Four kinds of landscape:

August 28, 2019 - Reading time: ~1 minute

landscapes in which one may travel,
landscapes which can be contemplated,
landscapes in which one may ramble,
landscapes in which one may dwell.

—attributed to Guo Xi (c. 1020-c.1090)

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Bread and Lily

May 21, 2011 - Reading time: ~1 minute
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

—Chinese proverb


登鸛雀樓

November 21, 2010 - Reading time: ~1 minute

白日依山盡
黃河入海流
欲窮千里目
更上一層樓

—王之渙

(heard on The City by Vangelis)


October 11, 2009 - Reading time: ~1 minute

生死去来
棚[頭*]傀儡
一[缐**]断時
落落磊磊

from Ghost in the Shell: Innocence;
unknown origin

* [头]
** [线]


Chinese numerals;

October 11, 2009 - Reading time: ~1 minute

zero; 零
one; 壹
two; 貳
three; 叄
four; 肆
five; 伍
six; 陸
seven; 柒
eight; 捌
nine; 玖
ten; 拾


夜思

May 22, 2009 - Reading time: ~1 minute

床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉

—李白