Month: October 2021

Mother of Mencius The story starts out by talking about how Mencius’ mother wanted the best for him at a young age in order to spur his development into becoming a student of the arts. It then describes a story of Mencius’ mother teaching Mencius that when he neglects his work, he then ruins the… Continue reading Mencius’ Mother

In northern Chinas Shanxi Province, there has been a large amount of flooding that has lead to 15 deaths and 3 missing people. About 1.75 million people have been affected by the floods and 120,000 were displaced from their homes. They received more than 3 times the monthly rainfall for October in just five days. The… Continue reading Flooding in China 10/12/21

After a week break due to the weather cancelling last Sunday’s drum circle, I went back to it this past Sunday with a lot of hope for what it could bring. While I did enjoy the dancing last time, I wanted to prefer doing the drumming instead. The event itself always brings in an energetic… Continue reading My Second Experience in the Drum Circle

This documentary was incredibly eye-opening on many fronts, most of them heartbreaking, with one fact in particular sticking in my mind: that the mass incarceration of the Uyghur ethnic group currently taking place in China is on a scale unprecedented since the incarceration of Jewish people during the Holocaust. While such a comparison may not… Continue reading PBS China Undercover

Recently I watched a Chinese film from 2009 titled “Mulan: Rise of a Warrior” or “Mulan: Legendary Warrior” (depending on the translation). It was based off of the possibly historic/legendary “Ballad of Hua Mulan”, which is the oldest known telling of the famous heroine’s story and was probably composed during the Northern Wei dynasty, possibly around… Continue reading Mulan: Rise of a Warrior Film

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure to attend the second ICR meeting for IACA.  A few weeks before we were able to meet Kwan and learn about the story of how he ended up in Indianapolis. This past week we were able to learn all about Benny and overall Chinese Immigration. To Begin, Benny Ko… Continue reading Meeting Benny Ko, ICR Meeting #2

#BoycottMulan began to spiral on Twitter around this time last year due to uncovered allegations of Disney filming part of Mulan in Xinjiang, which is a region in China where it was believed that 1 million detained Muslims (mostly ethnic Uighur) Inside internment camps. The article I read went on to discuss how in Los… Continue reading Mulan: 2020s Most Controversial Film

[2:15] The Master said: “You, shall I teach you about knowledge? What you know, you know, what you don’t know, you don’t know. This is knowledge.” I personally agree with what Confucius is saying here when he says that knowledge, is knowing how much you and how much you don’t, because often now a-days people… Continue reading Confucius

#64 “…. A tree too big to embrace is born from a slender shoot. A nine-story rises from a pile of earth. A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. Act and you ruin it. Grasp and you lose it. Therefore the Sage does not act and so does not ruin Does not grasp and… Continue reading Tao te Ching

It really is crazy to think how much content you can fit in 6 weeks or so and be able to retain so much of it. Starting with Ha Jin, then onto Confucius, and things like Mencius and yin-yang, and a bunch of other elements dealing with Chinese teachings. It is cool to learn a… Continue reading China Conclusion