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nicholasba

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Q: has anyone read chinese classics?

i have found zhuangzi and 36 stratagems quite enlightening

13 years 5 days ago in Culture - China

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nicholasba

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seems no one has. Wonder who is that fag that thumbed me down..

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wasn't me :-)

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nicholasba:

i have never doubt it;)

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99Silva:

wazinut me _ p_

13 years 4 days ago

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TedDBayer:

probably silva, she does everybody

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bill8899

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I read some old Chinese short stories. Good stuff.

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ambivalentmace

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outlaws of the marsh was decent literature, but it seems everybody had to kill a tiger to prove your a good fighter, strange how you need 4 friends to help you fight now to be a good fighter,

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99Silva

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No, I haven't! I'm into watching movies not reading so much....sorries...

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There are cookies, bookies and too many rookies for me to sit here trying to be a hooky! Looky Looky don't call me a wooky. Touchy Touchy Feely Feely Spicy Spicy Nicey Nicey & that's what the doctor Ordered!!

happywanderer

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How about shan hai jing?

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happywanderer

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Nicholas could you please elaborate on why you found them enlightening?

nicholasba:

to put it simple: 36 stratagems are a good insight to understand how chinese people do business. Regarding Zhuang Zi I found many thing usefull to better understand martial arts and life...

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sorrel

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i've read 3 out of the 4 classic Chinese novels - interesting but quite challenging in terms of having to get your head around some ideas.

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bayuvar139

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Yes, I have read three of them [laboriously - a bit much for a Western mind]...

1] Dreams of the Read Mansion

2] Outlaws of the Marsh

3] The Three Kingdoms

Took me a year, ayahh!

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