The Lamp-post in the Wood

Confuciusville II: Happy Birthday!

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September 30th 2010
22222 Twenty-two thousand two hundred and twenty two. That's how many words I have written prior to this entry; it's a special day. Yesterday (September 28th) was also a special day: it was, apparently, Confucius's Birthday. To celebrate, my house guest wanted to visit his place of birth, Qufu. I went with him. Surprisingly, when we went up to Qufu, there didn't seem to be much ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more