The Silk Road and Via Appia-2

II trade carried ideas,culture route-religions,Buddhism, Christianity and Islam This region along the Silk Road was taken over by Alexander the Great of Macedon, who finally conquered the Iranian empire, and colonised the area in about 330 B.C., superimposing the culture of the Greeks. Although he only ruled the area until 325 B.C., the effect of [...]

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Chinese Pottery-pen and ink -April,19,’12

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Chinese Art &crafts-twin phoenix jar

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News on the March-cartoon

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The Even Tenor of Their Lives

The essay ‘Horse’s Hoofs’ by Chuangtse(c.335-c.275) is given in part here below. Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow and hair to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their tails and gallop. Such is the real nature of horses. Ceremonial halls and big [...]

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Lesson on China

In the New Testament there is a parable of the Wedding Banquet(Matt22.1-14). The wedding banquet for the king’s son was open to all. But one guest despite of being provided with the wedding clothes could not be counted among those who assembled or partake the joy offered. When I think of China’s achievements I see [...]

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Confucius Prize for Peace

To the Pavilion of the Jade Emperor came all the emperors who had carried out the Will of heaven on the earth. The Emperor of the Sun and the Moon sat in his throne and as the shadows of great assemblage watched the Emperor sat shivering as though stricken with a chill. The emperor who [...]

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The Man Who Sold Ghosts

When Sung Tingpo of Nanyang was a young man, he was walking one night and he came across a ghost. He asked him who he was and he said he was a ghost. The ghost in turn asked who he was. Tingpo lied that he was also a ghost. The ghost asked him where he [...]

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Wit of Yen Ying

Yen Ying who lived in the six century B.C was a scholar and a wit. He was a very short man. He was once sent by the ruler of Tsi as a diplomat to the kingdom of Chu. The king took one look at him and was displeased. In order to humiliate him he asked,”Are [...]

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The Wit of Confucius

Tsekung, a disciple asked Confucius,”Do the dead have consciousness?” “Why don’t you wait till you are dead? Then you are bound to know.” 2. Confucius told the following story: Once I was walking in the mountains and saw a woman weeping by a grave that was fresh. I asked her what was her grief, and [...]

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