Tag Archives: Mencius

What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Antigone1984.com

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Caviare to the general

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  27 October 2013 大聲不入於里耳。 《折楊》、《皇荂》, 則嗑然而笑。 是故高言不止於眾人之心。 至言不出, 俗言勝也。 Great music is lost on the ears … Continue reading →

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When is a massacre OK, when not?

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Antigone1984.com

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Mandate of heaven

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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