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Depiction of the tale on a painting from the Long Corridor, Summer Palace, Beijing. The Peach Blossom Spring (Chinese: 桃花源記; pinyin: Táohuā Yuán Jì; lit. 'Source of the Peach Blossoms', also translated as “(The Record of) the Peach Blossom”), [1] [2] or Peach Blossom Spring Story or The Peach Blossom Land was a fable written by Tao Yuanming in 421 CE about a chance discovery of ...
The Tao Te Ching [note 1] ( traditional Chinese: 道德經; simplified Chinese: 道德经) or Laozi is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. [7]
Old Town of Cáceres, Spain. You'll recognize it from: Various scenes in King's Landing and Oldtown (home to the Citadel). While in Game of Thrones, King's Landing scenes were filmed in Dubrovnik ...
Tao Qian was born in Danyang Commandery ( 丹楊郡 ), which is around present-day Ma'anshan, Anhui. His father served as Chief of Yuyao (餘姚長) and died when Tao Qian was still young. As an orphan, he was well known for his daredevil attitude. At the age of 13, he sewed from silk a made-up banner while riding a bamboo horse with all the ...
On July 6, Kate Middleton made a rare public comment in support of British tennis player Andy Murray. Murray had to withdraw from the singles event from Wimbledon earlier this week due to injury ...
Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks ...
In Navajo culture, a skin-walker ( Navajo: yee naaldlooshii) is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. The term is never used for healers. The yee naaldlooshii, translating to "by means of it, it goes on all fours," is one of several types of skin-walkers within Navajo beliefs.
Olivia Culpo is sharing a video of her new mother-in-law, Lisa McCaffrey, showing off her dance moves after Culpo tied the knot with McCaffrey's son, NFL star Christian McCaffrey. “Didn’t see ...