The Story of Princess Shanyin’s Harem
Princess Shanyin once told her brother: “You have more than 10,000 women in your palaces, and I only have one husband, and this is unfair.” …
Chinese quotes in English, with meaning, origin and usage. Chinese proverbs about learning, work, family, friendship, wisdom, etc.
Princess Shanyin once told her brother: “You have more than 10,000 women in your palaces, and I only have one husband, and this is unfair.” …
Author: Mo Yan. Origin: The Republic of Wine, chapter 3, page. 25 “People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.”― Mo …
Author: Sun Tzu. Origin: Chapter III · Strategic Attack, The Art of War (roughly 5th century BC). 知可战与不可战者胜。“He who knows when he can fight and …
Origin: Zhou Enlai to the Chinese Communist Party Congress, as quoted in The New York Times (1 September 1973). Zhou Enlai (1898 – 1976), 周恩来, …
Author: Liu Xiaobo. Origin: From No Enemies, No Hatred: Selected Essays and Poems, pag.83 “Ultra-nationalism” stands naked as nothing but a euphemism for the worship …
Origin: From the documentary “China on China, Culture for Billions” by Schulz Contreras, Lisbet & Jarnebrink, Lollo. “China’s censorship is not as rigorous as everyone …
Origin: “Farewell to Perfect Du” (许渊冲大师翻译), in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 37. …
Meaning: It’s important to think and try to understand before acting. Origin: “Dr. Sun Yat-sen, father of the Chinese Republic, realized the detrimental effects of …
Origin: Mozi, Book 4; Universal Love III Meaning: Criticism without constructivism is pointless. 非人者必有以易之,若非人而無以易之,譬之猶以水救火也,其說將必無可焉。 Whoever criticizes others must have something to replace them.Criticism without suggestion …
Origin: The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching ascribed to Laozi. Meaning: even the longest and most difficult ventures have a …
Meaning: of a person who has limited outlook and life experience. From Zhuangzi. 莊子/秋水 Zhuang Zhou (commonly known as Zhuangzi, 庄子, literally “Master Zhuang”), was …
Origin of the quote: Chapter II, Analects, an ancient Chinese book composed of a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius …
Origin of the quote: Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Kissinger Associates, recalls meeting with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s, when the nation still …