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November 20th, 2008, 8:48 pm

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu1The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.Always without desire we must be found,If its deep mystery we would sound;But if desire always within us be,Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.
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November 21st, 2008, 10:02 am

I prefer ppauper's China-bashing thread
 
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November 21st, 2008, 11:41 am

Ying and yang.
 
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November 21st, 2008, 1:49 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: mackbar(conceived of as) TJ got a guy pregnant ?
 
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November 21st, 2008, 1:58 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: migalleyI prefer ppauper's China-bashing threadindeed, we already have a perfectly good china thread !
 
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November 21st, 2008, 9:26 pm

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November 21st, 2008, 11:18 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: migalleyI prefer ppauper's China-bashing threadindeed, we already have a perfectly good china thread !What's wrong with having two China threads? How can Wilmott offer a complete market in China information with only one thread?This "mountains and deserts" thread can cover the middle kingdom's high points with dry wit.
 
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November 25th, 2008, 3:10 pm

2All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this, they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership;they go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).The work is done, but how, no one can see;'Tis this that makes the power not cease to be.
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December 2nd, 2008, 11:50 pm

Carmen Fantasie by George Gao on Chinese violin - Erhu
 
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October 22nd, 2009, 2:48 pm

Camels are put out to pasture in the Taklimakan Desert. This is one of the world's largest shifting sand deserts.
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October 24th, 2009, 10:00 pm

LOL! Do you remember that Bonsai Kitten prank from a few years back?But that would belong on a different thread.
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October 24th, 2009, 11:34 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: trackstarLOL! Do you remember that Bonsai Kitten prank from a few years back?But that would belong on a different thread.Ah, but Baby Pears do belong:
 
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November 24th, 2011, 4:54 pm

Wind rips off parts of $2.8 billion terminal's roof at Beijing airport