君子不器
“When the springs dry up and the fish are left stranded on the ground, they spew each other with moisture and wet each other down with spit—but it would be much better if they could forget each other in the rivers and lakes.” [泉涸，鱼相与处于陆，相呴以湿，相濡以沫，不如相忘于江湖] Zhuangzi, Burton Watson Trans.
There lived in our village a Mr. Wang, the seventh son in an old family. This gentleman had a penchant for the Taoist religion; and hearing that at Lao-shan there were plenty of Immortals,1 shouldered his knapsack and went off for a tour thither. Ascending a peak of the mountain he reached a secluded monastery,…
FEATURE: Temple traditions versus environmental concerns – Taipei Times For example, before Lungshan Temple reduced its number of burners, the PM2.5 concentration inside the temple could reach as high as 400 micrograms per cubic meter, but now the concentration has been lowered to about 100 micrograms per cubic meter, data showed. EPA Department of Environmental…
via radianthour: Just like the Vedic Soma and the Greek Ambrosia, the Chinese also had a magical, life-prolonging substance which they called Zhi (芝). [22] The Records of the Grand Historian (史記, Shiji, c. 90 BCE) mentions that the emperors Qin Shihuangdi (秦始皇帝, 260–210 BCE) and Han Wudi (漢武帝, 156–87 BCE) sent thousands of men…
Gods of Wind Gods of thunder in China’s Taoist pantheon had to work together with Feng Shi (風師) or Feng Shen (風神), Gods or Goddesses of Wind. Here is a story about one of the goddesses of wind…