This is the Year of the Tiger. This portrayal of a tiger, along with an old man, is most fascinating in the history of Chinese or even world Art insofar as the tiger is usually not perceived as a calm and cuddly cat.
Shi Ke (石恪) of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period [...]
The most brilliant Chinese woman writer was the topic of a highly interactive lecture at the University of Toronto on February 11, 2010. For 90 minutes, the Council Chamber at the Scarborough was not only filled with recitations of Li Qingzhao poetry, but also with well crafted, relaxed, and straightforward remarks by Professor Wei Djao. [...]
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Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, February 14. It will be 庚寅年 gengyin year. More commonly it will be referred to as the Year of the Tiger. Here are Jerry King’s predictions for the Year of the Tiger from the Yijing (易經) Hexagrams (卦).
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Wei Djao’s latest book is about Li Qingzhao (~ 1084 – 1156 CE) of the Song dynasty who is indisputably the most brilliant woman writer in Chinese history. This biography offers an insightful interpretation of her character and a new translation of some of her writings. Wei Djao’s English rendition consistently captures the [...]
This is a review of the second film in Director Park Chan-Wook’s trilogy on revenge. If Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a simplistic yet unadulterated exchange of tit-for-tat revenge, his second film in the revenge trilogy examines the psychological complexities of revenge—for the avenger and the wrongdoer. That is the fundamental question the director asks [...]