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31 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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30 May
If you're interested in shamanism (which is relevant to this account because it was still a big part of the state religion at the time), I just found out there's a reality tv series about a bunch of sangomas in South Africa and it's amazing.
It's a great primary document precisely because it doesn't take itself too seriously. Academic anthropology papers are incredibly po-faced and respectful about everything they record, which is an obligation of the discipline but also kind of unrealistic.
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30 May
This is going to be my go-to explanation for Taoist dialectic from now on.
I've had to speak on this for real, and it's not easy. It either sounds stupidly arbitrary: Image
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Giggling at funny foreign names is not well thought-of these days, but I'm still grateful I'm not called Shi Ti.
If you want to know why Han and Wei were exchanging land, this is helpful.
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11 Jan
What’s the difference between studying and learning?

This has come up a few times lately on ancient China twitter, so strap yourselves in, put on some lo-fi beats, and let’s do this.
Tldr: learning hurts, studying doesn't. If you’re memorizing someone else’s observations, you’re studying. If you’re lying bleeding in a ditch thinking “well, I probably won’t do that again”, you’re learning.

If you want more, however, read on.
Confucius was big on studying. It’s in the very first lines of the Analects:
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This is complicated but kind of fascinating, and another example of a persuader being on both sides of a debate. Leng Xiang is a Qin politician, but he seems to want what's best for Han as well, so here he's basically advising Han to play hard to get to get a better deal...
... Or is he playing an even deeper game and persuading Han to hold out in an attempt to deplete its energies in fighting a war that it can't possibly win? Who knows?
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