Before believing in the Lord, I relied on worldly things to sustain my life. Whether it was playing, studying, or working, these things seemed to fill my time, but they couldn’t fill my heart. I often pondered the meaning of life, but the meaning constantly shifted and fluctuated with circumstances and successes and failures.

I admit that I was weak in the past. As a child, I was inherently weak. Growing up, my parents were my support; I needed to rely on my family. However, my family couldn’t solve all my life’s problems. As I grew older, I gradually understood that family members are not omnipotent; they also have their own weaknesses and difficulties. Whenever life presented challenges, I could only rely on my own will to face them, but relying solely on myself wasn’t enough; I didn’t know how to rely on others.

I also admit that I was empty and anxious in the past. My life was filled with trivial matters; I was pushed along by the expectations of others and external information, often numbing myself with fleeting pleasures, but in the quiet of the night, the emptiness would return. Like a small boat adrift on the waves, I didn’t know where to sail. My life was filled with pleasure and selfish desires. The more I tried to control, the less I realized I could; the more I tried to prove myself, the less peace I found within.

In the past, I was arrogant. I thought I understood many principles. I loved to argue, wanting to prove myself right by winning. I believed that hard work could change my destiny, so I attributed glory to myself and failure to others. I thought everything I had was earned by myself. I refused to admit my sins and was unwilling to repent.

Eight years ago, one day, I was eating in the school cafeteria when someone sat next to me and chatted with me. He shared God’s word with me and gave me a copy of the Bible. I didn’t quite understand it at the time, and I didn’t immediately change, but that moment was like a seed planted in my heart. Later, on confused nights, I occasionally opened that Bible, but I still couldn’t understand it. Now I know that the Lord had already paved the way in my heart; I just didn’t know Him then.

Time flies, and under the Lord’s guidance, I arrived in a foreign land. In March 2025, I happened to meet some students sharing the gospel. Their faith, joy, and sincerity touched me. They were willing to spend time listening to me and invited me to their meetings. Over three days, I heard the gospel more clearly for the first time there. I received my first King James Version Bible.

A brother led me in Bible reading and prayer. He told me that he used to think he would definitely go to heaven and be saved, that he needed to serve, have good character, and help others. He thought this would move God. But he later understood that no one can be righteous on their own. Even if we have some obedience and good deeds, without true faith, we still cannot be saved. Conversely, even if we have sinned, as long as we repent and turn to the Lord, the Lord will forgive us, because as long as we return to the Lord’s side, we can be forgiven, and our sins can be forgiven.

After the meeting, he asked me, “Do you now believe that Jesus Christ is your Savior?” I answered that I did. He then asked me, “Do you believe that you will have eternal life?” I answered that I believe, and through the salvation of Jesus Christ, I have the hope of eternal life. At that moment, I knew I had left the path of self-centeredness and truly submitted to and trusted in the Lord.

From that moment on, I knew I had become a true believer. Even after believing, I still experience weakness, but I begin to experience the Lord’s true renewal.

After accepting the Gospel, I felt a peace I had never known before, like a child finally finding their home. I felt joy because I no longer relied on myself, but on the Lord’s grace and upliftment. The Lord could give me strength; I no longer felt weak. I only needed to obey and rely on the Lord. The Lord gave me direction; the path ahead of me was paved by the Lord. My goal was no longer for myself, but to glorify the Lord. I could face the difficulties ahead with equanimity. Confusion and anxiety no longer dominated me. The Lord humbled me; I no longer felt proud. I knew that my life did not appear by chance from the dust; everything in my life was the Lord’s creation and gift. I no longer attributed everything to myself, and I learned to seek harmony rather than competition in relationships. In the past, I tried to bear pressure alone or escape it through various means; now, I am willing to stop and pour out my heart to the Lord, asking Him to illuminate the sin within me and give me a repentant heart.

Today, I stand here to receive baptism, a sign of my public confession and commitment to following the Lord. It is because I am willing to publicly acknowledge that I belong to Jesus Christ and to die and rise again with Him. Baptism is not the end, but the beginning of obedience.

May the Lord help me to frequently read the Bible and pray in my future life, to continually repent, to learn holiness, to be honest in my work, gentle in my relationships, and willing to sacrifice myself and take responsibility in my future family. I also ask brothers and sisters to pray for me, that I may hold fast to the Lord in my weakness until the day I see His face.

Thank you for listening. May all glory be to God.

January 18, 2026

It’s updated from time to time…

The new commenting system, Waline, supports reactions and comes with a clean, elegant interface. I also added floating buttons at the bottom of each page—a table of contents button and a comment button—so visitors can quickly jump to the sections they want.

If articles on different language websites have similar content, the comment sections will be merged together.

In addition, I updated the word-counting feature on the archive page. It now counts both the total number of articles and the total word count across the site.

I also found a better way to write and update articles on my phone. I initially wanted to use GitJournal, but it modifies the front matter, which caused my site builds to fail. Then I installed Termux and pulling the entire repository. For editing files, I use Markor, a lightweight offline Markdown editor. It’s simple, reliable, and much more convenient for mobile writing going forward.

There are still features I’d like to implement—such as automatically publishing my posts to other platforms—but this has proven to be surprisingly difficult. I tried many approaches, but none worked well enough.

In the end, this process feels a lot like decorating my own small space. And I genuinely enjoy it.

This is what I’m currently focused on. Inspired by nownownow.com .

A website with a link that says “now” goes to a page that tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life.

🌏 Learning Process

Anki Language learning

Days studied: ⁨301⁩ of ⁨306⁩ (⁨98.37⁩%) Total: ⁨569.56⁩ hours Average over period: ⁨112⁩ minutes/day Average for days studied: ⁨114⁩ minutes/day Average answer time: ⁨10.67⁩s (⁨⁨5.62⁩ cards/minute⁩)

☕Reading plan

See 📚 Reading list

🖥️ Building Site plan

• Fix Hugo backend comment URLs
• Optimize word count statistics
• Add email subscription feature
• Setting level system for Waline
• Change social buttons of home pages
• Add image and statement at the end of the post (different in each language)
• Add Substack button
• Open Gumroad/Buy me a coffee account
• Add feature of Archive page ( Can find posts by year/month)

🌳 Building Habits

• The Overall Habit Score is the total score of all habits recorded using the Loop Habit Tracker .
• The habits “Clean Diet”, “Timely Sleep”, and “Regular Exercise” are shown as examples, each with a maximum score of 100. Their data is also sourced from Loop Habit Tracker.

That afternoon, I stood at your door.
You bit your lip, and still said we should break up.
My pleading and my tears did nothing.
Maybe I should taste this bitter fruit myself.

All the ways you gave in to me—I never really got them.
I thought love was so strong it needed no reason.
My heart began to shake; I felt your pain.
But your face was already cold.

It’s all my fault.
Does saying sorry now still help?

You said you don’t love me anymore.
I tried to bring back our happy days.
You only told me not to hold on.

It’s all my fault.
Does saying sorry now still help?

You said you like the life you have now.
You walked me back through the hurt we gave each other.
And you told me: don’t come to apologize again.
So I will accept the ending.

We haven’t met yet, or perhaps we have — quietly, without knowing what we might become.

In this generation, many no longer believe in first love, in waiting, in forever. I’ve often been told I’m too idealistic, too slow, too serious. But I know whom I’m waiting for: someone who believes, like I do, that love isn’t just a feeling — it’s a covenant.

Maybe you’re quiet too. Maybe you write more than you speak, pray more than you post. You may feel deeply, but share sparingly — because you treasure what’s real. Maybe you’ve chosen to wait, even when the world keeps telling you not to.

People sometimes ask me why I insist on waiting — why not just try, see what happens, and “learn from experience”?
But I believe the way we begin shapes everything that follows.
To give myself fully, for the first and only time, to someone who has also guarded her heart — that is not weakness, but strength.
I’m not afraid of loneliness. I’m afraid of giving pieces of my soul to places they don’t belong.

That’s why I’ve chosen to wait. Not out of fear, but out of hope.
Not because I idealize romance, but because I honor what love was meant to be: exclusive, holy, enduring.

If you were here, I would want to do the simple things with you — not the grand, but the real:
Mornings with prayer and Scripture, evenings cooking together,
Holding hands during silence instead of rushing to fill it,
Loving in quiet faithfulness when words run out.

I don’t expect you to be perfect.
In fact, what I long for is someone who’s honest about their fears,
someone whose gentleness doesn’t come from weakness but from understanding pain.

If you are the kind of person who notices things others miss —
the way light falls on a quiet street,
the mood behind a friend’s tired smile,
the unspoken meaning behind the words I never say —
then you may be closer to me than I think.

I don’t know when or where our paths will cross.
But when they do — and if you are the one I’ve been preparing for —
I will recognize you, not just with my eyes, but with a heart that has been trained to discern.
I won’t hesitate. I’ll pursue with clarity, and I will fight for the future we’re meant to build.

Until that day, I will keep growing, keep praying,
and keep becoming the kind of man who will be ready to love you well.

May God guard your heart — and mine —
until the day we begin this story together.

June 2025

I’m lazy about going out, but if I hadn’t suddenly decided to stroll that street in MOA that night, this story would never have begun.

I’ve never considered visiting another city just for entertainment. This time I bought the ticket, though expensive, to keep my promise to attend the Singles’ camp.

I’m not much of a traveler, especially the hardships during trips. I still remember the good memory from when I was 8 years old, lying on the upper berth of the standard train heading south from my hometown. I watched moonlight shine on the white bed and saw tree shadows from rural areas sprinkle over the sandstone road and window. As the train started slowly, shadows moved behind slowly then sped up. Twinkling city lights faded away as the train left the Transfer City Station.

With flights, I can never feel that slow feeling of my childhood train journey. This time when I boarded the plane, it was daytime. I fell asleep, and when I woke, it was night. I was already in General Santos City, a southern city in the Philippines.

I was lucky to quickly get a taxi and meet a very kind driver after leaving the airport. His name is Solomon. I could feel his parents’ expectations through his name. Though he wasn’t good at expression and his English was worse than mine, he tried his best to communicate and introduce himself. He’s from Mabuhay. He said he needs to work until 3 am, which stunned me. He explained he needs to pay his loan and tuition fee, and the car is rented. His ex used up all his money and left him - she drank and smoked despite claiming to be a believer. That’s why he’s already 30 years old and still unmarried. He said though everyone here is kind and friendly, he met bad people.

After dropping my luggage, I headed directly to the college on Leslie’s invitation. The road was uneven and dimly lit, with low buildings on both sides, but every shopfront was open. There were many motor tricycles, which are rare now in my hometown. After turning a quiet corner, I arrived and met them.

The first night, I watched the final activity of the Kids’ camp. In just two days, these kids were trained for preaching from the KJV. They were divided into different groups and matched for drama performances. I was amazed, imagining what they were nurturing in this city - they were receiving excellent education.

The next morning, I visited Plaza Heneral Santos. This place was quite peaceful. I could hear the clock chiming on the hour. I felt a unique tranquility here.

I noticed local people like displaying their large portraits in public places for honor. I can’t imagine doing that - I would be very embarrassed.

The seaside was close to the park. I walked there, seeing kids playing basketball and families sitting together. There were tourists too, whom I helped take photos.

In the afternoon, I walked around and visited a small restaurant (a shirt from Qingdao team…What exactly did people from Qingdao do wrong?).

On the 5th morning, the singles’ camp began. I received my ID and schedule. Many people joined. I also met Miles and Christian, whom I’d met in SLC and who had been praying for me.

I visited room by room where children were nurtured, from infants just months old to toddlers of several years, all sorted into different rooms. Pastor Doug, the church’s founder, left his hometown and took root in this city with his family. He devoted his life to his mission and this city. The theories I previously could only learn from books, I now witnessed firsthand: how a strong and stable community is built.

During lunch, Carmela asked if I was a vampire. I wished so, but I could feel my aging. Maybe I’m becoming a vampire sucking lots of supplements, haha. I noticed Dayla took 4 eggs for lunch - she told me it’s low-carb diet. While I’m still struggling and arguing about what I should eat, I admired she is the first person I met with this dietary awareness in this far south city.

In the afternoon, we did painting with other groups.

In the evening, we played many games. One lady had to compete against one male from another team. I was matched with Aloha, though I wasn’t really good at playing.

At night, there was an outdoor bonfire. Everyone could write a wish on paper and throw it into the bonfire. I’m not good at wishing and though I thought a lot, I could only write a few characters.

Because I feel everything is already arranged, my only wish was: please don’t follow my words or my prayers. If fate followed my wishes instead of Heaven’s will, everything could be worse… Some things I can’t understand or bear must have purposes beyond human comprehension. I can’t even wish to understand these things, as not understanding is itself a protection.

Services were conducted in Bisaya. I met Jirehson, who said he was introverted and always nervous talking with others. Though he claimed this, he was the one who approached me and helped translate topics intuitively on the second day - he was the friendliest person I met here. Faith supports him now, and that’s what a real faithful soul looks like. It feels like a lost child finding their way home.

I had many conversations with Leslie. I told her that Jirehson considered her one of the smartest girls here. She disagreed, and she responded to my question remarkably well. When she said “再见” , I really appreciated it. She was the local I knew who could pop out many Chinese words. She gave me a letter, asking me to open it only after boarding the plane.

Three days went by so fast. I am one of the seeds dispersed from the dandelion, but what I already see is branches that have taken root and sprouted, growing into a forest. I’m grateful for everyone I’ve met here. Until now, it’s my best memory of life in the Philippines.

I thought I’d lost the letter because I was distributing pamphlets and rushing to board. I was searching through my bag when I found it had been tucked in the Book all along:

Dear Qiran,

6/6/25 1:07 am

First, I think the Lord you come here in Gensan. It held with prayers and knees. Everyone is shock about it. I know you have a great time here in Gensan. And thank you for accepting the invitation to join in our singles’ camp 2025. This is our 4th singles’ camp.

You have a good and great skills in Fine arts. Continue doing it! Hope those praching even if Bisaya. I know God speak to your heart. You must know the truest friend the Holy Spirit.

Sorry for my so could letter, and my penmanship. But I want to say Thank you so much, you taught me something. You are a Blessing.

See you somewhere, else, take care “Amping permi” in Bisaya. Have a good rest! Read your Bible everyday, that would help you a lot. If you don’t know the answer; ASK HIM through his word.

Truly the servant of the Lord
Jesus Christ; 你的朋友
Leslie ◁：
Life verses:
Lamentation 3:21,
Philippians 3:10

In heaven, everything is solid and real. The ghosts can’t handle this reality, mainly because of their own mindset. Hell starts from a tiny thought and grows when exposed to heaven’s truth. These thoughts can grow until they take over the soul, making the ghosts unable to bear heaven’s reality, forcing them back to Earth. This shows why no sin is truly small.

It’s interesting how murderers can live in heaven, while their victims sometimes can’t. Children can stay in heaven, while their overly attached mothers can’t. One spouse may find peace in heaven, while their deeply devoted partner cannot stay. The ghosts feel this is unfair and demand justice. But they don’t see that LORD’s fairness works differently from human fairness. His justice lies deeper than what we can understand.

Only by letting go of our ’lizard’ can we fully enjoy heaven. What’s amazing is that even this ’evil’ lizard can become a flying horse in heaven - our struggles can transform into strength. Our painful memories and past sins can become paths to salvation if we change how we think about them.

I enjoy Lewis’s writing because he uses imagination to share deep truths. Reading his words feels like floating in a dream while discovering profound ideas. His books have opened the door for me to Christianity.

From a Christian apologist’s perspective, only Christian marriage is a sacrament. Church weddings, like coronation ceremonies, guarantee feudal freedoms for both husband/patriarch and wife/children/subjects. Honor sacrifice, proud obedience, generous trust, contractual rights, habits of freedom, honesty and courage - all grow from the details of daily life. So-called modern culture is merely pagan culture in disguise making a comeback, reducing wives to prostitutes living in doomed vicious competition of using sex to please others, inevitably losing most sense of honor and responsibility. Children become no different from orphans or illegitimate children, living in arbitrary violent uncertainty, forced to develop habits of lying, becoming familiar with the weaker’s cunning betrayal and viciousness from childhood. Men gain freedom of desire and power without responsibility, inevitably developing tyrannical habits in private life, which then extend to society at large, producing a corrupt society where the strong are arbitrary and the weak are base.

The cost of entering someone’s heart doubles with age. At fifteen, a simple glance back can become a lifelong precious memory. At forty, even someone who manages both work and housework is just another part of life’s struggles. As children, playing in the dirt could create lifelong friendships, but as adults, today’s sworn brothers might stab you in the back tomorrow.

A person’s understanding of the world develops over time. Things that exist before maturity become fundamental truths, things that appear during maturity become one’s own, and things that come after maturity seem strange and alien. Everyone’s nostalgia is about their childhood and youth. You hear fifty-year-olds missing their fifteen-year-old sports field, but never hear hundred-year-olds missing their sixty-year-old nursing home. Though the time gap seems the same, the perception of the world is very different.

If you appear in someone’s life when they’re building their understanding of the world, you become part of their world, an important piece of their memories, a significant part of their life. Whenever they remember that time, they can’t avoid or forget you. The more involved you were, the bigger your place in their memories, and the more likely you are to touch their heart.

Also, people’s perception of time speeds up as they age. Three years in middle school feel long and meaningful, from cafeteria to playground, from classroom to campus, from bulletin boards to workbooks… there’s so much to remember. But three years at work pass in a blur - before you even know your coworkers, you’re already planning to change jobs or file labor complaints. Who has time to notice who might touch their heart?

A one-year-old baby is very different from a ten-year-old child, but a seventy-year-old and an eighty-year-old are just elderly people with no distinction. When people get older and lose their own uniqueness, how can they notice others’ special qualities?

The reason it’s harder to fall in love with age is that our understanding of the world becomes more complete and clear. We no longer need to fill in gaps. Except for League of Legends designers, no one likes to mess with a mature system. Once something is set, it’s set - those who come late are simply late. People start like blank paper - a light stroke can leave a clear mark. But when their picture is already complete, you need much stronger strokes to leave your mark. Everyone has their own story and their own characters in that story, and you might not be in it.

Zhao Yun of Changshan fought bravely and loyally throughout his life, but his dedication still couldn’t compare to the brotherhood formed in the Peach Garden.

Cao Cao of Xuzhou gave his heart and trust to Guan Yu, but in the end, Guan Yu still left his position to find his sworn brother through many battles.

Did they do anything wrong? No, they just came late.

In printed fonts, Japanese fonts reference the Kangxi Dictionary font, retaining many traditional forms, but they have already diverged from traditional Chinese characters. Korean fonts, having abolished Hanja (Chinese characters), also retain the traditional Kangxi Dictionary forms. Current national standard fonts and Taiwanese logo fonts differ significantly from traditional forms.

I’ve been looking for an elegant, classic font. The Kangxi Dictionary font is the standard for traditional characters, and the Kangxi Dictionary font created by Li Xiangchen of Wenyue Technology is currently popular online. However, this font doesn’t have a complete character set and there’s a trend of overuse.

I was accidentally drawn to a font on Zhihu: Jinghua Lao Songti.

This font was created by Terry Wang and is based on the 61-1 font created by the Beijing Xinhua Typeface Factory in 1961.

What is 61-1 typeface:

“In the early days of the People’s Republic of China, all industries were literally in a state of ’everything waiting to be rebuilt,’ and the publishing industry also needed new typefaces to meet printing demands. In 1961, the Beijing Xinhua Typeface Factory organized the design of the 61-1 Song typeface. Later, they designed a traditional Chinese typeface with 6183 characters, mainly for printing the main text of ancient books.” "

This typeface was designed by the Beijing Xinhua Typeface Factory in 1961. It was adapted from the Japanese Tsukiji Meicho movable type and was used in the renowned Zhonghua Book Company’s Twenty-Four Histories, as well as various annotated ancient books and old textbooks. Before the adoption of new typefaces and the transition to phototypesetting and computer fonts in the 1980s, it was very familiar to Chinese people.

1975 edition of Reading the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government

Selected Works of Mao Zedong (vertical edition)

*Terry Wang created a version based on this classic typeface." Jinghua Old Song Typeface. The author used AI to complete the Unicode basic character set, so there’s no worry about missing characters. It not only includes all basic Chinese characters, new and traditional character forms, but also Japanese and Korean character forms, all encoded simplified characters, and Vietnamese Nôm characters.

I tried this font and it feels great.

“The peach-shaped dots, goose-head hooks, and triangular shoulders are very characteristic of the Old Song typeface, more substantial and rounded than the most commonly used Song II typeface today… It’s closer to the present day than the Ming Dynasty typeface, so the layout is more neat and beautiful, less worn and rustic, and more elegant and formal. However, it hasn’t yet been standardized by new character forms; a hint of rebellion hidden beneath its serious exterior is quite wonderful.” Original article link: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/637491623

Due to the fact that my server is very slow, I think I can focus on writing offline and concentrate on content, rather than adjusting features.

There are many features that I find unnecessary, such as commentator ranking. The tree map of categories is also not that useful, because it’s hard to maintain the database. After switching to Hugo to manage my posts, I can organize them more easily.

Recently, I’ve given up on the idea of offline writing. I’ve started trying to write articles online, which is more convenient for saving.

A very thin, single-celled layer acts as a barrier between your gut and the outside world. The gut provides protection and absorbs 90% of all your nutrients. It also contains a layer of mucus, microbes, and 80% of your immune system.

Medical professionals often recommend increasing soluble fiber intake to repair leaky gut, but you should actually do the exact opposite. A carnivore diet is the best for leaky gut. More fiber can cause more inflammation.

Medical professionals also don’t consider diet a cause or solution for leaky gut. Most diseases are triggered by what’s in your gut, and this is closely related to your diet.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics can also affect gut health. Disrupting your gut microbiota can have serious consequences. You need the microbes in your gut to help you digest, and you don’t want them to become disease-causing.

Glyphosate, a herbicide sprayed on most genetically modified and conventional foods, is patented as an antibiotic, so it has antibiotic effects on your body. Whole grains are also recommended, but they can severely damage leaky gut and trigger an immune response. Seed oils are another major contributor to leaky gut.

Here are seven signs of leaky gut:

Abdominal pain, cramps

Constipation, diarrhea

Fatigue

Brain fog

Mood problems, anxiety

Skin inflammation

Autoimmune disease

When you have an autoimmune response, your body treats normal tissue as foreign or pathogenic.

If your body treats your thyroid as an invader, your thyroid becomes inflamed. This is called Hashimoto’s disease, and it begins with inflammation and leaky gut.

A carnivorous diet for several months can help repair leaky gut by removing foods that cause inflammation.

Glutamine and glycine can also help repair leaky gut.

But I gradually felt its disadvantages. It’s a software. I always need to use it on computer or on smartphone. To form a habit, I need to open it everyday.

But currently I’m practising digital minimalism. I tried to replace most of unnecessary softwares which should open computer or phone with some simple devices such as MP3 player and voice recorder. Some requirements such as task management, I can just open a notebook to meet them. It achieved some good results. Because a lot of my activities can be finished without using computer and smartphone, there are few possibilities that I will be distracted by temptations online.

As for Anki, I now think that it’s not a necessity for learning and reviewing, though maybe its algorithm and features can provide a lot of conveniences. In my opinion, we can learn anything just by reading books. So, we can surely gain a language just by reading.

Now I find that tools or softwares can raise complexity. Features can also bring troubles. We can also reviewing words offline, what’s more important is enough repetitions instead of a good algorithm.

Because I don’t need to open my computer and use Anki, now I can finish most of my personal tasks without a computer or phone. It’s very enjoyable to be offline.

When we need to memorize something, we aIso need a lot of repetitions. Maybe it’s very boring, but I can’t deny it’s a very effective way.
When we need to gain a skill, we also need a lot of repetitions. We usually started from a very basic practice. Only after enough times of practice, we can learn more advanced skill.
At first, even a basic skill is challenging to us, After enough repetition, it will become more and more easier. Then based on this skill there can growing more advanced skills.

If we can repeat enought times, we will definately gain more and more skills. The difficulty is, we always give up. We make a lot assumptions that we are not good at all. But the truth is, the beginning is always the most difficult part. With enough repetition and time, we can break fences one by one.

Writing is a essential part in the life of thinking and learning. It’s also indispensible for me.
But the way of writing has changed a lot. Writing on paper is the most traditional way.
I can still vaguely remember the days when I was writing journal on paper under the dim light of lamp. I enjoyed the feeling of writing on paper.
But it’s very inconvenient to write on paper. We can’t take all of our notebooks easily. It’s also difficult to look up former words.
I started writing on note-taking apps in 2016. It’s really convenient and solved the former problems.
There are a lot of features on noke-taking apps. We can change the style and font of notes. We can insert images, audios, even attachments of any format…
But in recent years I realized I spent so much time on the features of the software. It created a lot of difficulties to saving and sharing. Another problem is that, note-taking app is installed on electronic devices. Phones and computers contains more features and notifcations. Now I think this way of writing also has its negative effect. It will create a lot of distractions.
Recently I started writing in plain text. I can write in any note-taking softwares. Using special device for writing is also a good idea.

What’s more, I considered writing offline. Before I should always use online grammar checker when I was writing in English. Now I think it’s also a kind of distractions. Errors and misuses are inevitable. I also shouldn’t be perfect. Because it’s wiriting for myself. Why not write freely and purely?

I’m gradually able to start a new relationship. But at the moment I still don’t have the ability to reconnect with old people, but I’m trying my best. I feel that many people don’t have this ability because of embarrassment. We just let these relationships die one by one. I don’t want to be isolated, so to avoid that situation, I also have to overcome my fear.

I know that it’s up to me to reconnect. Only if I take action first and say hello to them, can we continue our story.

Now I feel that there are a lot of problems I cannot do by myself, what I can only do is find the help from some professional persons. But it’s my hobby to explore some technical stuff. It’s very interesting. It reminds me of the days when I created my first blog when I was only 8 years old. It made me very excited.

After a period of time when I started this website, I didn’t know the usefulness of building a website. It was built entirely out of my own passion. Sometimes I was in the situation of self-doubt. But I still hope that it will give me some benefits in the future. Because I’ve spent a lot of time on building the website, I can feel that my skill is growing. Now I realized that it’s really an interest of mine. Why not just continue. In this field of website building, there are a lot of things I need to learn.

In most cases, the beginning of the practice is very difficult. We think it’s hard, it’s a big challenge. We may have tried many times, but there are still no results at all. We want to give up. But if we continue and persevere, as the times of practice increase, our improvement will be faster and faster. This is a phenomenon that shows up in many areas. The problem is that we give up so easily.

Most things are not like playing video games. Video game will set a lot of wonderful features and plots to attract us to stick to it. But skills in real life may not be like that. The journey to get a skill is not so smooth, it’s very long and painful. Maybe some of them are similar to learning to ride a bicycle, we would fall down a lot of times. But suddenly we can keep the balance, we know how to ride a bike. It’s a serendipity, a change we can’t imagine. To get this amazing result, all we can do is practice.

I am beginning to understand the importance of practice. What we can do is create an environment for practice. Usually I am afraid of something. I realized that’s the reason I haven’t touched that thing enough times. I can simulate an environment and do a lot of practice. If I can handle it with ease in practice, then it’s not a big deal when I have to face it.

Everything is hard in the beginning, but every achievement starts from simple repetition.

One day I read an article about plain text. I suddenly realized that we can do that too. We shouldn’t worry about the tools. What we can do is just go back to the content, to the medium itself. I can just focus on the words and the texts. I think that’s the easiest and best medium.

As for the format, I can choose the plain text, just like in this article. It’s very simple. Maybe I can do a lot of things only in plain text format. I don’t have to worry about the stability of software, and I can easily open plain text in a lot of software without worrying about the security of my personal data.

It’s one of the most important habits in my life.
Before 2016, I wrote journals on paper. After 2016, I started to write on app. It’s very convenient to write digitally. After December 2017, I started writing in English.

I became aware that journals are the history of my own life.
Now I have the intention to collect all my journals and put them in a book. I think it would be very interesting to browse through my whole life.
Looking back to my childhood, I realized that I already have the talent to collect the materials in different periods and save them in order. I enjoyed that kind of feeling.

Although diaries are very valuable to me. I still do not have time to go through my own journals. Maybe it’s just a way to release my emotions, to think deeply. It has made me develop a good habit of writing.
I don’t have any performance stress because the journals are secret. I don’t have to share it with other people. Sometimes I write only one sentence for one day. Sometimes I would write hundreds of words if I have motivation.
Therefore, I recommend that everyone be able to form a writing habit like journaling.

Maybe before I die, I can share my journals with the public. All in all, journaling is a good way to preserve memory.

There are some stories that impressed me a lot. Killing and punishment may be the theme during the time of Moses. There is a city called Sodom, which is a city that indulges in lust and sin. People run away before Yahweh destroys this city completely. But the people who turned their heads and looked back at Sodom, still became pillars of salt.
Moses and the generation of Israel living in Egypt ran away from it, all could not see the land promised by God. Only they all died, later generations can start the journey and see the land.

I gradually realized that AI has already entered my life. Some people may think that AI is very destructive to the lives of ordinary people. But in my opinion, the most distinct characteristic that humans possess and surpass other creatures is the ability to use tools. AI is a very useful tool now, and it would be highly beneficial if we can learn to use it effectively.

In terms of learning English, I have found a lot of useful tools that are built upon artificial intelligence. One of these tools is DeepL, which I noticed several years ago. The quality of its translation is far better than Google Translate. I can smoothly translate an article into another language without worrying about its readability. Moreover, I can easily find a suitable word on DeepL if I forget its expression in another language.

In addition to this, I have also found some AI-powered tools for web designing. I am sure that many problems in building a beautiful and powerful website will be solved in the future. As for me, I just need to focus on creating content.

Recently, the stunning tool called ChatGPT was released, and I’m using it as a grammar checker after finishing a writing practice in English. It’s so useful that I can learn to write by myself without a tutor. I don’t need to worry about errors in writing anymore, and can write freely and smoothly. As a result, I am willing to post my articles written in English online. Though there is still a lot of room for improvement, I can already express some complicated ideas without misunderstanding now.

Anyway, maybe the reason these tools motivated me is that they give me some confidence in sharing and learning. However, ultimate success in learning depends on our own efforts instead of just relying on tools. We just need to practice more.

Fear is one of the basic human emotions. We all have fears. As for me, fear is one of my biggest difficulties in life.

There are different kinds of fear.
The first fear of myself is the fear of being disappointed by others. In terms of human relationships, I’m really an infant now. I am afraid of falling.
I always avoid dealing with others, just like an infant avoids learning to walk. But if I never fall down, I cannot learn to walk forever.
I knew I had to accept disappointments. Maybe I’m able to collect them in order to develop my abilities. I don’t have to take them personally. Disappointments are actually assets.

The second fear is the fear of failure. I’m so afraid that I’m afraid to try new things. But only by trying to get new experiences can I get better. If I can fail more, I can get more experience. If I can get more experience, I’ll be able to get more success.

The third fear of myself is the fear of success. Why is success also a kind of fear? Fear of failure is quite normal. But fear of success is another form of it. Because I don’t think I have the ability to accept success, even when success is right in front of me. I always flinch until I feel safe.

Any kind of fear is the fence of life. What I have to do is feel the fear and do it anyway. Taking action is so important. I cannot just live in my dream. Why not take the first step?

That’s all. That’s my understanding of fear.

It’s always a bad habit to lie to yourself or to other people.

Lying can distort our understanding of reality. When we lie to ourselves, at first we think we can avoid the difficulties or solve some problems. But we will gradually lose the ability to face the real world.

The truth is cruel, but the truth also reflects our own weaknesses. We will grow if we face the truth, instead of letting our shell made of lies become so thick that we cannot break out of it.

In my opinion, habit is a compound interest. The fruits or effects of habits will grow faster and faster in the long run.

For me, one of the examples of daily habit is writing journals. Maybe it’s my longest habit, which started from my middle school time. Now it has become my important habit that records my life.

Another habit is using Anki. Anki is a memorization software. I can create my own cards to review words. I’ve used Anki for many years. It also motivates me to learn new words on a regular basis.

It’s like a tree. Now I gradually realized that creating habits is similar to growing branches and leaves. If you want to cultivate a tree, you need a good environment and soil. You have to cultivate it carefully and water it every day.
If I repeat my habits, some of them will have more and more effects, I will know that I can find out my rough direction. Now I can grow new habits based on old habits. On the contrary, I can find bad habits and try to cut them down.
I’m the sum of my own habits. Now I don’t think it’s a problem to set a goal that creates more and more habits.

That’s all, that’s my understanding of habits.

The first reason is, it’s a place of sharing my thoughts and my understanding covering a lot of topics. It’s an opportunity to exchange ideas with others, maybe I can meet new friends and learn a lot from others in the future.

Second, I think I can cover a lot of topics that I’m interested in. Forcing myself to write something is a good habit to learn, and it’ll also help me improve my thinking.

Third, it’s a good place to record my practice of speaking English. I can listen to my own voice and find my own problems of my speaking. I hope I’ll be able to upload a podcast regularly. It’s not only a practice for myself, but other people can also help me improve my English.

That’s all, I hope to continue in the future.

It’s great that you’re interested in learning a language. It’s a long way for learning something.

Yes, it is. I’m Qiran. Nice to meet you!

Qiran

I haven’t updated my status in a long time. I don’t know when it happened, but I’ve lost the ability to express my feelings and the motivation to share…

Recently, I discovered that many functions were no longer working. It took a long time to fix them, otherwise this place would have been overgrown with weeds.

I’ve noticed many people are starting to use LinkTree as a personal homepage to aggregate numerous links. It seems these people are active on more and more social media platforms these days. They’ve lost count, so they use this website to organize them.

But isn’t this just the function of a personal website homepage? You just add these links to your homepage, and you can customize the style and functions, avoiding the problem of everyone looking the same.

Besides, organizing your own homepage has other advantages: the URL is more concise and easier to remember; access is centralized on your own platform, not controlled by other platforms.

But regardless, it still needs regular maintenance. I should update my status more often.

I found that creating a channel on Telegram is very quick, and broadcasting to others is also very fast.

Most importantly, the platform is open, and after adding the bot function, updates from my personal website can be automatically synchronized to the channel.

Now, coupled with the real-time message reception, Telegram’s functionality surpasses many other communication software programs. I highly recommend trying it!

The official URL of Z-library is down.

You can still access it on the dark web for now.

The URL is: http://zlibrary24tuxziyiyfr7zd46ytefdqbqd2axkmxm4o5374ptpc52fad.onion/

We can access it using Tor Browser.

UPDATE: You can access it. but you cannot download book files directly.

You can log in an account and tap “send to Email” , then you will receive the book file from your Emailbox.

But this way only works for files smaller than 20 MB.

UPDATE: The Telegram Bot service is restored.

What happens to love after the wedding?

Like languages in linguistic, there are also 5 languages in love. If we cannot understand the love in other’s love language, we cannot communicate love.

Keeping the love tank full

We all have a love tank from our childhood.

Falling in love

It’s a illusion. The average in-love experience lasts two years.
The in-love experience is not our own growth. It’s a sense that we arrived.

Presently 40 percent of first marriages in this country end in divorce. Sixty percent of second marriages and 75 percent of third marriages end the same way.

Former generation often choose a life of misery with our spouse.  

Love Language #1 WORDS OF AFFIRMATION  

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

Giving encouraging words to your partner, and encouraging him to find his interests.

Forgiveness is the language of love. If we cannot forgive, intimacy cannot be built.

Requests and demands are different, we can change our words. Threat hurts intimacy.      

Verbal appreciation is very important.    
Words are important!

Love Language #2 Quality Time

A central aspect of quality time is togetherness. But we need focused attention.

We can do something together. Quality conversation is also a quality time.

Marriage is a relationship. When your partner say some problems, sometimes she need you to hear, instead of solving problems.

When you are listening, don’t do other something else.

Sometimes Dead Sea (always listen) marries a Babbling Brook (always talk).

Quality activity: he may never become a symphony lover, but he can become proficient at loving her.

Think of an activity your spouse enjoys, but which brings little pleasure to you.

Love Language #3: Receiving Gifts

A gift is something you can hold in your hand and say, “Look, he was thinking of me,” or, “She remembered me.”

If he received your gifts, he can be your friend.

If you are a saver, perhaps you will understand that purchsing gifts for him is the best investment you can make.

Physical presence is also important. Your body is the symbol of your love.

The value is not the gift itself. It’s depend on the receiver.

Gifts are visual symbols of love. It can be purchased, found, or made.

Love Language #4: Acts of Service

Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

Mary and Mark both need the showing of love– doing something for each other.

Before marriage, we maybe in the in-love obsession. After marriage, There’s something we could not do. But you need to change for your partner.

If you demand something, you will break the flow of love.

Criticism sometimes indicates a plead for love.

Allowing oneself to be used or manipulated by another is not an act of love.

Love Language #5: Physical Touch

Ask your spouse where is comfortable, and what touches are irritating.

The system of a dictatorship has a very different set of beliefs like absolute authority and strict obedience. You can imagine many ways to try to get more people to vote in a democracy, but such behavior change would never get off the ground in a dictatorship. That’s not the identity of the system. Voting is a behavior that is impossible under a certain set of beliefs.

THE TWO-STEP PROCESS TO CHANGING YOUR IDENTITY
Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits. It’s a two-way street, and feedback loops.
You don’t just having somthing. you are becoming someone.

The writer shared the exprience when he was in high school. He was hit by a baseball bat.

THE FUNDAMENTALS Why Tiny Changes Make a Big Difference

The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits

You can start as a small win.

Habits are the compound interest. Your habits can compound for you or against you.

Positive Compounding: Productivity compounds; knowledge compounds; relationship compounds.
Nagative compounding: Stress compounds; negative thoughts compound; outrage compounds.

Some stress are manageable. But when they persist for years, they will compound into serious health issues.

The most powerful outcomes are delayed! You just need keep going!

Forget about goals, focus on systems instead
Problem #1:Winners and losers have the same goals.
Problem #2: Achieving a goal is only a momentary change.
Problem #3: Goals restrict your happiness.
So, why you just restrict your goal, instead of enjoying with it? Such as my homework, I can just set a goal I want.
Problem #4: Goals are at odds with long-term progress.
*True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking.
So, when you cannot change your habits, the problem often is your system instead of yourself.

Awareness, transformation and intent are three masteries that lead people to become Toltecs.
Death is a angel, teaches us live everyday as if it is the last day of our lives.

The New Dream

Heaven on Earth
I WANT YOU TO FORGET EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. Use our imagination, and your emotions to dream heaven.

Prayers
We can be a prayer for love, a prayer for freedom.

PRACTICE: DELETE SOCIAL MEDIA FROM YOUR PHONE
It actually forces you to approach them with more intention.

Practice: Use Social media like a professional
Like Jennifer, we need to use Twitter as a professional.
Do not surfing it endlessly, just check some accounts you need.

PRACTICE: EMBRACE SLOW MEDIA
“low information diet”: Eliminating what’s bad aggressively than celebrating what’s good.
The writer suspect the European focus on slowness is more likely to succeed in the long run.

PRACTICE: DUMB DOWN YOUR SMARTPHONE
Dumb down means simplify. Using particular apps when it’s necessarily.

True justice is paying only once for each mistake. True injustice is paying more than once for each mistake.

The first agreement

Be impeccable with your word.
Self-rejection is the biggest sin.
You can live in heaven in the middle of thousands of people living in hell because you are immune to that hell.

The second agreement

Don’t take anything personally.
If you don’t take the emotional poison, it becomes even worse in the sender, but not in you.

The third agreement

Don’t make assumptions
You often overestimate or underestimate yourself. So gather more facts about a particular situation is more important.
Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them. So then you didn’t need make any assumption about them.
It’s better to ask them questions.

The fourth agreement

Always do your best
The criterion of best always change.
It’s not you “have to” or expect a reward, it’s you can intensely happy.
You do your best because you want to do it, not because you have to do it, not because you are trying to please the Judge, and not because you are trying to please other people.
Every action then becomes a ritual in which you are honoring God.
Your thoughts needs becomes a communion with God.

If you break an agreement, begin again!

The Bennett principle
(FI 2.0 movement is that if you can radically reduce your living expenses, you gain two advantages– you save money at a much faster pace and you don’t have to save as much to become independent.)
When you gain FI at a young age, you gain much leisure hours.

when individuals in the FI community are provided large amounts of leisure time, they often voluntarily fill these hours with strenuous activity.
Leisure time is very important for us. We need to clear our mind and keep from junk.

Leisure Lesson #1: Prioritize demanding activity over passive consumption.
When you use your brain and be strained, you will get a high-quality leisure time rather than scrolling your phone like zombie. In my opinion, some stuffs such as videos full of useless information.

ON CRAFT AND SATISFACTION
Cultivating a high-quality leisure life needs effort.
physical world is better than digital world. Similarly, composing a song in a digital sequencer misses the pleasures that come from the nuanced struggle between fingers and steel strings that defines playing a guitar well…
Leisure Lesson #2: Use skills to produce valuable things in the physical world.

Supercharged sociality
Leisure Lession #3: Seek activities that require real-world, structured social interactions.

Rich social interactions is very important. Board game is a good choice.

The Leisure Renaissance

some high-quality pursuits depends on the strategic use of new technologies.

Practice: Fix or build something every week
You can be handy in the physical world.
Learning a new skill is a very good way.

Practice: Schedule your low-quality leisure
How much time?

Join things
Reaping these benefits in your own community.
Join some things new, don’t be afraid. Like Franklin, become a member first.

Practice: Follow leisure plan
Don’t get whole blocks of time with no schedule, no expectations, and no activity. These decompression sessions have their place, but thier rewards are muted.

Practice: Take long walks
Walking is better than sedentary. “If you’re wearing headphones, you are not really walking.”
But the hardest part of this practice is making the time.
Broaden your definition of “good weather”! You can get big rewards.

Practice: Write letter to yourself
It”s a simple and easy practice to to deploy, but it’s also inscredibly effective.

When you are do nothing, the default work is still working. It seems to be connected to social cognition.

The social animal
We are social animals, but the new digital communication tools made us much larger and much less local, and it has caused problems.

The social media paradox
It’s weird that social media makes you feel both connected and lonely, happy and sad.
Where we want to be cautious…is when the sound of a voice or a cup of coffee with a friend is replaced with ‘likes’ on a post.

Reclaiming conversation
In the philosophy of conversation-centric communcation , connection is downgraded to a logistical role. It’s a supporter.
…text is no longer a sufficient alternatives.
In my opinion, conversation-centric activities need us to outputting instead of receiving information.

Practice: Don’t click “like”
Not only should you stop using the “like” button, but also you need remain silent and sop leaving comments.

Practice: Consolidate texting
The practice of consolidating texting will upgrade the nature of your relationships.
You will not check your text messages occasionally. When other people need you urgently, they can always call you .

Practice: Hold conversation office hours
Like consolidate texting, you can set up a office hours to have a real conversation with other people.

TOBACCO FARMERS IN T-SHIRTS
Big tobacco companies emerged, and they are harming us more.
Internet addiction is also a big problem.
intermittent positive reinforcement: the unknown is always enticing. the drive for social approval

Spend time alone

Solitude Deprivation
We need to be free from input from other thoughts.
We need solitude to thrive and make important desicions.

The connected cabin
Thoreau created a connected cabin to engage in social life.

1. Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being, doing, having, or feeling.
2. Taking responsibility means not blaming yourself.
3. Taking responsibility means being aware of where and when you are NOT taking responsibility so that you can eventually change.
4. Taking responsibility means handling the Chatterbox.
5. Taking responsibility means being aware of payoffs that keep you “stuck.” (Don’t think “if only”)

It’s a power of love yourself, power of good love.

love and power go together.

pain+—–+——+power

I’m powerful and I am loved.

Action is very powerful!

Don’t be too serious! (Don’t be as my dad)

“I hope” is a pain. You are not a victim, you just need to say “I know”.

If you are responsible for your faults, then you can avoid it the next time.

“It’s a problem” is another deading phrase, why not see it as an opportunity?

So take some risk before going to bed at night.

You deserve an exciting life!

The hero is the man of self-achieved submission, …only birth can conquer death

We shall come to the center of our own existence
like the labyrinth, it’s a path of hero

凡戰者, 以正合, 以奇勝。
In order to secure victory, indirect methods are also important.

戰勢不過奇正, 奇正之變, 不勝窮也。
There are unending series maneuvers derived from 奇 and 正. In a war, we can use so many ways. Why just always think about 正?
It’s hard for me to use Zheng, but Qi is also useful.

勢如擴弯, 節如發機。
In this sentence, 勢 equals energy. Release your energy as soon as possible when a war begins.

任勢者, 其戰人也, 如轉木石。木石之性, 安則靜, 危 則動, 方則止, 圓則行。
戰人is fighting men. We use our energy to fighting, like rolling logs and stones down from a mountain thousands of feet in height.

陸機 文賦
All external vision and sound are suspended, Perpetual thought itself gropes in time and space; Then, the spirit at full gallop reaches the eight limits of the cosmos, And the mind, self-buoyant, will ever soar to new unsurmountable heights. Through arduous work, we can reach the artistic impulse.
Great Void, Profound Silence.

左思 三都賦 poetry-sentiments fu-describe what we see. His fu has caused the price of paper in Lo-yang to go up.

To Ge Hong, we should keep a balance between natural telent(by Cao Pei) and discipline (by Lu Chi).

沈約 criticized that the rules governing poetic language.

永明體

鐘嶸 詩品

II. Liu Hsieh and His Literary Theories

1. Liu Hsieh the Man
He is commissioned by Emperor Wu, and became a monk.
His Buddhist name is Hui-ti.
In the world with transitory nature, writing is a worthy way to reach immortality.

2. Liu Hsieh’s Classicism
“On Tao, the Source,” followed by “Evidence from the Sage.”
He considerd that sages established the mindof the literature universe.
The Li-sao contains a style of tien and kao.
He believes that Yue-fu rose after the decline of the ya and odes. literary history, literary theory and literary appreciation and evaluation formed the literary criticism.
He gave Lu Zhi a verdict, said that its superficial attention to details which causing Wen Fu cannot dealt with the substance.
Literature is both sweet and useful.
He had a broad view of the literature scope.
Liu also emphasize the influence from moral and political.

Literary forms are not fallacious in themselves. It’s the reason that later poets fabricated emotions to fit literary forms.

Liu conceives of eight different sytles which vary with individuals.

Genius have the ability to forge metaphors.

We cannot work against our nature. If we don’t work with, we would be exhausted and withered up.
The chapter “The Nourishing of Vitality” is a lession in spontaneity, he is effect by Chuangtzu.

He condemns the popular view of depreciating the contemporaries and worshipping the Ancients.
Maybe it’s his habit that he reiterated the traditional theory of poetic function and development. But, on the other hand, he still emphasized Poetry must change according to the needs of new ages.
He pays lip service to the Classics.
Literary value can not be formed when writers always conform to the Classics.

He didn’t talked about Classics when he was dealing with something which is purely literary, the only reference to the Classiscs is in the part “elegance and grace.”

故善戰者, 立於不敗之地, 而不失敵之敗也。
不失敵之敗 equals does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

是故勝兵先勝而後求戰
We need to lay plans before the battle.

勝者之戰民也, 若決積水於千例之豁者, 形也。
This kind of conquering force, it’s like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm.

Hold my hand
I’m real powerless to fight
Can you lead me to the light?
My strenght has come to fear
Fled in truth of dawn
Curious as a day
My heart huh woah oh

Can you bring me back to life?
Ignite the fire again?
Can you bring me back home where I am not alone?
I’m lost inside, the night and I cannot find you
Bring me back

Meet me at the levee
All the tears I’ve shed
Before it brights upon my head oh uh oh

Can you bring me back to life?
Ignite the fire again?
Can you bring me back home where I am not alone?
I’m lost inside, the night and I cannot find you

Bring me back

成癮的反面不是清醒，而是連接。

在這個互聯網的時代，人與人的連接似乎變得越來越容易，但是我們慢慢失去了對人、對事建立深層連結的能力，取而代之的是無盡的信息推送，社交媒體 的動態，短視頻、遊戲。我們卻愈發孤獨，只能戴上面具 狂歡。

如果沒有真正的，深層的連接，我們會很容易墮入到無意義的連結——一種成癮的狀態當中。建立深層的連接——養成一個好習慣、維繫一個長久的關係，都不是一件容易的事情。也許我們自己能做到，也許我們需要外界的幫助。

二、此文中讲到的刘勰“江山之助”论的思想内涵有哪些可能？他最后同意哪一种来源？
江山有抒發郁拂寥廓之氣，可直接詮释為貶謫。從根本上看，要在天、人之際達到平衡，不僅需要自然景物的陶冶，還要現實生活的感發，因此江山不等同於“山林皋壤”，而是指社会政治因素，這也是成就屈原《離騒》的更重要的內因。

犍陀羅藝術
前期：貴霜王朝統治時期，約從公元1世紀初至3世紀中葉，以片巖石雕為主。
後期：薩珊王朝和寄多羅貴霜人統治時期，約從公元3世紀中葉-5世紀末，以泥塑為主。比前期更具古典主義氣質。
貴霜時代犍陀羅佛像開始打破印度早期佛教藝術的禁忌，遵循希臘、羅馬雕刻的慣例，仿照希臘、羅馬神像的樣品。
犍陀羅佛陀立像，2-3世紀，片巖，白沙瓦博物館。
犍陀羅佛陀坐像，2-3世紀，片巖，高73厘米，白沙瓦博物館。

笈多藝術
樣式：馬圖拉和薩爾納特，代表印度古典主義最高成就。
馬圖拉樣式：眉毛細長；眼簾低垂；鼻梁筆直，下唇寬厚，耳垂拉長呈矩形，頸部有三道折痕，被稱為“濕衣佛像”。
薩爾納特樣式：比馬圖拉樣式更為單薄，幾乎像玻璃一樣完全透明，僅在領口、袖口和下擺邊緣依稀可見幾絲透明衣紋，被稱為“裸體佛像”。
阿旃陀石窟：開鑿於公元前2世紀-7世紀。雕塑多屬裸體佛像，壁畫運用凹凸暈染法。
南印度阿馬拉瓦蒂：近似馬圖拉樣式。

東漸的中介
康僧會：三國吳時期祖籍康居的僧人康僧會從交趾來到吳都建業（南京）“設像行道”。
法顯：東晉僧人法顯從長安出發西行求法，經鄯善、於闐而度蔥嶺，歷遊天竺諸國。
宋雲與比丘惠生：北魏孝明帝或胡太後詔遣使者宋雲與比丘惠生從洛陽出發使西域取經，經於闐至烏萇、犍陀羅諸國。
玄奘：玄奘從長安西行求法，經高昌、屈支（龜茲）至梵衍那（巴米揚）、犍陀羅等地。並在那爛陀寺留學5年。

東漸中國西域
南北兩道：南道於闐等地系由犍陀羅中心地區通過克什米爾即迦濕彌羅（罽賓）傳入；北道龜茲等地系由巴米揚一線向東，或由罽賓北上經犍陀羅中心地區至迦畢試，再由迦畢試向東傳入。南道明顯受到犍陀羅藝術的影響。北道早期較多受到犍陀羅藝術和笈多藝術的影響，中期較多受到印度和波斯藝術的影響，晚期較多受到中國內地藝術的影響。
鄯善：（樓蘭）佛像體現犍陀羅地區希臘化風格佛像的特征。
於闐：呈現印度、波斯與中國因素混合的風格。《合十禮拜的菩薩》：人物造型、服飾和色彩的印度風味異常濃厚。 《龍女》： 佩戴的珠寶飾物尤其是三重串鈴的腰帶都屬於古代印度流行的樣式。勾勒身輪廓和細部的線條，類似中國的鐵線描。
疏勒：在今喀什、巴楚一帶，是西域絲路北道的前站。圖木休克佛陀坐像木雕：具有笈多薩爾納特樣式佛像特征。
龜茲：佛教遺跡以石窟為主，其中克孜爾石窟規模最大。
高昌：內地影響更為強烈。

東漸中國內地
炳靈寺石窟：甘肅永靖炳靈寺石窟西秦時期的第169窟，屬於“涼州模式”的典型之一。
曇曜五窟：攝取了犍陀羅佛像的造像傳統或笈多馬圖拉樣式佛像的衣紋表現手法。以三世佛為主，主佛異常高大。雲岡石窟的“平城模式”一再變化，出現了褒衣博帶式服裝和秀骨清像的造型。
“曹衣出水”：是對當時中國西域與內地流行的吸收了印度笈多馬圖拉樣式佛像影響的一種佛像繪畫與雕塑的形容和總結。
張僧繇：類似於阿旃陀壁畫中頻繁使用的凹凸暈染法 。尉遲乙僧和吳道子亦熟悉此法。如屍毗王本生圖。

第二節 東羅馬與薩珊波斯工藝品的輸入

公元363年中國和東羅馬帝國第一次使節往還。 中國境內的東羅馬遺物：金幣和金幣仿制品、金銀器和玻璃器。
玻璃器：這些玻璃器皿都是由北方運來的羅馬制品。鴨嘴形玻璃水註。

薩珊波斯工藝品的輸入
薩珊波斯工藝品對中國南北朝至隋唐時期的藝術和工藝產生重大影響。薩珊波斯藝術的生命超過了王朝存在的年代。
薩珊銀幣：一種國際貨幣在當時流通於東歐、中亞，6世紀時甚至通用於中國河西地區。
出土地區大多位於中西交通要沖及其延長線上。 是中國和伊朗文化交流的物證。
薩珊波斯金銀器：有海獸紋、蓮花紋、馴鹿紋等。錘揲技法被移用於瓷器。
織錦：5世紀前後出現，多以聯珠圓圈分隔為各種花紋單元。
吐魯番是出土薩珊波斯風格織錦比較集中的地區。
織錦對隋唐絲織業產生了重大影響。

西漢時期對外交流：絲綢之路；可能的海上航道。
將域外想象為神秘的超自然的世界，激發了社會對於域外物質與文化的興趣。

民間與西域的交往最早開始於先秦時期。
代表：青銅錯金銀有翼神獸。（或許與中亞、中亞的格裏芬形象有關）
古代遊牧民族的遷徙對早期歐亞大陸的交流起到重要作用。

來自域外的工藝品
器皿
銀盒：水滴紋凸瓣，公元前2世紀，廣州西漢南越王墓出土。采用錘揲工藝（可能來自古波斯），有的有青銅圈足和飾件。
銀壺：青海大通上孫家寨乙區3號墓出土，漢末至魏晉初年，肩部以錯金工藝裝飾六朵花葉，從風格看有可能是中亞的產品。
玻璃托盞：1-2世紀，廣西貴縣南鬥村出土，淺綠色，還有黃綠色玻璃瓶，均屬羅馬玻璃制品。

紡織品
壁掛殘片：公元前2世紀-公元2世紀，新疆洛浦縣山普拉1號墓出土，上端人頭馬，下端執矛武士（可能是亞歷山大）。
棉布殘片：1-2世紀，新疆民豐尼雅出土，白地印藍花，左下角有手持豐饒角的豐產女神德莫忒爾裸體半身像。（可能來自貴霜王朝的犍陀羅地區）
這些考古發現的工藝品，是漢代不同社會階層與域外交流的見證。

受外來文化影響的內地工藝品
玉角形杯：公元前2世紀，西漢南越王墓出土，可能源於西方的酒器“來通” 。
鍍錫銀盒：前述外來的水滴紋凸瓣銀盒相似，被推定為仿制品。
東漢胡人石雕：2世紀，山東青州出土。胡人石雕以四川、山東最為常見。

佛教藝術的東傳
八角石柱：山東沂南北寨東漢墓，2世紀。兩尊帶項光的立像，與各種仙人和祥瑞並置。
佛塔上的相輪（窣堵波）和中國傳統樓閣的結合。
四川樂山麻浩崖墓佛像：四川樂山麻浩東漢崖墓中的佛像，頭光、肉髻，著袈裟，結跏趺坐，具有佛像的典型特征。
搖錢樹上的佛坐像：四川彭山東崖墓出土，2世紀，樹座上和樹身上的西王母的形象有時被替換為佛像。
佛塔畫像磚：四川什邡白果村，東漢至蜀漢，樓閣上有剎桿、三重露盤、寶珠，是佛教觀念和神仙系統的樓閣建築對接的結果。
特別的文化現象：佛像作為道教偶像雜於道教藝術中。

第二節 漢代藝術在東方各國的傳播

越南東山時代
東山時代：公元前至公元二世紀，受中國戰國至漢代影響。
漢文化遺物：石斧、青銅制作的鼓、玉質裝身具、陶瓷、貨幣。
東山銅鼓：
銅鼓紋樣：圓弧紋、鋸齒紋、飛鳥紋、船紋、蛙紋。
用途：用於呼喚靈魂的巫術祭儀、用於農耕儀式特別是乞求降雨或者象征著統治者的王權。
河內出土陶瓷：酷似漢代的硬灰陶、也有施透明灰釉的灰釉陶。

朝鮮樂浪時代
樂浪時代：公元前108至313年，屬中國統治範圍，中心為樂浪郡。
樂浪漢墓：在今平壤，有木槨、磚室兩種。
樂浪漆器：保存於木槨墓中，器面多用紅、黃、綠三色，繪有人物、動物等。與長沙馬王堆漢墓漆器並稱為東方漆器雙壁。
畫像磚：保存於磚室墓中，有神仙思想的動物紋，也有程式化的木口紋。

日本彌生時代
彌生時代：東京彌生町發現以農耕文化為代表的陶器，下限為公元三百年頃。是伴隨水稻生產的銅石並用的文化。銅鐸成為該期受中國影響最有代表性的藝術文物。
銅鐸：出土於近畿和瀨戶內海沿線，可能是銅鐘和馬鐸的結合體。按大小分為大中小三種。
銅鐸紋樣：橫帶紋、袈裟襷紋、流水紋、凸線帶紋。顯示了該時代金屬工藝的巔峰。
銅鐸上的紋樣是該時代紋樣的集成，有的還是珍貴的繪畫。這些繪畫以鑄成的凸線構成，通過線條表現形象。

日本古墳時代
古墳時代：公元3-6世紀，受漢墓影響出現封土高大的宏偉墳墓。
銅鏡：
古墳出土的銅鏡類型：“舶入鏡”；“仿制鏡”；獨創意匠的“日式鏡”。
直弧紋鏡：直線和弧線的巧妙組合。
房屋紋鏡：寫實表現當時的四種民居。
狩獵紋鏡：描繪逐鹿獵手，構圖自由氣氛活躍。
和歌山八幡神社畫像鏡：古紋後期作品，表明日本這此時已能全部理解中國鏡的形式。
“漢倭奴國王”金印是已知首次傳播到日本的漢字。
銘文大刀：約438年，出土於熊本縣江田古墳。
刀背上刻制銘文並用銀鑲嵌，被認為是日本現存最早的在日本書寫的文字。
這種在金屬上銘刻的素樸文字，可以說是日本書法的萌芽。

We are remotely controlled like animals in cages. We even don’t know that.

THE MAD SCIENTIST TURNS OUT TO CARE ABOUT THE DOG IN THE CAGE

The silicon valley gradually realizes the problem, but we cannot wait for them to solve this problem.

Carrot and shtick

Not only the pleasing kind, but punishment can also play an important role in addiction.

THE ALLURE OF MYSTERY

The algorithm is fitted with the human brain because the brain is genuinely adapted to random. For this reason, algorithmic adaption can also feed human addiction.

HEAVEN AND HELL ARE MADE OF OTHER PEOPLE

punishment is more effective than a reward for manipulating college students.
Negative emotions dwell in us longer than positive ones.

BIT AS BAIT

But manipulators cannot get any result for the rigidity of digital technology.

ADDICTION, MEET NETWORK EFFECT

So that’s why you need to delete your social media accounts. You don’t have a real choice to move to different social media accounts.

ADDICTION AND FREE WILL ARE OPPOSITES

The problem isn’t manipulation itself, it’s because of meaningless, robotic algorithms. But our brains are always changing, this kind of thing destroyed our creativity, making us like zombies.

WHEN PASSIONS OVERWHELM REASON
From the tragedy that happened in Crabtree, we can learn that passions always overwhelm ration time and again.

Impulses to Action
In our emotional repertoire, each plays a unique role.

Our Two Minds
From the story that the woman told, we can know that sometimes passions or emotional minds will tips the balance, swamping the rational mind. Watering eyes mean she is sad, despite her words. She is welled up with tears.

HOW THE BRAIN GREW
The emotional system of our brain grew from the limbic part, the neocortex also based on this part. So this gives an immense power to influence the function of the brain.

作者认为柏拉图对艺术的看法不妥。但在柏拉图的观点中，可以说艺术和他要建立的真理与乌托邦是对立的，本身就是有局限性的。柏拉图认为艺术应被禁止再现罪恶性情、放荡、粗鲁，是否也可以说柏拉图在批判摹仿性艺术满足人低劣的那一部分？

在古希腊中常有和欲望有关的故事，如对于古希腊神话中常有的身体幻化，我认为是很好的例子，如宙斯的幻化、阿波罗幻化成月桂树、牛头怪，人马兽也是其中之一，比如人马兽是国王伊克西翁被宙斯所塑造的涅斐勒所生，最终半人马被神所杀死。
喀戎是一个例外具有良好的品格，被徒弟赫拉克勒斯在追杀半人马强盗时误伤，喀戎本是不死之身，但赫拉克勒斯的箭浸泡了九头蛇的血，喀戎感到疼痛最终放弃永生换取普罗米修斯的自由。
半人马一般被当作野蛮，情欲，酗酒的代表，半人马被认为是酒神的追随者。人马可以表示着上半身、人的理性驾驭不了下半身的欲望？最终人马被神所杀死，喀戎也成为悲剧的代表，是否也意味着着这种野蛮、情欲的代名词，在古希腊中它最终要被神惩罚？半人马的故事对我们理解艺术尼采的酒神精神有什么启示？

II
When the Olympics games approached, the government swung into build buildings like CCTV Underpants, Egg, etc.

III
When the count ran down, the author had a miscarriage, the game is over. During the time of the opening ceremony, there are a lot of rumors. The Chinese government can play the Small ball, but they don’t fare Big ball, the commercial and creative sports as well.

IV
Behind the opening ceremony, everything is sham.
2,008 children are all Han Chinese, she is a lip-syncing girl, and there is computer-generated imagery.

V
The author visited the Anren museum, Everything is hidden behind the figure and the praising to the government’s work, lost storytelling. This earthquake not only showed the natural tragedy but also showed the unnatural policy.

II
The place of the earthquake is a test case of the one-child policy. So many parents lost their own child in the earthquake in 2008. After the quake, the Communist party recede the propaganda of the policy but banned the news about it.

III
This policy may be made China less productive, some people fired and lose their job because of this policy, it is crazy.

IV
The author followed the couple went from their working place in Beijing to Sichuan, to found the clue of their daughter.

Lenin in Zurich
Because Swiss have no government, it formed a bottom-up system that causes stability. There is no big idea that can generate in this country. It’s a magnet for ugly rich and tax refugees.

BOTTOM-UP VARIATIONS
The bottom-up variations is a noise.
A man in a church will feel responsible for his mistakes, but for an office-grounded leech, it’s impossible. That’s why on a large scale, people are just numbers.
The size of the unit may matter more than the system, such as Malaysia and Singapore.
We are more easily swayed by a crying baby than thousands of people dying elsewhere.
We put servants to making decisions based on numbers or theoretical matters. That causes bureaucratic.
There are also the same principle in-laws. Judge-based law (common law), rather than codified law, can avoid some large mistakes.

AWAY FROM EXTREMISTAN
Rather than stuks, the always causes some extreme consequences. It’s caused by a reason called Extremistan. Not only in politics and economy, but also in the mood for a person!
Extremistan is unpredictable but large.

The Great Turkey Problem
The turkey thinks butcher will feed it after the Thanksgiving day, and the love of butcher will increase when it has been fed for one thousand days. So the key problem is how to avoid being a turkey.

TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS
Not only in Switzerland, in Northern Levant, stayed the most prosperous province in the history of humankind. It kept for twelve thousand years, but when stuks took place by the modern program, the effect is visible.

War, Prison, or Both
…What makes the species prosper isn’t peace, but freedom.
The Aleppine merchant fled the Baath regime because he prefers war to prison.

Pax Romana
Centralized nation-state like Egypt or China in history, they rely on centralized bureaucracy. Rather than the Roman empire which just gives protection in the military, they didn’t allow autonomy in the commercial. Lastly, the government of nation-stare will be distracted by war and cannot control other parts like businesses affairs

War or No War
Before Europe created nation-states like Germany or Italy, crisp units always keep in constant tension, but, it’s Medioristan.
After nation-states created, we all know, two world wars, are its vessels.

攻城之法為不得已。修槽鎮輕、具器械、三月而後成
During the war, we need a full preparation to besiege a walled city. It will spend a lot of time.

將不勝其忿, 而儀附之
The general may lose their patience before the engines of attacking prepared.

拔人之城而非攻也, 人之國而非久也。
Therefore, the skilled generals will overthrow their kingdom without any operations. They will not harm individuals but destroy the government. The typical instance is the Wu Wang, who put an end of the Yin dynasty.

倍則分之
This means divide our armies, not enemy’s.

故小敵之堅, 大敵之擒也。
Though a small troop can wage a wall, it will be captured by a large troop probably.

不知三軍之事, 而同三軍之政者, 則軍士惑矣;
Opportunism and flexibility are different than the strategy of governing a state. Morality and li is only fitful for governing a state.

將能而君不御者勝
So many military disasters were caused by undue interference from distant government.

Due to procrastination, employees lose their productivities and cause companies billions of dollars lost.

COMMITMENT VS. COMPLIANCE

As a manager, you need to use inviting commitment rather than demands for compliance.

FOCUSING ON STARTING VS. FINISHING

Effective managers always have the ability to communicate with their employees. Focusing on starting is much more effective for a perfectionist.

GETTING RESULTS OR GIVING CRITICISM

You need to give praise instead of criticism for employees. Praise even needs to precede the recommendations for improvement.
State Your Priorities Clearly
Don’t change your priority too often.
Be Decisive
You need to be decisive and don’t change the goal during the project. When you choose one, don’t change it.
Be Fair and Frequent in Your Rewards
Craving to be appreciated is a deep need in human nature.
LIVING WITH A PROCRASTINATOR
Maybe you are living with a procrastinator, you didn’t need to put commands do them, just say I would instead of you should.
A LAST WORD
Go ahead! Don’t say I’ll try or it’s not working, just be open-minded and do it!

RESILIENCE AND HARDINESS

Resilience
Resilience is very important when you fail, every time you fail you can bounce back from it and know your performance isn’t your self-worth, but your performance is connected to your perseverance. You don’t need to be responsible for what had happened to you, but you need to be responsible for how to tackle these problems. Sarah’s experience told us that you will meet some obstacles placed by others, but you don’t need to put these pressure on yourself, you just need to set a time for yourself and see how much you can finish.

MENTAL REHEARSAL AND PREPROGRAMMING

You can use mental rehearsal and reprogram a mental image to visualize the project you need to finish. In this chapter, Martha imaged her project as a big, thick wall. But she visualized it as defensive protection, to protect her from other criticism.

EFFECTIVE GOAL-SETTING

As a producer, you need to know which goal you can wholeheartedly pursue and which goal you just let go of. Like the reading book, I need to choose a realistic book and don’t change until I finished, because when I read several books in the same period, I will feel exhausted and nervous. I need to try to read one book and stick with it.

Avoiding Setbacks

The reason for hesitating go set goals usually is we fear the setback. There are some steps to avoid setbacks:
Step 1:Recognize the work of procrastinating. I must know the guilty of procrastination is also a form of work, it is a choice I cannot avoid to choose.
Step 2: Freely choose the entire goal. Which part of a goal when you want to choose first? Don’t need to be nagging, Eating the frog is one of the most effective habits.
Step 3: Create functional, observable goals. Set your subgoals.

力屈，財襌（殫），中原內需於家，百姓之費，十去其七
Waging a war, you need to forage on your enemy.

故殺敵者, 怒也;取敵之利者, 貨也 Kill your enemy from the power generated by your anger, get benefits from your foe.

USING MORE OF YOUR BRAIN
Using your left side of your brain is important, you need to shift into a state of flow. You need to stop your linear thought.

IT’S ONLY YOUR FIRST DRAFT
Creativity is important, how to get into it? You need to suspend criticism and linear thought and get into the state of flow.

LEARNING TO FOCUS
Here is an exercise of focus just needs two minutes, it is intentionally created in two minutes then you can exercise at any time anywhere.

FOCUSING EXERCISE
Sitting upright in your chair and practice it. Close your eyes, be relaxed, focus on your breath. Letting go of the past. Letting go of the future. Centering in the present. Counting up 1 to three. 1: from not knowing to know how to start. 2: more relaxed alert, use the superior wisdom of the subconscious mind. 3: my eyes open, eager to work. If you are fear of outside dangers, you can use it as a tool to protect your self, you surely can form a safe and supportive atmosphere.

RELAXATION EXERCISE
It’s your relax, just take two minutes.

INCORPORATING FLOW STATES INTO YOUR PROGRAM
You just need to think about, when, where and what, when you start, where you start and what you will do. Once you’ve done this process, tap into the flow state.

做一个策展人要具备资金筹措能力。

故宫的展览负责人以前是一个机构，以前很稳定。

从展览体制上日本的博物馆和西方没有区别，学艺员的背景是艺术史和博物馆学。 近20年当代形态的艺术开始进入博物馆。 以现当代艺术命名的博物馆开始出现。（美国惠特尼博物馆）

从策展人到独立策展人体现能力的提升可以把各种资源有效的进行组合。
他不涉及到卖作品，画廊和策展人没关系。

如果要想做一个和它相关的展览是不是具备可能性，很多当代艺术的展览模式可能就是需要展览空间。

他们能敏感的发现社会当中的一个动向。泽曼先生被当成最早的独立策展人。
策展人在很大程度上是思维的先知者。

Some parts on the inside of a system may be required to be fragile in order to make the system antifragile as a result. All restaurants are combating with each other in order to form the antifragility of the whole group. If a single restaurant is too robust when the crisis happens, all reasons are boil down to the fragile of this restaurant.

Evolution and Unpredictability

Nature (and nature-like systems) likes diversity between organisms rather than diversity within an immortal organism…
Evolutions benefits from the randomness but the unit died from the harms.
So I need to build some new systems different than the habit system, such as an energy managing system or log system.

Organisms Are Populations and Populations Are Organisms

Organisms are a group of units. Some units are killed some units survived and thrived. They have layers.

THANK YOU, ERRORS

So this is why you need to make errors, You need some errors to make deviation but along the way you find some discoveries, this is Antifragile.

Learning from the Mistakes of Others

This chapter is about layering, units, hierarchies, the writer told a story about himself: he made an error of lifting stones, and when he is well-calibrated, he translates into small injuries that guide him the next time.
I think every day itself is also nonsystemic, I made some errors every day, and see what’s on my pain. I can improve tomorrow, that is, a procrastination log is very important.

How to Become Mother Teresa

This chapter is about relationship or character, you also can get a lot of information from others’ faults. If they don’t make faults, you don’t even know their true character.
It can also be used on ourselves. You need to cause mistakes and know it from variability, You should now them and think about why you make these mistakes, then you will get some information, and get rid of the mind of a victim.

WHY THE AGGREGATE HATE THE INDIVIDUAL

The higher-level needs the fragility of the lower one. If some parts died but the group improved.

WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME KILLS OTHERS

Because you already stronger than others, instead of you are stronger, others are killed, the group improved.

Me and Us

As an individual, we need to combat against the antifragility of the mother nature, because mother nature wants us, as an individual to sacrifice. Enlightenment empowers us to free ourselves from tribes, society, to pursue our own happiness.

National Entrepreneur Day
The author wants to set the National Entrepreneur Day because the most entrepreneur will fail so we need to be grateful to them that they give us Antiragility.

卷耳    JUAN ER
寘zhì彼周行háng 陟彼崔嵬wéi 我馬虺huī隤tuí 我姑酌彼兕sì觥gōng 陟彼砠jū矣 我馬瘏tú矣 我僕痡fū矣
From 金罍, 兕觥, 僕, We can recognize she was from a rich family, the luxurious thing can not solve the problems about emotion, it’s also hard to hold a relationship.

樛木  JIU MU
南有樛jiū木 葛gé藟lei3纍之 福履綏suí之
It’s a song of blessing, why Confucius choose this song? In ancient times, women belonged to a big family, everything is hierarchical, it’s a dream map depicting by Rujia, women will get happiness from this family.

螽斯    ZHONG SI
螽zhōng斯羽 振振zhēn兮 繩繩min3兮 揖jí(集)揖兮
We can feel the praise of fruitful descendants.

桃夭   TAO YAO
有蕡fén其實
The lady will go to get a future home, it will order well for her family and his family. It’s also a utopian picture.

兔罝  TU JU
肅suō肅兔罝jū 公侯好仇qiú 公侯干gàn城
Loyalty is like rabbit nets. You are stick to your prince. Prince maybe is also imagery, you need to stick to your heart, your mission.

芣苡  FOU YI
采采芣fou3苡 薄言捋luō之 薄言袺jié之 薄言襭xié之.
It’s a picture of laboring, depicting every step in a process, why they need to write down these steps? Maybe it’s their lifestyle, even in a rich family, they don’t have any other activities need to do, so they just need to gather plantains.

漢廣  HAN GUANG
翹翹qiáo錯薪 言秣mò其馬
In this chapter, there is a man takes to a girl but cannot get her, he just feels depressed. The girl will go to get a future home, the rule and Li make people live in harmony.

汝墳  RU FEN
惄nì如調zhōu飢 魴fāng魚赬chēng尾 伐其條肆yì
The Lady was waiting for her husband, she was hungry, the morals and education affect their people.

麟之趾  LIN ZHI ZHI
Lin refers to the nobleman, it teach them how to be kind and full of morals. In ancient times, nobles are educated and respected.

I’m so alone, nothing feels like home.
I’m so alone, try to find my way back home to you.

《真相画报》
介绍：由二高创办，1912-1913出版17期。
宗旨：监督共和政治，调查民生状态，奖进社会主义，输入世界智识。
目的：反对袁世凯，利用写真手法揭露时局真相，震慑反动政敌真实纪录时事新闻。
手段：直接或间接地以艺术为革命服务，艺术借力于政治宣传。
参与者：选登过曹华、黄宾虹、吴昌硕、王震、倪田等人的作品。

李叔同
评价：是传播西洋美术的启蒙者。
1905年：官费赴日本留学，到东京上野国立美术专门学校。
1910年：归国，在天津直隶模范工业学堂任教。
1918年：出家。
受到印象派影响。
擅长油画、水彩、图案装饰。
代表作：《半裸女像》和留学时期的《自画像》

上海美专
创办：1912年由刘海粟、乌始光、汪亚尘创办。
评价：是现代意义上的第一座美术学校。改变了传统的师徒传承制，引进西方教育理念与机制。掀开了中国现代教育史上的第一页。
首创：男女同校；裸体女模特写生；大规模的旅行野外写生；中国第一本专业性《美术》杂志。
教学：借鉴日本和西方艺术教育，共有中国画科、西洋画科、工艺图案科、雕塑科等六科。
聘请：张大千、黄宾虹、潘天寿、陈抱一、关良等任教。

蔡元培及其在美术教育、新艺术运动方面的贡献*

蔡元培
投身：19世纪初蔡元培积极投身政治运动，对于中国现代教育、包括美术教育的发展也作出了巨大的贡献。
经历：历任：南洋公学教习、中国教育会会长、南京临时政府教育总长、北京大学校长、中央研究院院长等职。留学：1908年留学德国，接受了西方哲学、美学和教育学的影响，康德关于“美的超越性与普遍性”的理论观点对他产生了深刻的影响。成立：成立中华教育改进社、推动成立北京美术学校、发起成立北大画法研究会、担任上海美专校董。

美术教育方面的贡献
强调：美术教育的重要作用，主张通过教育、尤其是审美教育来改变国民的素质，促使社会变革的实现。
代宗教：作“美育代宗教说”的演讲，宗教的出现和传播乃由于人们精神的需要，艺术的发生和发展也是人们精神需要的结果。
不忘：他在《文化运动不要忘了美育》中认为建筑、器具、广告等，都是美术家的意匠，人人都有时刻接触美术的机会。
规划：他在《美育实施办法》从胎儿美育到社会美育都作了详细具体的规划。

新艺术运动方面的贡献
实践：蔡元培努力将自己的新艺术运动思想付诸实践，推动新式美术学校的成立。
奖励：奖掖后进不遗余力，促成徐悲鸿、刘海粟刘开渠、陈士文等美术青年赴海外留学。
主张：美术在变革社会的运动当中担当重要的任务，坚持艺术的精神作用，强调艺术的“非功利”特点。
认为：“外人能进步如此的，在以外，更赖美术。”

中国近代美术教育发生的变化

新兴美术教育
转机：中国近代美术教育史上的一大转机，莫过于新美术教育的崛起。
画馆画家：上海开埠后的土山湾画馆和官办美术机构还远远享受不了建立了中国近代美术教育摇篮的美誉。广东西洋画家群相比之下诞生了更多的画家。
学堂：李瑞清创办的两江优级学堂是清廷废科举之后的新创举；李叔同人体写生。
周湘：1910年周湘开办的图画函授学校是私人创办美术学校的先声。
上海美专：*

美育思想建立与新艺术运动
蔡元培：*
颜文樑：*
林风眠：*
决澜社：*
全国美展：1929年由蔡元培力倡举办的全国美展成为中国新艺术运动的第二道冲击波。
二徐之争：*是第一次全国美展引起的中国现代美术思想的争鸣，他们各自都是站在当时中国的现状高度进行很有学术价值和中国现代美术史意义的探讨。

筚路蓝缕
左翼美术家联盟：*
鲁迅和木刻版画：*到抗战时成为“美术救国的中坚力量。

我们可以从社会端参与到其中。

一、当代社会语境下的博物馆下的博物与公众
博物馆与公众关系紧密与否，关系到博物馆的成熟度。
近20年来，多数博物馆开始制订积极的公众战略。
如果纳稅人的钱并未投入到想要的地方。
理想的地方是纳稅人的钱可以投入到他理想的地方。

在政府财政危机的时候博物馆应该规避风险。
“博物馆独立运动”
博物馆的服务方面打开后就开始市场化运动。
如何让它们之间的关系健康化。

二、博物馆与公众关系的良性循环
关于“内向型”和“外向型”的博物馆的态度：
我们不要批判旧博物馆学，而是要让旧博物馆学变成新博物馆学。
组碍：公众与博物馆文化上的格阂。

引发的问题的思考：
1、应当由谁来决定博物馆展出什么？（专业/非）
公众往往会有非专业的需求。
2、社会大众的兴趣和需求是怎样确定的，博物馆应如何对比作出反应？
很多的当代的艺术展是小朋友喜欢的
3、在满足大众需求中如何看待日益增长的多民族和多元文化问题。
这是任何一个博物馆应该关注的问题。

798出现的多元文化的画廊

诠释的视野
它让人感受到是必要的

Mi-ran is a girl, her father is a miner, Jun-Sang is a student belongs to a family at a high level.

In the 1990s, the country’s economy broke down, and there is not enough electric power to keep the night be lighten, but the night in North Korea, it’s more natural and beautiful than other countries, no noises, no neons. What’s more, no one can spy the two teenagers, holding hands in the dark.

We need to think about how to see our jobs, in this world, we have a caste system of job, we divide them from their salaries.

In America, though most people make 6,000$ a month still not happy.

It seems like we have no choice and just be in the corner.

The Limits to Growth: We are in the corner of growth, we think growth is the truth, we think more is better, but nature is finite, though technology will help us, the government will help us, but we don’t think about the problems of ourself.

The Creation of Consumers: In this sociology, we are not citizens, but producers want us to buy more, so they create a lot of desires but the populace didn’t increase very much.

To buy is right: Because we are all intertwined with the productions, imagine that if we don’t wear clothes, the workers in the clothing industry will out of work. So if we don’t buy, we are “wrong”, but if we buy, we are still “wrong”. Because of that, we need to think about serials new questions about money and consume, we need transformation.

The Beginning of a new road map for money

Patterns of Belief: There are so many superstitions that we believe, from childhood (if the mother leaves the door ajar the snake will be banished) to adulthood (expose to germs will catch a cold), our brain is pattern making, but most of them can be changed.

What Do Our Actions Say?: We always try to buy something to solve our problem, like now, I bought Dongfang Shuye but avoid washing my bottle (it is stinky because I didn’t wash it for several days with a teabag)

The Fulfillment Curve: Once you know it is enough, the fulfillment curve changed direction.

Clutter—A Fate Worse Than Dearth: If anything is excess for you, you are going to get clutter. Like the example of the hot tub, we don’t need it actually. When you want to spend money and buy something, ask your self twice and think more.

Stations of the Crass: When you think more is greater, you enter the door of materialistic. When you think something needs to buy, but just because of commercial propaganda effects you make you think it’s your self-fulfillment, but this kind of self-fulfillment is fake.

Faces and Functions of Clutter: There are so many things are cluttering, you will find it everywhere. Noises, meaningless activities, in your environment. Once you notice them, you will make your own definition of clutter, and clean them intentionally. Now you can follow these 9 steps.

Step 1: Making Peace with the Past

You don’t need to follow the first steps right now, you can read them or read all of this book and practice this step.

A. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU EARNED IN YOUR LIFE?

You need to dig out your all logs of your financial income. As possible as you can, don’t miss any details.

The Value of Step 1: You will make clear how much money you earned and eradicates some illusions like “I can earn lots of money” or “I can’t earn lots of money.”

No Shame, no blame. You need to repeat this mantra, the money you make is just a number, you needn’t feel sad about it or gloating because your friends made less.

B. What have you got to show for it?

Be Prepared. you own minus you owe is your net worth, maybe it will show you are in an awful situation, or it looks good, but you need to ask yourself: “What have you got to show for it?”

Liquid Assets
Cash, or anything that can easily be converted to cash, like cash on hand, savings accounts, stocks, etc.

Fixed Assets
start with the obvious, your house, your car. but, don’t overlook anything, without subjective evaluations like “That’s worthless.” Some decorative light fixtures, books, debts owed you, also can be calculated, One person’s useless junk is another’s precious antique.

Liabilities
This category includes all your debts.

Net Worth
Calculating your net worth, but we do not include nonmaterial assets, net worth does not equal self-worth.

Why Do A Balance Sheet?
Because in this way, some people find they can liquidate their excess things, some people also realize they possess so many things just because “need them someday.”

To this point, you will walk through your past relationship with money, you are now ready to look at the present.

Summary of Step 1
A. Find out how much money you have earned in your lifetime.
B. Create a balance sheet of your assets and liabilities. What do you have to show for the money you’ve earned?

1. The Master said to Yan Yuan, “If I’m employed, I’ll show my talent; If not, I’ll hide my light under a bushel, only you and I have the ability to do it!”
2. Zi Lu said, “If you lead troops, whom do you want to work with you?” 
3. The Master Said, “If someone attacks a tiger unarmed or crosses a river without a boat, and he died without any regret, I would not work with him. What I need definitely is someone who is careful and fond of making plans for success.”

Analysis

1. The meaning of 用 should be 重用 or 任用 in this chapter, the translation of 用 is “employed,” it’s unclear whether “put on an important position” is an appropriate translation, Legge translated 用 into “called to office,” maybe it’s appropriate to describe 用 in Chinese traditional culture. 行 is a verb in this chapter,  refers to 从事 or 实行.  用 and 舍 are opposites, thus the translation of 舍之 is “if not.” The meaning of 藏 is “hide” or “store” as a verb. In this chapter, the translation of 藏 is a proverb from the Bible, “hide a light under a bushel”. But the problem is, this proverb contains negative meaning. Legge’s translation of 藏 is “lie retired,” it’s more descriptive in reality.  The meaning of 有 is 拥有 or 占有, therefore,e the translation is “have” or “get.” Legge’s translation is “attained to,” it also makes sense but has been old-fashioned than “have the ability” from the 1970s.

2. The meaning of 行 in this chapter should be 统率, it’s used as a verb, so the translation is “lead.” But Legge’s translation is “conduct,” it’s a noun. If the translation of 行 is conduct, the meaning of this sentence may be changed. 三 should be a fuzzy quantifier, so the translation of 行三军 is “lead troops.” But it’s wrong in this chapter, only a great state has the permission to own 三军. So Legge’s translation is “armies of a great State.”
   The meaning of 与 is “with” or “praise”, they all make sense. In this context, the translation of 不与 is “don’t work with.” Predicate verb is omitted in the sentence of 则谁与. It is difficult to add a verb, in this degree the translation of 与 is “work.” Legge translated 与 into “act with.” According to his translation of “conduct” in this chapter, if the Master didn’t need to lead troops, Legge’s translation also makes sense.

3. The original meaning of 暴 is “expose” or “fierce.” 暴虎冯河 is a proverb from Shijing. In this sentence, 暴 refers to “fight with a tiger unarmed.”
   In the sentence of “必也……,” there is no subject and predicate, thus “what I need” is added in the translation. Legge’s translation is “my associate,” It’s a different way to translate this sentence.
   The original meaning of 惧 is 恐, “fear.” But in this chapter, it doesn’t make sense if translating it into “fear”, according to the next context 好谋而成, the person who is 好谋而成 is full of positive traits, and he is fond of making plans. Therefore, 惧 should be translated into a positive word instead of “fear.” It’s unclear whether “fearful of failure” is an appropriate translation or not. Therefore, the translation of 惧 is “careful”. Legge translated it into a “full of solicitude.” “Solicitude” is more advanced than “careful,” since it has been rarely used since the 1820s. There is trouble when translating 好谋而成, because 好谋 and 成 are both difficult words for translation. In addition, it is difficult to translate 好, 谋 and 成 respectively, and combining them in one sentence. Maybe due to this reason, Legge divided this sentence into two parts and translated them respectively. Legge translated 好谋 into “fond of adjusting his plans,” As for 而成, the original meaning of 成 is “succeed,” Therefore, the translation of this sentence is “success.” Legge translated it into “carry them into execution.”

The Complex

The man-made mechanicals are complicated but not complex, If you break them down, they don’t cause a ripple effect. But human society or ecology is complex, if you exterminate a specific animal, you will disrupt a food chain.

STRESSORS ARE INFORMATION

Humans tend to do better with acute than with chronic stressors, from the new finding of the bone, maybe not only aging causes atrophy of bone, but also the nouse of bone causes aging.

From that point, we can get to know, some acute things like shocking emotions will stimulate our body, but some slowly but unstoppable stresses will hurt our body (mortgage and working pressure, deadline or future repayment).

Equilibrium, Not Again

Don’t want to keep in equilibrium, because it’s mean death, you need movements and changes.

CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

The pharmaceutical companies are trying to kill our children, so many Americans beyond high school ages are on antidepressant. We always think frustration is bad for usand need to kill, but we also kill the variability.

Punished by Translation

Language acquisition not from comfort, but from a jail like environment, you need a urgent streess to force yourself to speak or listening.

Touristification

Touristification is the life of tourist, everything is scheduled for them and it sucks the randomness.

The Secret Thirst for Chance

The natural environment is full of randomness, unlike doing the same excerises on the flat ground in gym, nature is full of dangerous, like you see a wild life and run away as soon as possible, nature is never boring! It has no boss, no homework, no academic grades, no chronic stress injury.

This book will help you to learn how to:

1. encrypt and send a secure e-mail
2. protect your data with good password management
3. hide your true IP address from places you visit
4. obscure your computer from being tracked
5. defend your anonymity
6. and much more

HOW TO WIN A HORSE RACE

If we want to finish a task, we must finish it in our busiest time.

Antifragile Responses as Redundancy

the human’s kidney is a form of redundancy, it isn’t useless, because you can save for bad times. So it’s the same reason why we need to build strong will and get in trouble even though there is no hazard.

According to the writer’s body-building experience, every time he exercises was focusing on the maximum. The body gives ourselves some spare to work more.

Fitness is an unclear concept, what is fitful? No one knows.

ON THE ANTIFRAGILITY OF RIOTS, LOVE, AND OTHER UNEXPECTED BENEFICIARIES OF STRESS

The more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.

You cannot kill your ideas, like tormenting love, something is antifragile so that you cannot kill them.

Please Ban My Book: The Antifragility of Information

Information is also antifragile, so many actors lose their fame or wreck their reputation because they want to save it. In addition, there also many people gain attention from criticism.

Criticism itself is antifragile, from criticism you can know whom you effect. Criticism is a truthful badge of attention, signaling that it is not boring.

Get Another Job

Some jobs like the author’s middle-level job, if he beat up the economist, he will lose his fame or his reputation, these jobs always have antifragility because they depend on these (bank) systems, but, another job, like the taxi driver, or crazy artist, they don’t care about reputation, also don’t need to wear a suit.

Large companies and governments do not understand this. If you hear they want to “tranquilize” or “give confidence,” you know they are fragile, investors will run away.

This is why the author is the stance supporter of fiscal conservatism, if you have no debt, you don’t need to care about the reputation in your economic circles.

It’s interesting that what we benefited the most aren’t those who try to help us, but rather those who actively tried, eventually to harm us.

EVEN PRODUCERS NEED A SYSTEM

This system is recording your time in the period of working, record every time in your period, you will reduce your fear about your so-called threatening subject.

REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY

If you restrict your time of the study, you may have an aversion about it, you want to break the authority for yourself, and you will find you will increase your time of the study. So, set a rule of your working time, like “don’t work more than four hours a day”, you’ll find you want to work more.

HOW TO USE THE UNSCHEDULE

1. Schedule only: committed time, free time, socializing, etc.
2. Fill in your Unschedule with work on projects only after you have completed at least one-half hour.
3. Fill in your Unschedule with work on projects only after you have completed at least one-half hour.
4. Reward yourself with a break or a change to a more enjoyable task after each period worked.
5. Keep track of the number of quality hours worked each day and each week.
6. Always leave at least one full day a week for recreation and any small chores you wish to take care of.
7. Before deciding to go to a recreational activity or social commitment, take time out for just thirty minutes of work on your project.
8. Focus on starting.
9. Think small.
10. Keep starting.
11. Never end “down.” If you solve a problem in the project, not give up and take a break, you will have more fun and more energy to keep going.

Use the calendar to record your free time.

ADJUSTING YOUR UNSCHEDULE

The five benefits of using unschedule method:

1. Realistic timekeeping. You’ll know how much time you really left in a week.
2. Thirty minutes of quality time.
3. Experiencing success. When you log every committed time or study time, you’ll find your sense of achievement.
4. Self-imposed deadlines. You’ll set a lot of deadlines for yourself, not from others.
5. New-found “free time”. It’s your choice.

1. Commonly called an Ngram
2. Statistical analysis of text or speech
3. Finds n(a number) of a certain item in  text (examples of n: phonemes, prefixes,  phrases, or letters)
   Google Books Ngram Viewer
   analyzed text (‘corpus’): books scanned  by Google
   default time period: 1800 to 2000 output: graph representing use of  searched item in books through time (used in this presentation to show general  trends of increase or decrease of usage  from the 19th c.)

Historical Background (Lohr)

Old English (Anglo-Saxon): 5th ­-11th centuries
Since c. 450 CE, West Germanic peoples  settle southern Britain

Middle English: 11th-15th centuries Since around and following the 1066 CE Norman invasion of Britain

Modern English: 16th century-present Since around the time of Shakespeare Early Modern English: 16th-18th centuries Present Day English: 19th century-present

Historical Background (Spielvogel)

1. Industrial Revolution: primarily 18th­ 19th centuries

2. Technological Development

1. rapid urbanization, improved transportation
2. new machinery

3. Economic Prosperity

1. expedited trade, accessible commodities
2. new products

4. Growing Democratization

1. increased liberties, expanded representation
2. focus on the individual

5)Scientific Discovery

1. new disciplines, deepened understandings
2. development of sociology (science of society)

Geographic Distribution in the 19th Century

English throughout the British Empire (select locations)
British Isles: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Africa: Egypt, Lagos (Nigeria), Cape Colony (South Africa)
Asia: Burma, Hong Kong, India, Malacca,  Singapore
Australia and New Zealand
North America: Canada
South America, Caribbean: Anguilla, British Guiana, Jamaica
The United States
Preservation of earlier dialects
Development of regional varieties

Lexical Developments in the 19th Century  (Courtney)

New words in the English language
Origins:
1.changes in society
2.need for new ways to express ideas and describe objects and ideas
New words:
Transportation, Inventions, Food,  Leisure, Fashion, Linguistics, Medicine,  Chemistry, Psychology

Grammatical Evolution in the 19th Century  (Mugglestone)

1. increased use of lesser-used form
2. decreased use of commonly-used forms
3. grammatical changes often seen as  degradation of the English language (and  sometimes society), changes seen as  improper use of the English language

Increased use of the Progressive Passive
Increased usage (19th c.): The ship is being built at  Aberdeen.
present progressive passive (present continuous passive)
examples (current usage): first person singular: am + being + past participle I am being pranked.

Decreased use of subjunctive after ‘if’ or ‘unless’
Present Subjunctive: be – ‘unless I be’
Past Subjunctive: were – ‘if I were’
Replaced with ‘am’ or ‘was’ – if I was’; / ‘unless I am’
Prospero: Unless I be relieved by prayer
Current Usage: Subjunctive Mood (Conrad)
verb form, used for unreal, untrue, or  hypothetical statements

1. To express hopes/wishes: I wish I weren’t so shy.
2. To express hypothetical situations: If I were taller, I could dunk a basketball.
3. To express something that is untrue or unreal: He acts as if he were the one in charge.
   Current Usage: Was (Conrad)
   used for statements of fact example Last night, I was watching TV until midnight.

Increased use of the split infinitive
infinitive: to + uninflected verb form example: to walk, to inflect, to split
split infinitive: when an adverb or adverbial  phrase appears between the to and the verb example:, to boldly go, to casually walk, to  gently push
Current Usage: Split Infinitives (Grammarist)
now common in writing of all kinds; not a mistake when used appropriately

1. Avoid split infinitives when moving the adverb to  the end of a phrase doesn’t cause confusion or change the sentence’s meaning. example: split infinitive: He urged me to casually walk  up and say hello. (unnecessary) infinitive: He urged me to walk up casually  and say hello.
2. Split infinitives when the adverb either needs  emphasis or wouldn’t work anywhere else in the  sentence.
   example: They’re expected to gradually come down in  price to about $50 to $75 each.

Important Literature in the 19th Century

British Literature
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice(1813)
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre(1847)
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland &  Through the Looking-Glass(1865)
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities(1859), Great  Expectations(1860)
Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South(1854)

American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
Emily Dickinson, Complete Poems(1890)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance(1841)
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter(1850)
Herman Melville, Moby Dick(1851)

Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of The House of Usher” (1839)
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin(1852)
Henry David Thoreau, Walden(1854) Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1885)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha(1855)
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass: The Deathbed Edition(1892)

蔡元培在留学期间，康德“美的超越性与普遍性”的理念对他产生了深远影响。
1916年辞去教育总长职务
1917年：做“美育代宗教说”演讲
他认为美术在变革社会中具有重要的作用。
向北洋政府建议开办美术学校
担任北大校长期间发起成立北大画法研究会
蔡元培极力支持林凤眠执掌国立北京艺术学校

从北京美术学校到国立北平艺术专科学校

五四新文化运动的“美育”思潮推动了美术教育的发展，使得美术教育脱离了实业教育的阶段。
1918年：国立北京美术学校成立，郑锦任校长
1921年：改称北京美术专门学校
1925年：增设音乐、戏剧二系，改称北京艺术专门学校
1927年：奉系时期改称为京师大学美术专门部
林凤眠聘请齐白石任教
1934年：教育部令恢复国立北平艺术专科学校
1937年：全面抗战爆发，学校南迁

在林风眠的组织下，1927年5月1日，北京艺专师生联合社会的进步艺术社团组织了艺术大会，美术系举办美术展览，共展览了2000余幅作品，这些作品多抨击社会、讽刺现实。
事后，林风眠发表《致全国艺术界书》，指出没有国内真正创造的艺术品（模特儿事件），后林风眠被迫辞职。

国立杭州艺术专科学校 与林风眠的美术教育活动

1927年，国民政府定都南京，为改变当时国内艺术教育萎靡不振的情况下，蔡元培倡议设立国民艺术教育委员会，同年，在委员会议上通过“筹建国立艺术大学”提案。由林风眠、林文铮、王代之负责建校。
1929年：国立艺术院举行开学典礼。

1929年秋，学校改名为国立杭州艺术专科学校

早期上海美专的美术教育

周湘是开风气之先的人物
1911年：私人美术学校（布景画传习所）
1912年：西法绘像补习科
培养的人才：照相布景画-舞台布景画-肖像绘制
弟子：王师子，杨清磐，丁悚，张眉荪

1912年底：刘海粟创办私人美术学校 （校长乌始光）
1915年：正式定名为上海图画美术院
1920年：上海美术学校
1921年：上海美术专门学校
1930：上海美术专科学校

1913：举办画展
1918：《美术》创刊。
1919：学校教师组成天马会；邀请日本画家石井柏亭讲学；组建校董会，有蔡元培、梁启超、王一亭等知名人士
1923：学校建立艺术协会，建立《艺术》周刊；潘天寿任中国画系教师。

刘海粟与“ 模特儿斗争”

1914年：李叔同在浙江省立第一师范第一次使用人体写生（模特）教学
1915年：上海图画美术院开设人体模特儿课程。起用15岁小男孩做人体模特
1917年：举办暑期成绩展，陈列人体习作素描，引发社会反响。
1919年：刘海粟和画友举办展览，工部局指令撤去几张人体油画。
1920年代：美术学校采用模特儿为社会所了解。
1924年：上海美专学生饶桂举江西南昌举办画展陈列人体素描遭江西警察厅禁止。刘海粟写信请求撤销原令。
在上海，商贩为获取商业利益常将春画称为“模特儿”。
1925年：江苏省教育会通过禁止模特的提案。刘海粟发信置辩，数天后江苏省教育会回信澄清所禁模特为市场托名的裸体画。此事件引起极大反响。
保守势力开始大张挞伐，上海市议员姜怀素在《申报》发文，严禁模特，严惩刘海粟，刘海粟发文驳斥；上海总商会会长、实业家朱葆三致信刘海粟，认为刘海粟蛊惑青年男女。
1926年4月15日：《申报》刊载“上海县长危道丰严禁美专裸体画”大字号标题，新一轮模特斗争到来。17日，《申报》刊载《刘海粟函请孙传芳 、 陈陶遗两长申斥危道丰》 。
6月10日，《新闻报》刊载孙传芳给刘海粟的信，孙认为美术学校缺少模特无伤大雅。刘海粟回信认为“学术之事非一人而定”。孙传芳恼羞成怒，发出“通辑”刘海粟密令。后因学校处于法租界内，法国总领事对刘进行保护而结束。

抗战时期上海美专的美术教育

1937年：上海租界沦为孤岛。
1939年：刘海粟赴南洋办画展筹款。
1942年：内迁浙江金华。

第二节 苏州美专与颜文樑的美术教育活动

1919年：颜文梁与友人发起组织美术画赛会
1922年：颜文梁与友人在苏州开办暑期讲习班
1924年：学校定名为苏州美术学校
1928年：颜文梁赴法国留学，后入巴黎高等美术学校学习；编印校刊《沧浪美》。
1931年：颜文梁回国，将留学期间节省出来的费用购置复制的石膏像五百件，图书万余册。
1933年：校刊改名《艺浪》。

第三节 私立美术学校的美术教育

上海私立中华艺术大学（1925-1930）：由陈抱一、丁衍镛主持。
上海立达学园美术科（1925-1933）：由匡互生、丰子恺、朱光潜等人创办。

谓：Legge’s translation: “meaning”, Eno’s translation: “sense”.

媚：Legge: pay court to; Eno: appeal to; Lau: be obsequious to

灶：Legge: furnance; Eno: the kitchen god; Lau: the kitchen stove

奥： Legge: the south-west corner; Eno: the god of the dark corner; Lau: the south-west corner of the house

Legge translated “问曰”into “asked, saying” . Comparing to “asked” (Eno’s translation) and “said” (Lau’s translation) , Legge translated both words. Wangsun Jia asked a question after “问曰”in this chapter, so it is also understandable if only translate “问曰”into “asked” or “said”.

Legge translated “媚”into “pay court to” . “媚”has several meanings (love or flatter)¹ as a verb. Comparing to Eno’s translation (appeal to) , “pay court to” is more close to the original meaning of “媚”. But “pay court to” has been old-fashioned than “appeal to” from 1800.

“灶” has two meanings in Chinese: “kitchen stove” or “kitchen god” , In Chinese culture, “灶”is Legge’s translation is “furnace” . Eno’s translation is “kitchen god” , Lau’s translation is “kitchen stove” . In this chapter, “灶”refers to kitchen god living near the kitchen stove, also called “灶神”or “灶君”. Why Legge translated “灶”to “furnace” instead of “stove” or “kitchen stove” ? Maybe it’s due to the limited information on “灶”in Morrison’s dictionary, “灶”、“炉”(fireplace) 、“窖”(cellar) , they all mean a same thing: A furnace. But “灶神”is included in this entry, it refers to “the god of the furnace, employed in the dressing of provisions.” ² For that reason, Legge should know the meaning of “灶”（灶神） in this chapter, therefore we can conclude that Legge’s translation is reasonable.

“获”means “get” or “capture” , “罪”means “crime” or “fault”. Literally, “获罪”can means “be proved guilty” or “be convicted”. But in this chapter, “罪”doesn’t mean an illegal action which can be punished by law in society, it’s related to “Heaven” , so Legge, Eno and Lau all translated it into “offend against”.

“天”: Legge’s translation is “Heaven” , Legge explained it as “The lofty one who is on high” . “天”may not be a place in this chapter. It doesn’t mean “Heaven” itself, it may refers to Moral Power or Moral Law³ . “Choo He says, Heaven means principle” . Because the concept of “天”is rather ambiguous, Eno just translated “天”into pinyin “tian“.

fear of failure, fear of not finishing, terror of being overwhelmed, these are the three blocks to action, if you solved one of them, it will be quiker to solve all.

TOOL #1: THREE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING AND THE REVERSE CALENDAR

You don’t need to start with no anxiety, maybe it is impossible, if you always thinking about the right time to start, or permit yourself to learning, thinking searching helf along the project, and tell yourself you should be finished, you cannot avoid overwhelming anxiety.
The Reverse Calendar
Reversing the calendar gives you control of this project.

TOOL #2: THE WORK OF WORRYING

Legge’s translation:

Chapter XIII. 1. Wang-sun Chia asked, saying, “What is the meaning of the saying, ‘It is better to pay court to the furnace than to the south-west corner?’”

2. The Master said, “Not so. He who offends against Heaven has none to whom he can pray.”

Commentary: THAT THERE IS NO RESOURCE AGAINST THE CONSEQUENCES OF VILATING THE RIGHT. Kea is the great officer of Wei, and having the power of the state in his hands, insinuated Confucius that it would be for his advantage to pay court to him. The southwest corner was from the structure of ancient houses the cosiest nook, and the place of honour.
Choo He explains the proverb by reference to the customs of sacrifice.
The furnace was comparatively a mean place, but when the spirit of the furnace was sacrificed to, then the rank of the two places was changed for the time, and the proverb quoted was in vogue. But there does not seem much force in this explanation. The door, or well, or any other of the five things in the regular sacrifices, might take the place of the furnace.
2 Confucius’ reply was in a high tone. Choo He says, “Heaven means principle” But why should Heaven mean principle, if there were not in such a use of the term an instinctive recognition of a supreme government of intelligence and righteousness We find the term explained by “The lofty one who is on high”.

Eno’s translation:

3.13 Wangsun Jia asked, “What is the sense of that saying: ‘Better to appeal to the kitchen god than the god of the dark corner?’” The Master said, “Not so! If one offends against Tian, one will have no place at which to pray.”

Commentary: 3.13 After failing to succeed in reforming the politics of his home state of Lu, Confucius journeyed from state to state in search of a worthy ruler. Here he is in the state of Wei, and the powerful minister of war is suggesting, by means of analogy with customary ideas of household gods, that he, rather than the duke of Wei, is the key to political access in Wei. (See 6.28.)

D.C. Lau’s translation:

Wang-sun Chia said, “Better to be obsequious to the kitchen stove Than to the south-west corner of the house.* What does that mean?”
The Master said, “The saying has got it wrong.  When  you  have  offended  against Heaven, there is nowhere you  can turn to in your prayers.”

*By ‘the south-west corner of the house’ which is the  place of honour Wang-sun Chia, being a minister of Wei,  presumably meant to refer to the lord of Wei and by ‘the  kitchen stove’ to himself.

In order to think we are superior to others, we build walls, make our group against other groups, prejudice cultivates.

Back to the Child

We refuse our weaknesses because weaknesses mean death, like sicknesses, accidents, disabilities.

Like a child, we can feel belonged then we can know love, know what we are called to be.

The Joy and Pain of Belonging

In our early life, we can feel the belonging as a child, but if we cannot receive love or just feel anguish and painful, we maybe cannot know others’ feeling of love, we hide our weaknesses but it will be a big problem when we grow up.

The Difficult Place of Those Who Are Weaker

We always admire powerful and growth, but this means that we exclude disabilities, we formed a community, a group or a country to amend our weaknesses, our disabilities, but we may rise hate, we think other groups are bad, are evil, we want to empower them. This is why there are so many war and conflicts in history. In order to heal that, we must respect differences of other cultures, other’s lives, but we must see our own problems even evil in our heart.

Belonging Breaking Down

We are in a group then we can hide our weaknesses and feel security, but nowadays, western culture admire power, competitions as an individuality, that makes us explore in the battlefield, we are wrong if we show our weaknesses.

Belonging That Closes Up

If we are in a closed group but it is full of openness and respect each other’s differences, we can be very happy, but if not, we build a barrister to others, and we are fear to leave this group, we formed a bad sect.

Belonging for Growth Towards Maturity and Freedom

A group with maturity has a strong feeling of belonging, it has openness to our own weak and needy, and willing to serve others. This kind of group will see other’s gifts, also will seek help outside of the group.

Belonging Together in a Pluralistic Society

Some groups may think it is dangerous to mix up different groups and cultures, but we all live in the earth with different cultures, we cannot build security with our own group.

Closed and Open Groups

Who are your neighbors, maybe it’s not a member of your group, if you need help, some people out of your group may help you but your group members don’t. If so, like this group, or ideology built on that, is fragile.

The Common Good: What Society?

Common good, from fear to trust, from exclusion to inclusion, is the pursuit in our society, on the earth.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY

Play can make us more effective, more creative, producers have more time to play than procrastinators.

We need to know that play is important, through recreation and playing we get creativity. So in order to improve efficiency we need to spend time to play. We need plan for some time to play, producers always living without stressing about don’t finish the project.

THE PULL METHOD OF SELF-MOTIVATION

In order to get to qualify work, you need to find something you really love to, it’s recreation or something you really enjoy in your task, I think U can break tasks to small pieces then find interesting part in them. But all in all, you need to plan for your recreation.

FROM GUILT-FREE PLAY TO QUALITY WORK

Combining play and work, it’s our inner fire, a mission to become harmony in our life, not goals, not tasks. playing gives you creativy to pursuit your own mission!

新博物馆学视野下博物馆认知

《当卢浮宫遇见紫禁城》

博物馆学的三次研究高潮发生于30、50、80年代

30:世界范围内第一次研究高潮

50:世界博物馆学研究出现第二次高潮，开始成为世界性的事业

20世纪60年代初期，博物馆学的活动逐渐独立并且清晰起来，博物馆组织的分类开始基于功能加以区分。

80年代中期，“新博物馆学”运动

广阔的社会背景：20世纪70年代随着全球性的生态危机和社区主义的发展，人们开始思考，博物馆和社会到底是一个什么样的关系？

新博物馆学 理论基础：除方法与技术外，还要懂政治学、社会学等多学科

发展策略：观众需要为主，大众主义，专家参与

展示手法：动态的，采用主题单元展示，内容侧重内在与未来，尽量让观众参与，注意娱乐与休闲，多种传播方式。

人如果只是私密化存在的话，社会是难以进步的。

新博物馆学对博物馆的多重认识：

博物馆可以是不同形式的空间：

“飞地” 人类可以通过这块飞地领略人类文化遗产。

“圣地” 它有广阔的历史时刻的特征，与宗教有关联，我们赋予了它极其崇高的地位。“偶像意象”、“治疗的潜能”、“仪式化之所”。

“市场主导产业” 文化场所应该成为市场主导的形态。

“殖民化空间” “展览是有特权的舞台，展示着自我与‘他者’的意象。

艺术博物馆：文化表征的特征空间 无论是避难所、诊所还是监狱等，均是权力和知识关系的体制化的表现。

艺术博物馆并非艺术经典的简单承载体。每一种展品的定夺无不是建立在人的文化认知与判断之上的。

如何达到自己的目标？有时候并不是我们没有能力达到，而是我们总是在中途放弃了。我们在跌倒的时候不断的质疑自己，如果我们爬起了，再次起来，我们总有可能到达最终的目的地，而当我们放弃了，我们就真的会认为：我们没有能力去做了。我们不断编织这样的谎言去否定自己，最终我们将自己囚禁在谎言的牢笼中。

子曰、不有祝鮀之佞、而有宋朝之美、難乎免於今之世矣。

今之世推崇口才与容貌。

西方文化进入近代中国后，也冲击着传统的教育制度，洋务运动时期清政府即派学生赴美留学。1905年，清政府废弃科举制度，延续千年的文人传统升迁之途就此废弃，留学海外、学习西方文化与知识便成为读书人新的目标。

日本是学习西方成功的代表，文化语言生活习惯与中国相似，同时日本政府为学生提供种种便利，因此日本成为当时留学生首选的目的地之一。

1906年左右的10年间，赴日留学生达2万余人，许多人学成归国后推动了各地的美术教育，如早期的曾延年、李叔同，曾延年学成回到家乡四川，担任成都高等示范学校艺术教职。北京、江苏、四川为赴日留学大省，这些地区的新式教育发展得更加完备，同时很多学校直接仿照日本教学模式办学，开设西洋画科，也聘请日本教员任教习。

留学日本的画家有，陈师曾、何香凝、高剑父、周湘、陈树人、陈抱一、张善噂、张大千、丰子恺、刘海粟等。

留学欧美的中国学生与美术教育

关作霖为代表的外销画家是最早留学欧洲的画家，之后留学欧洲的还有李铁夫、周湘、李毅士等。随着新文化运动的兴起，在“民主”、“科学”思潮洗礼下，留学法欧成为风气，不少人半工半读，这一时期的代表有林凤眠、徐悲鸿等。

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I’m not an extreme person in any topic, I need to have my life and my own goal, but because of my personality, I stick to some thinking that makes me different from others, in the end, it doesn’t make me very happy.

My dreams(like become a native speaker or improve my skill and knowledge reserve very fast) are building in the air, not in the reality, why I cannot enjoy the road?

Today when I was coping my words three years ago, I found I wrote some emotional words , it shows me that I’m already in loneliness three years ago, so where is the long light? I need to find in my heart and outside in the same time, I think if I found, I will find my quietness and tranquility in my heart.

Several days ago I searched some pieces of music on Youtube and listening. when I’m listening to this music and saw the comments below. I’m very touched and weeping.

I haven’t <g class="gr_ gr\_13 gr-alert gr\_spell gr\_inline\_cards gr\_run\_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="13" data-gr-id="13">weeped</g> for a long time, remember that the last weep was two years ago.

I took a comment here:

RonhiMusic
4 months ago
“The loneliest people are the kindest,
the saddest people smile the brightest,
and the most damaged people are the wisest.
All because they don’t wish to see others suffer
like they do.” -Anonymous

epicsoulfactory
3 years ago
Hi, I’m Cesc Vilà, the composer of this track.
I just wanted to let you know how important is for me to read all your beautiful comments. To read that someone can feel more relax or empowered and even that this music can help you a little bit to endure your struggle with depression, is something that’s beyond what a composer could ask for and makes me feel a sense of purpose and a strength to move on with my life too.
Sadly, sometimes we (myself) are knock out by many cirumcustancies…, and although we all know that eventually things will pass, it’s really hard to move on. At such dark times it is good to cling to what life gives to us…, it may be an idea, a dream, a song…, or even a series of warm comments in a video on you tube (that’s the case). Anything goes to keep going on, to return back to our light.
I just wanted to show you my gratitude and also encourage you all. Feel free to listen to my track Suns and Stars (Really Slow Motion). It’s there on you tube. Not propaganda. I think that track really can help you also to feel empowered, uplifted and happy…, even if just makes you smile or dream for a second, it will be worthwhile 🙂
Thanks also to HDSounDI for sharing my work.
See you soon ^_^

Nobody
3 months ago (edited)
Little kid : why does great people die ?
Father : imagine you at the garden full of flowers, which one do you pick ?
Little kid : the most beautiful one
Father : (look at the skies) exactly.

to everyone whom is listening and feeling alone… you are in my prayers.
never give up. life is precious. sending a ray of sunlight to everyone who needs it. I’ll be your friend, doesn’t matter who you are, who old o young you are, doesn’t matter what you look like or what religion or nationality you have.
listen to the soft music: unable to perceive the shape of music, you find it all around you. it’s presence fills your eyes with love. it humbles your heart, for it’s everywhere xoxo Marit

The “Have To’s”—Messages of Stress

We need to change the self-talk of ‘I have to’.

The “Should’s”—Messages of Depression

If we always said should, we will fell into depression because the ‘should’ corporate many negative minds like I don’t agree, I don’t have a bright future, I don’t like. So change the self-dialogue and make the should image to ‘choose’, you will have freedom.

THE POWER OF CHOICE

The author shares his experience of jumping, he changed his mind from ‘have to’ to “I choose to exit the plane safely” and “I don’t want to be kicked out of the plane” when he jumping for the first time.

From Resistance to Commitment

If we know our tasks are our commitment and our choice because we prefer them to the consequences not finish them.

Learning How to Say No

You know your self-respect and worth, You don’t have to say “I guess I have to do”, you just say “no”.

FIVE SELF-STATEMENTS THAT DISTINGUISH PROCRASTINATORS FROM PRODUCERS

Negative thinking of “I have to” and “I must finish”.

You just need to know “when can I start?” or “how can I start?”

Some people also see the task is very important, but you should just focus on “I can take one small step”.

Don’t think about perfect performance, you just think I could be perfectly human.

You can intentionally try to be imperfect.

Never thinking ” I don’t have time to play”, You just say ” I must have time to play”.

Painting and Sculpture

PALETTE OF KING NARMER

Narmer’s palette’s narration is the normal form in Egypt, the artist use registers to make the palette more orderly, the figures in the palette combining profile view and frontal view. The pharaoh is the biggest in the center.

Architecture

MASTABAS

Mastaba is the standard tomb type in early Egypt. It’s a rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides.

IMHOTEP AND DJOSER

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The stepped pyramid of Djoser resembles a series of stacked Mastabas.

OLD KINGDOM

Architecture

GIZEH

The pyramid of Khufu is a famous pyramid, it stores three pharaohs’ corpses and had a lot of inscriptions in the champer, to keep pharaohs’ afterlife <g class="gr_ gr\_5 gr-alert gr\_gramm gr\_inline\_cards gr\_run\_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="5" data-gr-id="5">same</g> as the life before death.

GREAT SPHINX

Its head is an image of a pharaoh, Khafre or Khufu, it shows pharaoh’s intelligence and strength.

Sculpture

KHAFRE ENTHRONED

It’s a seated statue of Khafre, this statue manifest the purpose: to last for eternity.

MENKAURE AND KHAMERERNEBTY

This statue shows the image of Menkaure and one of his wives. The statue depicts the couple without any affection and love, just serves as an eternal substitute for the ka.

SEATED SCRIBE

When their hierarchy is low, their formality will decrease but realism will increase. This scribe’s chest is sagging and belly is protruding.

TOMB OF TI

On the wall of his tomb, it shows Ti are hunting with other people, Ti was doing nothing, but he is very big than other people, the animals are scared of them. It depicts the supreme and life hereafter.

MIDDLE KINGDOM

Sculpture

SENUSRET III

In the middle kingdom, it is very different than the old kingdom, like this sculpture of Sunusret’s head, he showed anxiety and moody, sunk in brooding meditation.

BENI HASAN

Most typical tomb character in the middle kingdom is rock-cut, like the tomb of Beni Hasan. The structurer formed a shallow columnar porch, which Greek architects emulated.

NEW KINGDOM

Architecture

DEIR EL-BAHRI

It’s the royal mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh. Her kneeling status shows her image of male, Egyptians called her “his majesty”.

Abu Simbel

It’s the royal mortuary temple of Ramses II, there are four rock-cut statues dominated before the temple of Ramses II. in the narrow corridor, there are several colossal pillars facing each other showing the image of the human.

KARNAK

The temple of Amen-Re at Karnak has a gigantic hypostyle hall built by stone. These rock-cut columns formed clerestory admitted light through windows with stone grilles.

Sculpture and Painting

SENMUT AND NEFRURA

This block statue shows the queen’s chancellor Senmut embraces the queen’s daughter Nefrura,

TOMB OF NEBAMUN

The fresco of Nebamun’s tomb depicted the afterlife of Nebamun with his daughter and his wife, he was hunting a fowl.

Akhenaton and the Amarna Period

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Financially independent thinking

The results of FI thinking. You will naturally go to FI intelligence. One outcome of FI intelligence is saving six months of <g class="gr_ gr\_121 gr-alert gr\_spell gr\_inline\_cards gr\_run\_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del" id="121" data-gr-id="121">expences</g> in your bank account at least.

Shifting to low levels has two benefits, the first is people can avoid the control of high levels, the second is, people escape from strong emotions like anxiety.

People usually change between high levels and low levels.

Self-awareness can occurs at different levels, at low levels, like pain and movement.

Self-worth is very important if they cannot justify their actions and feel progress for their goals, self-worth will be very low.

The Modern Dilemma

In modern times, Chrisitianity lost its central place in western countries, but people cannot find an impeachable criterion for the life.

Masochism as Life-Scheme

There are four concepts in masochism’s life scheme, efficacy, self-worth, justification, and fulfillment because, in modern times, efficacy is omnipresent, but we lack justification and fulfillment, so masochist sacrifices efficacy and self-worth to get justification and fulfillment.

The Sumerians developed city-states and formed a white temple for rituals. Sumerians also produced great literature.

INANNA

It is a female head make up with fragments of white marble.

WARKA VASE

It was the first work of pictorial narration.

ESHNUNNA STATUETTES

The oversized eyes of these statuettes depict that the worships for deities and the wakefulness to the connection between deities and them.

STELE OF THE VULTURES

The steel shows the battle of Sumerian.

Sumerian formed the city-state and Ningirsu is the God of them. Eannatum is the leader to combat the enemies.

STANDARD OF UR

It shows the war side and different figures with different scales.

BULL-HEADED HARPS

It shows narrative things on the soundbox of it.

CYLINDER SEALS

The artist followed the compositional rules to depict a banquet.

Akkad

AKKADIAN PORTRAITURE

It’s the first hollow-cast and metal sculpture combined <g class="gr_ gr\_3 gr-alert gr\_spell gr\_inline\_cards gr\_run\_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="3" data-gr-id="3">naturalisma</g> and abstract patterning.

NARAM-SIN STELE

The steel shows the divinity and victory of the Naram Sun. It also not fit in the conventional format of Mesopotamia style of horizontal narration.

Third Dynasty of Ur

ZIGGURAT, UR

It’s a ramp-like temple styles with hundreds of scales ended in tower flanked gateway.

GUDEA OF LAGASH

It’s a sculpture made by polished diorite, a costly and dark stone. The statue shows the seated Gudea.

Babylon

HAMMURABI

The stele of Hammurabi’s laws depicts a relief of Hammurabi and Shamash, the sun god. It shows that Shamash extended the ring and rod to Hammurabi.

Elam

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The statue of Queen <g class="gr_ gr\_26 gr-alert gr\_spell gr\_inline\_cards gr\_run\_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="26" data-gr-id="26">Napir</g>-Asu is very heavy and immovable, it is a life-size bronze and copper statue, shows the unquestionable votive to the god.

Assyria

PALACE OF SARGON II

In the palace of Sargon, there are some colossal limestone monsters called lamassu, the sculptors insist on the complete views of them, so lamassu has five legs, two legs for in front view, four legs for in profile view.

PALACE OF ASHURBANIPAL

There are some painting on the glazed bricks and some reliefs in the palace. The sculptor depicts the war in the relief combining the front view and profile view. Making the reliefs more understandable and vivid is their goal.

PALACE OF ASHURBANIPAL

Two centuries later around 7th BCE, the relief in this palace shows that the emperor hunting lions, each lion hurt by two arrows but they didn’t die, it shows the brave of lions and the manly image of the hunter.

Neo-Babylonia

ISHTAR GATE

The Ishtar gate constructed by blue-glazed bricks, it has reliefs of the profiles of dragons and bulls.

Achaemenid Empire

PERSEPOLIS

This relief shows the supreme of Persian Emperor

SHAPUR I

Sasanians is the last pre-Islamic dynasty, the Shapur catches the Roman Empire and this empire last for 400 years.

Imaging that we always transform the task to a board before ourself, we can perform well if this board is on the land, but if the board is suspended between two buildings 100 feet above the pavement, then we are fearful to pass it.What’s more, we always feel a fire behind ourself.

We always fell in self-criticism so we use procrastinate to put off tasks until the deadline. It’s a victim mentality that we think we have to, no we will.

A human being needs a companion, and we need truths and make our worlds or communities better.

Community and Rigid Order

This is a paradox between the desire to belong, to fit in a community and to serve the deepest mind for oneself, close to God and be freedom.

The Weakness of a Child

We all born with weakness, we need love from parents as we cannot survive without others help. So if we don’t get love from the outside world, we will feel lonely. A lonely child will construct protection to survive and close his heart, but a child who gets love will more open to the world. we all have a lonely child in our heart, a lonely child can make us survive but also can destruct us.

Love Transforms Chaos

There are seven aspects of love that necessary for the transformation of the heart. to reveal, to understand, to communicate, to celebrate, to empower, to be in communion with another, and, finally, to forgive.

Praying together

Praying is to find love. If we pray, we know we are loved by God.

The opposite of fragile is not robust, half of our life has no name for.

PLEASE BEHEAD ME

We need to become Hydra, the serpent-like creature, we need some doses of antifragility, otherwise the sword of Damocles will get you.

On the Necessity of Naming

In the history of human, so many names of colors didn’t created, but this doesn’t mean we cannot discern different colors. We are doing more than we think.

PROTO-ANTIFRAGILITY

Hormesis is the first way to become robustness or antifragility Which means we ingest small doses of poison gradually and make our body healthier. For a case, caloric restriction may lengthen our life expectancy.

DOMAIN INDEPENDENCE IS DOMAIN DEPENDENT

We, humans, are handicapped that we cannot translate the conceptions to another area we don’t know. So we should make efforts to make the concepts more easily understand.

In modern times, so many people avoid fragility through the expences of others.

The Antidote to The Black Swan

We are very thirsty for order, we should embrace the randomness so that we can become control order.

When facing small probabilities, we often fail, so only when understanding it, then we will not fearful.

Robust Is Not Robust Enough

Mother Nature cannot predictable, though it runs well for 4 billion years.

It’s an illusion that technology is a programmed design.

On the Measurability of (Some) Things

We can measure the fragility, but we cannot predict the future through it. Consciously, we rejecting the antifragility, but unconsciously, we sometimes do it.

The Fragilista

We always use the so-called solid system to intervere natural growth.

Where Simple Is More Sophisticated

Less is more and more effective, but to change it, we should have structural changes.

The (Rather Happy) Disorder Family

Time is also like volatility, more time, more disorder.

If You See Something

If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

Defossilizing Things

Academia is very fossilized, but the reality is more harmonized than the academia.

Organization

The book is the collection of some essays.

The agriculture developed, many towns developed, so the

JERICHO

Around 7000 BCE, they developed stone buildings to defend nomad, it’s a great achievement, and they used the skulls for rituals, also using plaster to restore the skull, and inlaid seashells as eyes.

Ain Ghazal

They remarked the beginning of monumental sculptures in Mesopotamia.

ÇATAL HÖYÜK

It developed the depiction of the human body, the shape of the torso, not only the profile. It also has the first depiction of a setting devoid of both humans and animals.

Western Europe

NEWGRANGE

It’s a megalithic tomb.

HAGAR QIM

The stone temple built by constructed layout.

STONEHENGE

It is related to a funerary ritual.

The story of Dorothy shows that procrastination is the choice between the self-improvement and others jealousy.

I need to unlearn the pattern that my tasks are associated with the mind that I am lazy.

Knowing how you spend your time

It’s important to record your time in your daily life. Don’t expect to find eight hours for working a day, because something involves socializing.

The Procrastination Log

Record your feeling, your though when you procrastinate. You should record any negative attitude, identify the fears and pressures.

CREATING SAFETY: THE FIRST MAJOR STEP OUT OF PROCRASTINATION

What shall be my subject? -animals, but men are rare. They’re almost profiled because the only profile can show the essence.

Western Europe

Paleolithic human-headed shows that the ivory figure is very important for the artist.

Nude woman shows fertility images. The intents of makers maybe the female form.

Ancient artists always painted statuette.

The sculptors usually change the subject to keep the profile view and details.

Art in the Old Stone Age

The question is why painters want to paint in these cavern, some people believe that these bison can provide food for them.

Lascaux shows a hunting scene, it may be the first narrative art.

Xu You’s saying means name is the only guest of reality. We should think about whether we can fit it.

Which is useless in one place can be very useful in other places, like the cream.

Relief sculpture: some sculpture is very boldly.

Art historian should learn in other disciplines.

No one can be truly objective.

“The unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38A).

It’s not by art, but by divine power.

SPACE, MASS, and VOLUME

Perspective, Foreshortening Foreshortening is one form of perspective, Rubens use it, Egyptian artists don’t use it, neither is the correct.

Proportion, and Scale Proportion can be changed for some intention.

Who paid for it? Patrons always have a big influence when artists are commissioned. They can change subjects and style in an artwork, under these circumstances, personal style is not important. So it is necessary to know who paid for it?

Basic words for art historian:

Form and composition (not only two dimensions but also 3D)

Material and Technique

Line (like Durer’s The Four Horsemen, parallel strokes depicts dark sky)

Color: Hue, tonality, saturation.

Before the war, you should think about whether moral law is sit on your side, if not, you lose Heaven.

Before the war, you should create the situation for success, and make the plan for better circumstances.

兵者, 龍道也。

All warfare is based on deception, so we should deceive both of our friends and enemies.

If your opponent is bad temper, irritate him. Observe your enemy, if they are in ease, make him not rest, if they are united, separate him.

The goal is, use their weaknesses and disrupt their disadvantages.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

These strategies should be calculated before the war, more calculated, more possibilities for the win.

But the recent study shows that maybe masochism is more fundamental. The number of Masochists are much more than sadists’.

The submissive partners are really in control during SM, because it is the submissive’s desire shapes the sex play.

Masochistic desires are much stronger than sadistic. But many submissive people cannot find a partner to dominate them because of the shortage. So What happens often is two masochists meet each other, one of them should take turns.

Many dominant have the submissive experience, maybe masochism is more important.

What is art history:

Art history aims to learn and find the history and development of art.

The questions art historians should ask:

How old is it?

What is it’s style?

Ancient Greece

Architecture and Architectural Sculpture

Doric and Ionic orders.

Doric formulated on the mainland; the Ionic was the order of choice in the Aegean Islans and coast of Asia Minor.

shaft is the vertical channels.

Basilica, Paestum

The columns of the Temple of Hera are swelling at the middle of the shafts.

Temple of Artemis, Corfu

The hideous Medusa and two panthers at the center of this early pediment served as temple gaurdians.

It’s a hard task for Greek sculptor.

Siphnian treasury, Delphi

All four sides of the building have sculptured frieze.

Carpatids erected in the porch.

Vase Painting

FRANÇOIS VASE

It’s a early Athenian black-figure painting with the more than 200 figures in five registers.

Exekias

Exekias is a ackonwledged master of the black-figure.

The eyes of figure were depicted in a old manner.

Bilingual Painting

Andokides Painter use new technique (red-figure) to paint on both sides. Once in black-figure and once in the new technique.

Painters don’t need using the glaze to create silhouettes of red-figure.

Euphronios

Euphronios is a younger and a more adventurer painter. He rejected the conventional composite posture for the human figure.

Euthymides

He cast aside the conventional frontal and profile composite views.

He foreshortened the patterned.

Aegina and Transition to the Classical Period

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

The Aegina temple’s cella has two colonnades,each of two stories.

The dying warrior in the west pediment still has a rigidly torso and an Archaic smile.

Early and high Classical periods

Architecture and Architectural Sculpture

Temple of Zeus, Olympia

It’s the first great monument of Classical art. The Seer from east pediment has a shocked expression because he foresee the tragic outcome of the chariot race.

Statuary

Kritios Boy

It’s one of the most important statues in the history of art.

It’s the first statue to show how a person naturally stands.

Riace Warrior

It’s a hollow-casting life-size bronze statue with a natural motion. We cannot see nay Archaic frontality and rigidity in this statue.

Charioteer of Delphi

It exceeds the Riace warrior.

…the turn of the head and feet in opposite directions as well as a slight twist at the waist are in keeping with the Severe Style.

Artemision Zeus

It shows the lightness and stability of hollow-cast bronze statues.

Myron, Diskobolos

Also known as the Discus Thrower . It’s a vigorous action staue but it’s face remains expressionless.

Polykleitos, Doryphoros

The contrapposto of Doryphoros is more pronounced. Polykleitos’ aim was to impose order on human movement.

The Athenian Acropolis

Portrait of pericles

Kresilas had the ability to make noble men appear even more noble in their portraits.

Periclean Acropolis

Architects and sculptors of the Classical period focused their attention on the construction and decoration of these four buildings.

Parthenon: Architecture

The architecture’s shape is irregular such as the perisytle columnsin the corner.

Athena Parthenos

Athena was fully armed with shield, spear, and helmet, and she held Nike in her extended right hand.

Parthenon: Metopes

These metopes are alleegories for the Greek-Persian conflict of the early fifth century BCE.

Parthenon: Pediments

The Phidian workshop mastered the rendition of clothed forms as well.

Parthenon: Ionic Frieze

the Athenian Th e frieze vividly communicates the procession’s acceleration and deceleration.

Propylaia

It housed a picture gallery. Maybe it’s the first recorded structure built for the specific purpose of displaying paintings.

Hegeso stele

It’s a stele, a young woman in her home, attended by her maid.

Painting

Achilles Painter

Placing frontal eyes on profile faces had abandoned.

Polygnotos

Polygnotos placed figures on different levels.

Niobid Painter

The Niobid Painter also drew the son’t face in a three-quarter view.

Tomb of the diver, paestum

Tomb of the diver shows a young man diving into water. It symbolizes the plunge from this life into the next.

Late Classical Period

Sculpture

PRAXITELESI

His works entered the world of human experience.

Skopas

In the late Classical period, distinctive individual styles emerged.

Skopa’s hallmark was intense emotionalism. His works, Grave stele of a young hunter, depicts overt mourning.

Lysippos

Lysippos exhibits the new proportions.

The observer must move to the side and view Lysippos’s work at a three-quarter angle or in full profile.

Alexander the Great and Macedonian Court Art

Alexander’s portraits

It provides insight into Alexander’s personality as well as Lysippos’s art.

Pella Mosaics

The stag hunt by Gnosis bears the earliest known signature of a mosaicst.

Gnosis used shading to model volume.

Hades and persephone

The Painter used short dark brushstrokes to suggest shading on the underside of Hades’ right arm…

Battle of Issus

It depicts the battle between Alexander and Darius.

 “If you have an idea and I have an idea, we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

• Dylan Wu
• 陈仓颉
• YIR
• FSpark
• 沉舟侧畔
• 非科学のカッ�…
• 大致
• OSMH
• 青山
• Dreamendy
• 梅塔特隆立方
• Kira
• kqh
• Mars
• minuo
• 新世界的大门

梦饮酒者，旦而哭泣；梦哭泣者，旦而田猎。方其梦也，不知其梦也。梦之中又占其梦焉，觉而后知其梦也。且有大觉而后知此其大梦也，而愚者自以为觉，窃窃然知之。君乎，牧乎，固哉！丘也与女，皆梦也；予谓女梦，亦梦也。是其言也，其名为吊诡。万世之后而一遇大圣，知其解者，是旦暮遇之也。

不能直接看成美学和艺术理论：动物也许会死，重要的是我们会死但我们没有意识到会死。如果我们按照以前的方式，去超越现象追求本能打手电筒，做不到的时候我们还作为本体在世界存在，把现象只看成现象，不再痛苦，（丢了现象，不是本质的东西）如果我们把喜怒哀乐看成现象，就不会完全束缚在一个固定的地方，我们不应该被它所欺骗，我们在一个日常的梦中，把梦当梦时会更真实一点。这里就出现了一种艺术形式，当我们有一天看见一个东西，假象会教育我们，我们的现象不是真的。因此，恰恰相反，我们尝试画是假的，生活是真的，但画教育我们更真实的东西。这不是虚幻的欢乐，用一种方式。告诉我们我们在生活里面扮演戏剧。戏剧家告诉你们你在日常生活中也是一个存在的方式。艺术不是人类的消遣：它是让我们反过来让我们更真实的东西。如果我们只是意识到现象是现象，保持距离，会感觉虚幻和绝望。
我们必须在现象世界中入手 意识到自己是本体，作为本体，你和现象世界中本来就没有距离 。现象就是本体上开出的一朵花。我们意识到自己是本体，但要投身于现象的世界中。（美学笔记）

因此，“庄周梦蝶”、“人生如戏”可以用尼采的反理性主义与美学解释：我们做梦经常意识不到自己会做梦，有时会意识到，但我们最终是会醒的。会醒的梦和人生这个不会醒的梦哪个更高级？人生的梦更低级，这个梦的现象太真实我们做得太投入了，以至于我们意识不到这是场梦。 理性最终能认识的、关心的只是现象世界。用再精密的仪器不停的拆分现象，在现象中打转，用手电筒照亮用眼睛看都已经是观察现象，用苏格拉底的“理性”是不可能达到本体世界的，如果只是相信知识和理性，我们就离本体越来越远。 尼采认为戏剧中的悲剧是肯定人生的最高艺术，我们不能消极、放弃“现象”，去“苦修”。因为本体永远不能脱离现象而存在，我们无法认识到本体的我，但现象就是“本体上开出的一朵花”，我们可以“作为”本体而存在，去做这一场梦。就算人生是一场杯具，我们不仅作为观众来看戏，还要作为演员入戏。

阿拉伯数字点汉字是顿

严格的按照专业写作的格式（学校也有格式）

<s>贡布里希.艺术的故事.2013 </s> 这绝对是错的

标准的是（英）贡布里希：《艺术的故事》，北京：……出版社，2013年版，第xx页

不写就全都不写，一定要统一

图注不能有符号 作者不用写国籍

35×67厘米

扣题 逻辑性 长篇议论文

论点 就要有点 每个分论点扣一级标题

不知道为什么，听到这个背景音乐会感觉到有点伤心？是宝座被夺去的那一刻吗？

I remember the ocean, Memories die out so hard. We were traveling the mountains, just to find the loudest seas. We settled down by the fire, knowing we could aim higher, but we didn’t know that yet. So if you want something to hold on to, gotta find it first. But here I am.

‘Cause I’ve been laying under palm trees, waiting for the summer, knowing there’s nowhere to do. ‘Cause I am happy on this island, Wanna be my funland? I don’t ever want to leave, I’m in a tropic love.

陆治与文征明的交往大约于嘉靖二年（1523年）开始，他同文征明一同交游，并创作了大量的游记作品，并学习文氏画风陆治还与陈淳、王毂祥等同门关系甚好。文征明和陆治虽然没有明确的师生关系，但是陆治的早期风格受到文的影响。

陆治的《雪窗易见图》与文征明的《溪山深雪图》用笔节奏、留白十分相似。这种构图与笔法在王蒙的《具区林屋图》中也可以找到。可以推测出陆治从文征明的绘画风格探索到了王蒙的笔意。

清钱杜《松壶画忆》中提到在文众多弟子中，“陆叔平得其奇峭”。

The most important decision you’ll ever make: Change your categories.

A lack of willingness to change your categories is dogmatic, and your categories become chains that restrict your growth. On the other hand, your categories may change so wildly that they become meaningless and without something to anchor you, you fall into an endless abyss.

Perhaps, the most important category you’ll construct is one of yourself.

Every category you impose one the world is one that you also impose on yourself and you decide if you do or don’t fit into that category.

Goal: supportive of yourself

The questions about yourself:

1. Obligation.
2. Time (vague terms such as “sometime next week” )
3. Goals and value. (distracted by another plan)
4. Mood, fear.

Conclusion: Our real distress comes from constant anxiety of delaying.

It is important to notice the healing system. But Why we procrastinate? Because we fear a threat to our independence.

The fear of judgment is the key fear that stems from over-identifying who you are.

The critic: You can be with more energy and potential for movement, not just disgust with not perfect.

Strict early family pattern is typical of many procrastinators.

You should know: life and work not just hard.

‘We love you just the way you are.’

I have been using Anki for two years. It is one of the best learning and memorizing software I have ever met. It is open-source, freedom and personal.

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I have added 18,000 cards in the English desk, making my English from slag to intermediate level where I can read English articles. I also created other types of desks, related to my major and my interests. The next steps are to improve my knowledge base of my major: create cards I should memorize, check my cards grammar and add some necessary pictures.

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When I was 16

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