising SunMuch hay has been made by the Ukrainian President that he moved Christmas Day to 25 Dec to show that Ukraine is not under the…
View More Divisions in Christianity and Conflict between Taoism and Buddhism in China – Part 2Religious divisions afflict the minds and souls of its believers. It is thus taken seriously by the emperor of the day. As Constantine the Great…
View More Divisions in Christianity and Conflict between Taoism and Buddhism in China – Part 1The Three Perfections, or Three Incomparables refer to the poetry, calligraphy and the painting on a Chinese painting. This slim book of 64 page is…
View More The Three Perfections