A graduate of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Harvard Kennedy School, Erping has decades of experience studying China and providing insight into the country’s current and past affairs.
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There is writing skill. But personality types also matter for the job. Some people don't have the right core behavioural pattern for leadership which is hard to change and remains mostly static.
It's expensive to clone. It's free to kidnap.
tea is a huge part of my life. thank you for this lovely video 🍵
這節目做得太好了
It's a shame that we're not taught about this guy here in Italy.
Thanks for going in deed , especially the message at the end in these times . I’m American but since I was a kid always looked up to yue fei
Regarding 4:22, the round tips on the Chinese chopsticks 筷子 represent Heaven whereas the square ends at the handle of the Chinese chopsticks represent the Earth. The round and the square shapes are also represented on the Cong 琮 which is a ritual object symbolizing Heaven & Earth.
Expat is just an euphemism for I-MMI-GRANT
very informative, thank you!
This explains where Asians get their mentality of becoming rich through succeeding in college. But to think that it has a history going back thousands of years...
Great Report! Thank you for your very interesting lecture!
China has, since Deng Xiaoping, built an entirely new Chinese Soul, and the people love it. It is no accident that 95 million Chinese have volunteered to serve in the Communist Party of China. They don't elect their leaders, but they certainly do tell them what to do !
What a terrific and heartwarming video. I leaned a lot more than the just the proper use of chopsticks.
Fascinating indeed.
Apparent u bro nuce job just learned sum new
It was interesting and informative, thank you
Evil. Evil.
Your videos on Chinese Calligraphy and its history are well done and informative. Thank you for posting them.
In Makaha, Hawai'i we have Peacock from time period Kamehameha did business with China. You have information? 🫵😊
Being born in America, I was always fascinated by China. Chinese things always found their way in my room. I still have a few pieces from my collection that has survived. I've also been fascinated with calligraphy. I tried American calligraphy but instead I just wrote and wrote and wrote in my journals all the time. I recently after studying occultism found I ching. I've been doing that for a while and fell in love with the philosophy and how connected the I ching is. I also recently bought some things to do Chinese calligraphy and study the language. I didn't realize how connected calligraphy and I ching were connected. I felt a little confused as to why that would help me learn I ching but I wanted to read I ching in it's natural language which is Chinese. So, I said I guess I better learn the language. That way I can read and write the characters and know their meaning. I love how each character describes a scene. I still find it interesting that Calligraphy is actually part of the philosophy and had no Idea of the connection. I also found your channel and love it. I've always loved channels like this.
To describe China's "whole process democracy" as fictional is either colossal ignorance of what's happening or just another American propaganda ploy having no interest in the truth. If you honestly study this process (NOT from the American press), you cannot help but be impressed with the developments in the last forty years, since the time of Deng Xiaoping. The Chinese people are deeply involved in steering developments, and they are delighted to be so involved. Americans love their fantasy that they invented the "form" of democracy, and can rule others in or out of the club. All this lying simply indicates our own intellectual death.
Very fascinated for this video. Congratulations! Greetings from Valledupar Colombia. Shared with my students where I teach at univetsity.
What a gentleman. Subbed.
Amazing, I believe the gods work with us each and every day even if we don't pray. I have been doing divination for many years. I recently got I Ching. I've loved the Chinese culture all my life and things have found their way to me over the years. But reading the book of changes has made me want to learn to speak Chinese again. I have done English calligraphy throughout the years, not very good. Just to write letters and such. But I recently bought a few mats that look like ink when you use water so you can practice painting and it dries in a few minutes. I've also been branching out in other religions and the Tao has found me through the book of changes. I have Fallin in love with the philosophy and way of life. I often thought of being a monk as a child. Odiously I would be a nun, but I thought that was the simple life. But I feel that that lifestyle has still found me even in the busy modern world. I love how everything can be a meditation and it's not just scribbling words of a page. You're connecting with the movements and the rhythm of life through the letters and activating their sacred geometry through each one. Thank you for this compelling video and giving me some other things to look up. My husband has talked about Go a few times. Now I guess that's something else for us to do. We were playing Viking chess a lot when we first got together and for some reason we stopped.
Falun Gong Falun Dafa are lying Cult.
Thank you a lot !
Se tiver algum documentário dublado em português da batalha do lago chanjiin por favor postem Aki
so much useful information, thank you so much for sharing!
The “debt-trap” theory is concocted by Brahma Chellaney, an Indian geopolitical strategist. The “debt-trap” theory is concocted by Indians, and popularized by Americans. They concoct this theory to demonize China, Chinese and BRI projects/loans. India, US, along with EU, fear losing their control over other countries which may result from these projects. Such fears are based on their selfish and geopolitical interests. However, people from all over the world, especially from developing countries have acknowledged the needs and the actual benefits of these projects/loans. They know from their first-hand experience that there is no debt-trap. Academics and researchers have reviewed these projects, and have debunked the debt-trap theory.
Liar!
This was lovely, thank you very much! I subscribed.
Stop lying. When Americans go around started wars and threatening nations, its ok is it?
It is really nice see you at NYC, we are all growing , hopefully work together in the future ! 重阳节快乐 ！
The main reason why passing food directly from one pair of chopsticks to other is a taboo in Japan is that there is a custom to pick up loved one's bones by his family members and put them into an urn to keep right after the cremation.
The problem goes beyond China's problems and concerns each of us. The evil associated with billions of dollars in profits can overcome any boundaries, come to our house, to any family.
criminal transplantation has become the business of the Communist Party and a way of dealing with a group of people who have embarked on the path of improving their morals. Transplantation, designed to save people, has become a means of murder. The hitherto unseen evil is the destruction of the very moral basis of humanity's existence.
Mr Erping, your videos are so interesting and insightful. I always enjoy them and learn something new. Thank you for sharing.
Great video.
How could it have taken 39 years to complete the emperor's tomb??? He was 49 when he died. This means he commissioned the building of the tomb when he was 10 years old! That makes no sense. He wasnt even king until he was 13. What 10-year old is thinking about his death?? There is clearly a discrepancy here.
Greetings. I'm an American graduate student studying calligraphic theory in Taiwan. Here are my observations and critiques after viewing this video. 0:45 The literal meaning of the character 書 is "writing," not book. It is phonetic-compound based on the semantic element 聿 (yu4), which means brush, and the phonetic component 者, which was simplified to 日, thus giving us the character 書. The character 法 means method (or standard), so 書法 (calligraphy) is more accurately translated as "method of writing." See the entry for 書 in the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (說文解字). 2:20 "The Chinese language is the oldest language in continuous use." I think the presenter means "written Chinese" is the oldest continuous "written" language, as spoken "Chinese" is not a language, but rather a blanket term for over 300 languages spoken in China today. Mandarin Chinese, spoken by 70% of the Chinese population, has only been around since 1932. That said, the earliest languages spoken in China have long since died out and it is not clear at present which written language has been in use the longest. 3:10 Knowing 2-3000 characters "alone" isn't sufficient to read a newspaper. Characters can stand alone but most often they combine to from words. For example, big 大 combined with small 小 means "size" 大小, but small 小 combined with heart 心 means "careful" 小心. Some character combinations can even take on different meanings when their positions are switched, such as 蜜蜂 bee and 蜂蜜 honey. Thus, you may know every character in a sentence while still being unable to "read" it. 4:50 Qin Shihuang’s unification of China last 15 years, not 11. 5:45 Just to clarify, clerical script first appeared during the Qin, not the Han. 6:00 In cursive writing, the brush DOES of course leave the page. One can verify this simply by looking the cursive characters presented here. 7:45 There is consensus on the exact number of brush strokes (the number “37” is mentioned here) for standard script. 7:55 The running script, according the historical record, was invented by Liu Desheng 劉德昇 of the Later Han. 8:20 ”The cursive script, standard script and the running appeared during the time of the Six Dynasties." This is an odd claim. The standard, running and grass scripts all first emerged during the Han. The speaker in fact previously stated that the cursive script actually first appeared in the Han Dynasty. 9:20 Tang and Song were the “Golden Ages” of Chinese calligraphy? The Jin and Tang dynasties are typically regarded as the Golden Ages of Chinese philosophy. Contrary to what the speaker says, the latter half of the Song was actually a low point of calligraphic history as no towering figures emerged during this period (which is often characterized as a return to traditionalism). The emergence of theFour Great Calligraphers of the Northern Song (Cai Xiang, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu) on the other hand marked a high point in creativity (except for Cai Xiang who really deviated from the Jin style) though nature and status of their contributions have long been debated. Overall, the Song calligraphy is typically not seen as surpassing the splendor of the Tang, much less the Jin. This point can be illustrated by the fact that the "Top Three" running script texts hail from the Jin, Tang and Song respectively (the fourth and fifth are also from the Jin and Tang respectively). Yuan and Ming calligraphers for the most part saw the Jin as the Golden Age that has never and will never be surpassed. Some Qing calligraphers and critics even looked down upon the Tang, seeing it has having lost the ancient methodology of the Han and Six Dynasties periods. 9:35 The term “Four Treasures of the Studio” is said to have arisen during the Six Dynasties period according to Wikipedia (Chinese), though no textual evidence is provided. The earliest reference I could find is indeed from the Song. 10:20 Common misconception. Not all the brush strokes in calligraphy can be reduced to the Eight Strokes. Some obvious examples are 女, 戈 and 局. They all contain elements not found in the Eight Strokes. 10:30 The main definition of 永 yong3 is "forever” or “perpetual.” “Endurance" or "perseverance” are human traits. 永 has a wider extension than these two meanings. ” 10:35 The demonstration is not accurate. The dot typically requires an additional turning and pause before finishing the stroke. For the horizontal stroke, the edge is usually sharp or rounded, not squarish. The vertical stroke typically has slight curvature with nuance in the thickness. The hook following the vertical stroke is more restrained and should touch the left falling stroke. The left falling stroke for its part should be finished with an upward motion where the brush tip goes beyond of the boundaries of the stroke itself. The final stroke should not touch the falling left stroke. This is not an accurate depiction of how 永 should be written. One can check it against the 永 character at 10:35. 13:00 Calligraphers don’t necessarily need to find balance in themselves before writing. Running and cursive script (especially wild cursive) writings often reflect a wide range of emotions. 14:20 The great Tang calligrapher Yan Zhenqin was strangled to death, not released, on the orders of Li Xilie after the fire incident referenced in the video. Yan, due to court intrigue, was tasked with the impossible mission to persuade the rebel faction to surrender. Yan was immediately detained and then executed months later upon his continued refusal to defect. 15:35 Although Wang Xizhi is known as the Sage of Calligraphy, his seventh son, Wang Xianzhi, is typically regarded as his father’s equal. One's preference depends solely on artistic taste---Wang Xizhi for structural firmness and closer adherence to formal methods and Wang Xianzhi for his aesthetically-pleasing innovations that disintegrate the boundaries between the running and cursive scripts. 15:55 Liang Wu Di’s quote did NOT come after viewing Wang Xizhi’s Xing Rang Tie (行禳帖; the work shown in the video is a Tang copy) as stated here (or at least there is no evidence that supports this statement; the inscription of the quote seen on the left was written by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing. The famous phrase in question was actually BORROWED from Yuan Ang, a minister of the Liang court and calligraphy critic who had previously used it to describe Xiao Sihua’s (蕭思話) calligraphy. Liang Wu Du frequently discussed calligraphy with Yuan, eventually decreeing the official to produce a book critiquing the greatest calligraphers of all time. The work is entitled “Critiques of Calligraphers Past and Present” (古今書人評) and contains this famous quote that was later used to describe Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy. Side note: The final ruler of the Liang was Liang Yuan Di, who, upon his final defeat, committed his ENTIRE library, which purportedly included half of all of Wang XIzhi’s calligraphic works, to the flames. The event, which was nothing short of a cultural holocaust, is historically known as the “Burning of Books at Jiangling” (江陵焚書). 17:10 The 42 literati at the Orchid Pavilion gathering were actually "punished" with cup of wine (罰酒) if they could NOT compose a poem--that was the whole point of the game. Thus, there is no reason to assume those who successfully wrote poems would have enjoyed a cup of wine afterwards. 19:30 According to Wang Xizhi’s own autobiography (part of which is quoted in Sun Guoting’s Shu Pu), the calligrapher claimed Zhang Zhi 張芝 (Eastern Han) washed his brush so much his pond turned completely black (and thus explaining why Zhang’s cursive was script to be superior to Wang’s own). Wang never claims to have done it himself. 20:30 Wang resigned out of frustration with a superior (Wang Shu) not to dedicate himself to calligrapher. According to Wang’s own words (see 十七帖 “The Seventeenth” Copybook), he enjoyed spending his days gardening. 20:45 The authenticity of the Lanting Xu has long been in question. That's an issue for another day.
I agree with most of your points, and although i havent read all of them, i disagree on some of your counters: - There are many ways to write 永 in 楷書 script, in fact there are many ways to write a character in any script. If you look at a character dictionary you will see this variation. The only rule is that the character is balanced and to some extent, it uses the correct strokes (but this latter rule is sometimes ommited by experienced calligraphers). - I want to say that the 八法 method was introduced by 智永 but i dont remember. But yeah, I agree that the number of basic strokes has changed from time to time. I remember there was a lady calligrapher who came up with 60 something basic strokes and there was another dude who came up with 80 or 90 something. I guess this isnt really a counter to your counter😂😂. - I think to say 王獻之 was just as good as his father is not 100% correct. Maybe because his father came first and therefore his father became the pinnacle of calligraphy, but it seems to me that most books put more respect into 王羲之. But yes, the 二王 are definitely in the top 10 calligraphers of all time. I am interested in studying in Taiwan in the future too. I am thinking of going to National Taiwan University of Arts, where are you studying and how do you like your courses? I would appreciate what are some of the courses you are taking and need to take. Hope to hear back from you, take care😉
@mousedynasty4953 Thanks for your reply. While there is variation in styles and scripts, the character written here doesn't demonstrate any real knowledge of brush technique and is nowhere near on par with the characters you'll find a standard calligraphy dictionary. Just look at the squarish tip or starting point of the first horizontal stroke. That is definitely not how one should "enter the tip" (入鋒). Yes, 王獻之 is just as good as his father. Just compare Duckhead Pill 鴨頭丸 with any of 王羲之's standard or cursive script writings. The father's characters are sturdy and aesthetically pleasing but nonetheless lack the fluidity and stylistic flair that sets the son's writings apart. There's really no way to compare the two styles. Preference for one over the other entirely comes down to on one's individual aesthetic tastes. Actually I'm thinking of transferring to the school. I'm currently at NTNU (Normal Univ), but the training on calligraphic theory and history is sort of subpar. The same goes for NTU as well. I ended up stop auditing courses altogether because I got tired of correcting and debating whether to correct the teachers' mistakes. I've taken courses on cursive writing as well as four undergraduate level classes on basic calligraphy history and technique. We learned how write most of the scripts and various styles, design seals, read excerpts of classical calligraphic treatises (such as Shu Pu 書譜), write on fans, along with absorbing a tone of character etymology. I also took courses on traditional Chinese painting theory. That professor was the last of his kind, as there is waning interest in traditional or ancient artistic thought (which I find to be very inspiring). Mainland China is far better in terms of calligraphic research. There are no real scholars here or even serious journals for that matter. Essentially every book I have on the subject is from a mainland writer. Taiwan has been de-sinicizing the textbooks in public schools here for decades, so although lots of people still practice calligraphy, few generally know much regarding its history and theory. The National Palace Museum is no exception. The writing staff and "scholars" there are some of the most mediocre I've ever seen for a museum of such supposed stature. You can also check out on my corrections on another video: The Great Chinese Calligrapher Wang Xizhi | Ep. 96 (Teacup Media)
@@Tyrhonius I would use your last point on your second paragraph to argue that in fact he could be writing well. Just like certain styles become more appreciated by future generations when they were not in the past. That kind of sucks, but it is understandable. I have also heard that in China, traditional brush painting has become less popular and calligraphy, well, my friend there who is a teacher is mandated to practice once a week, so that kind of tells the situation of such art,hehe.
@@mousedynasty4953 Well, you'd to tell WHY he could be writing well. If you're just invoking doubt without sufficient knowledge of brush methods and character structure, then there's no real conversation to be had on this issue. That overly long, quick, flippant hook at the end of horizontal stroke is the sign of an amateur writer. The brush typically needs to be pressed and turned before executing the hook. There are exceptions, but only those with a high level of mastery can pull it off without the result being mediocre.
@@mousedynasty4953 At least a lot kids there are writing. It's always refreshing dozens of them in their Hanfu writing at their little desks in public spaces during festivals. You won't find anything like that in Taiwan.
Poetry is actually considered the highest art. In 書法 書 doesn’t mean book, it means writing 書寫.
The highest art is generally said to be calligraphy, but a strong case can also be made for poetry of course. You are however right about the meaning of 書. I also point this out in my critique above.
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Thank you for brining the essence of the great Chinese culture to us. We know there are many within and without China who want to obliterate, destroy, erase this culture. I have a request. Could you please help us with links to audio readings and texts of the Chinese classics and to serialized dramatizations of them with subtitles in traditional characters. There are a great many out there which is all we seem to find, using simplified characters and ever so slight (sometimes not so slight) alterations in the characters and the story. Some better ones are found in Taiwan but perhaps you know of more. I speak of such masterpieces as "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Outlaws of the Marsh", "Journey to the West" and the like. Thanks.
1000 years AHEAD of western cultures, the chinese were already doing 3dimension art and progressed into Modern art. While the barbarian were saying they didn't understand chinese art for its simplistic work....
Awesome video. I'm curious, is there actually tea in your cup?😂
谢谢❤🙏
Interesting video! Are there any trusted vendors you would reccomend for Chinese tea? Living in the states, I tend to purchase from Yunnan Sourcing. I haven't had any bad expriences with them, but I would not mind having guidance if I dabbled around a bit. Thanks!
I am glad to have found this channel, so many interesting topics!
Confucius was scared to death of slave revolts and hated them all his life. Once there was a large slave insurrection in the state of Zheng, and the slave owners ruthlessly slaughtered the revolting slaves. With a murderous look on his face, Confucius with a continuous cry howled something like, “We’re so magnanimous toward our slaves, and now they just want to revolt. It would be better to seriously suppress them because only then would we be able to destroy this problem root and branch!” This completely lays bare his vile countenance when it comes to his opposition to revolution.
Confucius was a slave owner and believed in a rigid, oppressive hierarchical social structure. He was not a nice guy. Struggle against Confucius and Lin Biao !!!!