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linghxr · 8 months

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Chinese surnames that are more common in Taiwan

Recently I realized that I’ve met a lot of people with the surname Hung but virtually no Hongs. Hung is a romanization of 洪 used in Taiwan (it's Hong in pinyin). So why have I met so many Hungs but not many Hongs? It turns out that in Taiwan, 洪 is the 14th* most common surname, but in Mainland China it’s way down at 107th**!

After learning this, I realized that 洪 is not the only surname for which I've noticed this imbalance. Using rankings I found online, I calculated the differences in ranking and also the "quotient" (rank in Mainland divided by rank in Taiwan) for over 200 surnames.

This list consists of surnames "significantly" more common in Taiwan ("significant" means quotient > 2). I’m focusing on surnames for which my personal observations line up with the numbers. The rest of the surnames meeting the criteria are under the cut.

List order: By rank in Taiwan, from most to least common List format: 简体字 | 繁體字 pinyin (Taiwanese-style romanization)

蔡 Cài (Tsai) Taiwan rank: 9 Mainland rank: 44 Difference: 35 Quotient: 4.888888889

洪 Hóng (Hung) Taiwan rank: 14 Mainland rank: 107 Difference: 93 Quotient: 7.642857143

邱 Qiū (Chiu) Taiwan rank: 16 Mainland rank: 77 Difference: 61 Quotient: 4.8125

曾 Zēng (Tseng) Taiwan rank: 17 Mainland rank: 38 Difference: 21 Quotient: 2.235294118

廖 Liào Taiwan rank: 18 Mainland rank: 66 Difference: 48 Quotient: 3.666666667

赖 | 賴 Lài Taiwan rank: 19 Mainland rank: 98 Difference: 79 Quotient: 5.157894737

叶 | 葉 Yè (Yeh) Taiwan rank: 22 Mainland rank: 49 Difference: 27 Quotient: 2.227272727

庄 | 莊 Zhuāng (Chuang) Taiwan rank: 24 Mainland rank: 138 Difference: 114 Quotient: 5.75

江 Jiāng (Chiang) Taiwan rank: 26 Mainland rank: 79 Difference: 53 Quotient: 3.038461538

简 | 簡 Jiǎn (Chien) Taiwan rank: 32 Mainland rank: 224 Difference: 192 Quotient: 7

游 Yóu (Yu) Taiwan rank: 35 Mainland rank: 166 Difference: 131 Quotient: 4.742857143

詹 Zhān (Chan) Taiwan rank: 37 Mainland rank: 152 Difference: 115 Quotient: 4.108108108

施 Shī (Shih) Taiwan rank: 39 Mainland rank: 105 Difference: 66 Quotient: 2.692307692

颜 | 顏 Yán (Yen) Taiwan rank: 45 Mainland rank: 110 Difference: 65 Quotient: 2.444444444

柯 Kē (Ko) Taiwan rank: 46 Mainland rank: 188 Difference: 142 Quotient: 4.086956522

卓 Zhuó (Chuo or Cho) Taiwan rank: 61 Mainland rank: 256 Difference: 195 Quotient: 4.196721311

Additional surnames meeting the criteria: The first 4 surnames are so common everywhere that I haven't observed an asymmetry. Thus, they are listed down here.

陈 | 陳 Chén Taiwan rank: 1 Mainland rank: 5 Difference: 4 Quotient: 5

林 Lín Taiwan rank: 2 Mainland rank: 16 Difference: 14 Quotient: 8

黄 | 黃 Huáng Taiwan rank: 3 Mainland rank: 8 Difference: 5 Quotient: 2.666666667

许 | 許 Xǔ (Hsu or Shu) Taiwan rank: 11 Mainland rank: 35 Difference: 24 Quotient: 3.181818182

翁 Wēng Taiwan rank: 47 Mainland rank: 177 Difference: 130 Quotient: 3.765957447

阮 Ruǎn (Juan) Taiwan rank: 62 Mainland rank: 189 Difference: 127 Quotient: 3.048387097

蓝 | 藍 Lán Taiwan rank: 67 Mainland rank: 260 Difference: 193 Quotient: 3.880597015

古 Gǔ (Ku) Taiwan rank: 70 Mainland rank: 208 Difference: 138 Quotient: 2.971428571

纪 | 紀 Jǐ or Jì (Chi) Taiwan rank: 71 Mainland rank: 157 Difference: 86 Quotient: 2.211267606

连 | 連 Lián (Lien) Taiwan rank: 73 Mainland rank: 239 Difference: 166 Quotient: 3.273972603

欧 | 歐 Ōu Taiwan rank: 75 Mainland rank: 161 Difference: 86 Quotient: 2.146666667

巫 Wū Taiwan rank: 86 Mainland rank: 283 Difference: 197 Quotient: 3.290697674

官 Guān (Kuan) Taiwan rank: 116 Mainland rank: 274 Difference: 158 Quotient: 2.362068966

Sources: *As of 2018, via 台湾姓氏 (Wikipedia) **As of 2020, via 2020年最新百家姓氏排名，快来看看你排第几？ (Sohu)

See similar posts: Chinese surname ranking analysis A guide to Taiwanese name romanization

#chinese names #chinese #mandarin #mandarin chinese #chinese language #studyblr #langblr #learning languages #language learning #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #languageblr

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dear-indies · 8 months

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hello!! i'm looking for an fc for a taiwanese man, around late twenties to early thirties, with kind of a charming-but-shady sort of energy? shady as in subtly insulting, not necessarily suspicious. thank you!!

Rhydian Vaughan (1988) Taiwanese / British.

Bryan Chang (1988) Taiwanese.

Nick Chou (1988) Taiwanese.

Chase Tang (1988) Taiwanese.

Liu Kuan-ting (1988) Taiwanese.

Austin Lin (1988) Taiwanese.

Prince Chiu (1989) Taiwanese.

Henry Lau (1989) Taiwanese / Teochew Hongkonger.

Wayne Huang (1990) Amis Taiwanese.

Jake Hsu (1990) Taiwanese.

Christopher Fung (1990) Taiwanese.

Bruce Hung / Bruce He (1990) Taiwanese.

Darren Wang (1991) Taiwanese.

Bie Thassapak Hsu (1991) Taiwanese / Thai.

Jass Yang (1991) Taiwanese.

J.C. Lin (1991) Taiwanese.

Simon Lian (1992) Taiwanese.

Giullian Yao Gioiello (1992) Taiwanese / Italian.

Lai Yanju (1992) Taiwanese.

Derek Chang (1992) Taiwanese.

Aaron Lai (1992) Taiwanese.

Dino Lee (1993) Taiwanese.

Fandy Fan (1993) Taiwanese.

Sam Lin (1993) Taiwanese.

SHUO / Lou Junshuo (1993) Amis and Han Taiwanese.

Edison Song (1994) Taiwanese.

Tsao Yu-ning (1994) Taiwanese.

Patrick Shih (1996) Taiwanese,

Here you go!

#fc help #rph #rpc

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libertariantaoist · 1 year

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DAILY SELECTIONS FROM LAO-TZU’S TAO TE CHING — NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“Heavy is the root of light still is the master of restless thus a lord might travel all day but never far from his supplies even in a guarded camp his manner is calm and aloof why would the lord of ten thousand chariots treat himself lighter than his kingdom too light he loses his base too restless he loses command” -Lao-tzu- (Taoteching, verse 26, translation by Red Pine) HAN FEI says, “‘Heavy’ means to be in control of oneself. ‘Still’ means not to leave one’s place. Those who are heavy control those who are light. Those who are still direct those who are restless.” WANG PI says, “Something light cannot support something heavy. Something small cannot hold down something large.” CONFUCIUS says, “A gentleman without weight is not held in awe, and his leaning is not secure” (Lunyu: 1.8). CH’ENG HSUAN-YING says, “Roots are heavy, while flowers and leaves are light. The light wither, while the heavy survive. ‘Still’ means tranquil, and ‘restless’ means excited. Excitement is subject to birth and death. Tranquility endures. Hence, the still rule the restless.” TE-CH’ING says, “‘Heavy’ refers to the body. ‘Light’ refers to what is external to the body; success and fame, wealth and honor. ‘Still’ refers to our nature. ‘Restless’ refers to our emotions. People forget their body and chase external things. They forget their nature and follow their emotions. Sages aren’t like this. Even though they travel all day, they don’t leave what sustains them.” KUAN-TZU says, “Those who move lose their place. Those who stay still are content” (quoted by Chiao Hung). WU CH’ENG says, “When a lord travels for pleasure, he rides in a passenger carriage. When a lord travels to battle, he rides in a war chariot. Both of these are light. And behind these come the heavier baggage carts. Even though a lord might travel fifty kilometers a day in a passenger carriage or thirty kilometers a day in a war chariot, he does not hurry so far ahead that he loses sight of the baggage carts behind him.” TS’AO TAO-CH’UNG says, “‘Supplies’ means the precious commodities with which we maintain ourselves and without which we cannot exist for a second.” HO-SHANG KUNG says, “A lord who is not heavy is not respected. A plant’s leaves and flowers are light. Hence, they are blown about by the wind. And its roots are heavy. Hence, it lives long. A lord who is not still loses his power. A dragon is still. Hence, it is able to constantly transform itself. A tiger is restless. Hence it dies young.” HSUAN-TSUNG says, “Traditionally, the Son of Heaven’s fief included one million neighborhoods with a tax revenue of 640,000 ounces of silver, one million cavalry horses, and ten thousand war chariots. Hence, he was called ‘lord of ten thousand chariots.’” SU CH’E says, “If the ruler is light, his ministers know he cannot be relied upon. If the ministers are restless, the ruler knows their minds are bent on profit.”

#libertariantaoist #lao-tzu #tao te ching #red pine

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foetry · 5 months

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The Night After You Lose Your Job

BY DEBORA KUAN

You know sleep will dart beyond your grasp. Its edges

crude and merciless. You will clutch at straws,

wandering the cold, peopled rooms of

the Internet, desperate for any fix. A

vapor of faith. An amply paid gig, perhaps,

for simply having an earnest heart or

keeping alive the children you successfully

bore. Where, you’d like to know,

on your résumé do you get to insert

their names, or the diaper rash you lovingly cured

with coconut oil, or the white lies you mustered

about the older man in the cream-colored

truck that glorious spring day, who hung his head

out the window and shouted, “Coronavirus!”

while you were chalking unicorns

and seahorses in the drive? Where

do you get to say you clawed through

their night terrors, held them through their sweaty

grunting and writhing, half-certain a demon

had possessed them, and still appeared

lucid for a 9 a.m. meeting, washed, combed, and collared,

speaking the language of offices?

At last, what catches your eye is posted large-

font and purple: a local mother in search

of baby clothes for another mother

in need. Immediately your body is charged,

athletic with purpose, gathering diapers,

clothes, sleep sacks, packing them tightly in bags.

You tie the bags with a ribbon and set them

on the porch for tomorrow. Then you stand

at the door, chest still thumping wildly, as if

you have just won the lottery—

and so you did, didn’t you?

You arrived here, at this night, in one

piece, from a lifetime of luck

and error, with something necessary to give.

Source: Poetry (July/August 2021)

#women poets #asian american poets #covid poems #DEBORA KUAN #disappointment

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tonin-terets · 5 months

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Nike_World of Warmth from HAMLET on Vimeo.

Credits:

Nike China Brand Creative Senior Director: Simon Lee, Che Lin Narrative Director: Seven Yang Senior Narrative Manager: Yuling Yao Narrative: Elaine Weng, Phoenix Zhao Senior Copywriter: Yi Qi Art Director: Diana Tang Designer: Cyan Wang, Xiaojing Li, Cathy Shang-Kuan Production Director: Kelly Zhan Senior Producer: Cora Liu Producer: Monika Jiang

Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai Chief Creative Officer: Ian Toombs / Vivian Yong Head of Creative: Matt Meszaros Creative Director: Zhong How Associate Creative Director: Ruby Li Senior Art Director: Alex Litovka Art Director: Edmund Chang Copywriter: Pat Cholavit Head of Production: Fang Yuan Senior Producer: Iris Li/ Jazzy Zhao Head of Planning: Summer Yang Associate Planning Director: Alan Wu Strategist: Katie Li Group Brand Director: Qinna Ye Brand Director: Esther Choi Senior Brand Executive: Wayne Zhang/ Louise Cai Business Affairs: Jessica Deng, Hui Ye, Gloria Ji Head of Design: Juni Hsu Designer: Qi Zhang Junior Designer: Chumeng Design Producer: Vic Zhang Senior Retoucher: Changqing Lee FA Artist: Dennis Chen

Production Company: Hamlet China MD/EP: Yimeng Zhang EP: Ruben Goots, Jason Felstead Hamlet Producers: Claire Qin, Duffy Du Production Manager: Winson Wang Line Producer: Wang Zhiyuan, Sun Ying Production Coordinator: Selene Xu

Director: Henry Scholfield

DOP: Pat Aldinger 1st AD: Stella Gui 2nd AD: Yan 1st AC: Terry Yan Assistant Camera: Ma Chao, He Xiaohu, Cao Cheng, Zhang Hongming, Zhang Zhaoyu, Ou Wentao B-Cam: Ben Kang

Gaffer: Dickson Lim Lighting crew: Sun Zhanchao, Yu Puping, Tang Yichun, Gao Binbin, Wang Yongcheng, Chang Dan, Ma Chong, Wang Jie, An Dongdong, Jing Deliang, Jing Xudong, Li Yaohui, JIn Xin Production Designer: Maruxa Alvar

Art Director: A-Liang Assistant Art Director: Alec Wei, Tziyi Yu, Kuo Hung Tsun Prop Master: Guan Guowu Prop Assistant: Lian Guanglong, Zhang Lei, Liang Jiancong, Li Zhao, Li Xiaolong, Liu Ruijie, Guan Weiwei, Sun Haoyu, Li Bo, Wang Xian, Ding Jun, Huang Yanfei, Gao Xiuquan, Zhao Bangyin Special Props: Julius Mak Special Props Assistant: Tang Cheng, Zhang Zhipeng, Zhai Heguang, Yang Jun, Zhang Bo, Yin Rongliang

Key Grip: Sun Weibin, Wang Hengru, Nan Ben, Xiang Yang, Zhang Po, Wang Weitao Stylist: Cheyuan Lee

Wadrobe/HMU: Alice Hsu, Sunny Chen, Dong Hongjuan, Qin Mengyao, Cao Chenyi, Huang Yu, Chen Weikang, Tian Zhao, Gao Qi, Dong Lulu Casting: Baiwen Zhang, Feifei Zhou Storyboard Artist: Vince Wei DIT: Luo Dong Q-take: Sun Haichen Runner: Yan Baowei, Jiao Qiqi, Xie Jun, Liu Gaochen, Shi Chenhuang, Jia Youpeng, Kong Shaogen, Wu Junqian Chaperone: Joyce Sun

Post Production Post Producer: Joy Chiang Offline Editing (UK): Sam Bould Offline Editing (Shanghai): Bing Feng CG & Online Editing: Wicked Pixel VFX Lead Artist: Eddie Van Rensberg, Carl Jeppe Post Producer @ Wicked Pixels: Kamila Kelly, Leigh Human, Leticha Kisting On-set Supervisor: Schalk van der Merwe, Paolo Gnoni Music Studio (Composition, SD, Mixing): Mr.Pape Colorist: Marina Starke

Special Thanks to: Art Director: YETI Art Studio Online Editing: HUE, Bottles Color Grading Studio: MZ Studio, Fin Design Mixing: Hush Studios

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pure-land-mind-life · 6 months

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Start - Basic (10.30 am)

Mouth (om soli soli..), Body (om sowa..) x7

Multiplier mantra x108, Done 1

Om Ram (Om Ram....Svaha), Done 2

Om Chrine (7 times, one protect hse, three protects whole place, seven protects the country) x108, Done 2

Earth Gods of Five Directions mantra (Namo Samanta Buddhanam Om Dulu Dulu Di Wei Soha) x3 per day, Done 10

Stupa mantra x3 per day, Done 10

A va la ka kia x 108, Done 0.5

Sakyamuni Buddha mantra 4x108 Done 1

Cundi Bodhisattva Mantra (Namaḥ Saptānāṃ Samyaksaṃbuddha Koṭīnāṃ Tadyathā Oṃ Cale Cule Cundī) x108, Done 1

Oṃ Cale Cule Cundī Svāhā x 108, Done 4

Om Mani Padme Hum, A Ah Sha Sa Ma Ha x 108, Done 6

Usnisa Vijaya mantra, Om Bhrum Soha x 108, Done 6

Om Bhrum x 108, Done 2

Part 1 (11.30 am)

Om Vasudhare Svaha x108, Done 5

Namo Samantha Buddhanam Om Mahakalaye Svaha x108, Done 1

Om Mahakalaye Svaha x1080, Done 0

(20x27x2 = 1080 or 60 x small beads)

Part 2 (12.30 am), Lunch @ 1.30 pm

Medicine Buddha long mantra, Medicine Buddha heart mantra x108, Done 3

Manjushri mantra, Done 1

Om Avira Hum Kachara Mum Soha, Done 1

Earth store mantra x108, Done 1

7th Past Parents mantra x108, Done 1

Long life mantra (Om sam) x108, Done 1

Om ye ye nan 4x108, Done 1

Food mantra 4x108, Done 1

Water offering mantra, Done 1

Liberate small water being mantra, Done 1

7 Buddha Names x3 per day, Done 4 days

Namo Bo bo Ti li, Cher (li) To li, Dan tuo ye tuo ye, Done 1

Om Maiyura Krante Svaha, Done 1

Om Ah Hum x108, Done 4

Part 3 (3.30 pm)

Nian fo - 108 (6 syllable), 2x108 (4 syllable) Done 4

Kuan yin - 108, Done 4

Great Strength - 108, Done 4

Ksitigarbha - 108, Done 4

Heart sutra, Done 7

Tadyatha om gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha x108, Done 1

Compassionate mantra, Done 7

Om Du lin, Du lin, Jia Du lin, Soha, Done 1

Om Ji zhi ya Soha, Done

Eliminate karma by 7 buddhas mantra 4x108, Done 0.5

Pureland rebirth mantra 4x108, Done 0

Om Pu Kam (Pureland), Light mantra 4x108, Done 0

Acala Heart Mantra (Namah Samanta Vajranam Ham), Done 1

Oṃ Bodhicittam Utpādayāmi, x 108, 14 x per day, Done 2

Part 4 End (6.50 pm), Dinner @ 7.30 pm

Tara mantras

- Green 4x108, Done 1

- Red 4x108, Done 1

- White 4x108, Done 1

(Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha)

Setrap mantra 4x108, Done 1

Dorje Shugden mantra; Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha, Done 1

~ Shize

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Shanti Siddhi Hung 4x108, Done 1

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Ayu Siddhi Hung, Done 1

During pandemic, Om Benza Wiki Bitana Chintau Kuru Ye Soha 4x108, Done 1

~ Gyenze

(Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha, Tseso Paljor Long Cho, Thamched Putrim Kuru Om) 1x108, Done 1

Om Benza Satto Hung 4×108, Done 2

During 8 Kwanzai

(7x per day)

Surangama mantra, Done 108

Om Amarani Jivantiye Svaha, Done 86

Om Maitri Maha Maitri Maitriye Svaha, Done 86

Om Alolika Svaha, Done 106

Mahapratisara Bodhisattva

(Om Bhara Bhara Sambhara Sambhara Indriya Visudhani Ha Ha Ru Ru Ca Re Svaha), Done 86

Om Kurukulle Hrih Svaha, Done 86

Oṃ āḥ hūṃ vajra guru padma siddhi hūṃ, Done 86

Je Tsongkhapa/Jungkapa, Done 86

(Om Ah Guru Benzadhara Sumati Kirti Siddhi Hum Hum)

Om Garbe Ragam Soha, Done 106

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Shanti Siddhi Hung ~ peace

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Ayu Siddhi Hung

~ health

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Punye Siddhi Hung

~ increase, done 108

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Washam Kuru Ho

~ control, done 108

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Rakya Rakya Hung

~ protection, done 108

Namkar Barzin (Om Biyada-Par Dhama-Dhara Soha), Done 86

Zambala of Five Directions (Om Zambala Gari Zanayeh Soha), Done

Om Samaya Cha, Done 86

Hum Mama Hum Ni Soha, Done 149

TADYATHA OM ANALE ANALE KHASAME KHASAME BHAYRE BHAYRE SAUMA SAUME SARVA BUDDHA ADISHTANA ADISHTITE SOHA OM SARVA TATHAGATHA USHINISHA SITATAPUTRA HUM PHAT HUM MAMA HUM NI SOHA

Medicine Buddha (3 times per day), Done 130

Namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru-

vaiḍūryaprabhārājāya tathāgatāya

arhate samyaksaṃbuddhāya,

tadyathā oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā

Makura (Buddhist Patron protector of the zodiac sign monkey), 7x per day, Done x 216

Bhaisajya-guru-vaidurya-prabha-raja Tathagata

(3 times per day)

Akshobhaya (Pudong Rulai), Done 0

Yellow Zambala (Om Zambala Zalendraye Soha), Done 0

- Namo bhagavate Akshobhaya, tathagataya arhate samyaksambuddhaya.

Tadyatha Om kamkani kamkani, Rochani rochani, Trotani trotani, Trasani trasani, Pratihana pratihana, Sarva karma paramparanime sarva sattvanancha svaha

#daily practice

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degibema · 7 months

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ericayuwenhuang · 8 months

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Here is where we meet

Here is where we meet 2023/06/29-10/15 Venue: Chiayi Art Museum 1F-3F Supervisors：Ministry of Culture, Chiayi City Government Organizers：Chiayi Art Museum, Tianmei Art Foundation Collaborators：TKG+, Mind Set Art Center, Each Modern Curator：Erica Yu-Wen Huang Artists：Wang Po-Yen, Wu Chuan-Lun, Lin Yi-Hsuan, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chuang Ho, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Liao Chi-Yu, Liu Chih-Hung, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Jian Yi-Hong, Lo Yi-Chun Archive Room - Participating Artists：Ding Chien-Chung, Niu Jun-Qiang, Wang Po-Yen, Shih Meng-Hsin, Wu Chuan-Lun, Li Yi-Fan, Li Ting-Huan, Lin Hao-Bai, Lin Yi-Wei, Lin Ying-Chieh, Chiu Chen-Hung, Chiu Chien-Jen, Hung Sheng-Hsiung, Hsu Yin-Ling, Shiu Sheng-Hung, Chang Chih-Chung, Zhang Xu-Zhan, Chang Cheng-Chun, Chang San-Hsueh, Chuang Ho, Kuo I-Chen, Kuo Yu-Ping, Chen I-Chun, Chen Sung-Chih, Chen Kuan-Ying, Chen Fei-Hao, Chen Ching-Yuan, Chen Ching-Ming, Huang Chih-Cheng, Huang Xuan, Yang Han-Chiao, Liao Chi-Yu, Liao Zen-Ping, Liu Chih-Hung, Liu Feng-Ling, Cheng Nung-Hsuan, Ou Jing-Yun, Hsieh Jhou-Yu, Jhong Jiang-Ze, Lo Chan-Peng, Luo Jr-Shin, Lo Yi-Chun

#art exhibition #contemporary art #retrospective

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tarditardi · 11 months

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Mercoledì 7 e giovedì 8 giugno 2023: Birdy allo Spazio Teatro No'hma - Milano

Un pas de deux nell'eterna danza tra libertà e gabbie, desiderio e realtà. Con Birdy, a No'hma i prossimi 7 e 8 giugno, il coreografo taiwanese Lai Hung-chung dà corpo all'immagine del volo come estensione del desiderio di libertà.

Birdy, in scena allo Spazio Teatro No'hma mercoledì 7 e giovedì 8 giugno, è un duetto di danza contemporanea su coreografia dell'artista taiwanese Lai Hung-chung, fondatore nel 2007 e direttore artistico della compagnia Hung Dance, terzultima partecipante all'edizione in corso del Premio Internazionale.

Come suggerisce il titolo, l'intera coreografia di Birdy ruota attorno al desiderio di volare come emblema di tutti i sogni di libertà: se la ballerina sogna di vivere una vita di uccello, la sua controparte maschile simboleggia, a seconda delle volte, un sostenitore, una gabbia, un cuore in cui rispecchiarsi e insieme a cui sognare un'altra vita. La coreografia attinge alla tradizione del Tai Chi e recupera alcuni elementi dell'opera cinese: la danzatrice indossa infatti un copricapo speciale chiamato "Ling Zi", le cui lunghe penne della coda di fagiano sono spesso indossate sugli elmi dei personaggi guerrieri per mostrarne la forza e l'abilità. In questo duetto, il "Ling Zi" contribuisce alla trasformazione della ballerina, dando corpo all'aspirazione a fuggire dalla realtà che spesso contraddistingue molti di noi, rinchiusi nelle nostre gabbie subìte o, talvolta, autoimposte.

Dopo la maltese Moveo Dance Company e il suo From Malta with love, lo spettacolo di Hung Dance si posiziona sul filo delle proposte internazionali di danza contemporanea e teatrodanza ospitate dallo Spazio diretto da Livia Pomodoro, che conferma la propria attenzione per il nuovo e la consueta sensibilità nei confronti delle esperienze più innovative; così è anche per Manoland, la performance thailandese incentrata sul tema attualissimo dell'uso dei social media, che chiuderà la programmazione del mese di giugno.

LA RASSEGNA

Ogni anno il Premio Internazionale dedicato a Teresa Pomodoro, fondatrice di No'hma, ospita a Milano quattordici compagnie da tutto il mondo, valutate dalla Giuria degli Spettatori e dalla Giuria Internazionale degli Esperti. Nel corso delle sue quattordici edizioni, a partire dal 2009, il Premio Internazionale è progressivamente cresciuto in termini di risonanza, raggiungendo numeri sempre più considerevoli: ad oggi si contano oltre 60 Paesi partecipanti e 146 spettacoli per un totale di più di 80.000 spettatori, che grazie allo streaming e all'Onlife sono sparsi in tutto il mondo.

Spettacoli mercoledì 7 e giovedì 8 giugno, ore 21.

L'ingresso sarà come sempre gratuito e lo spettacolo sarà trasmesso in diretta streaming.

La prenotazione è obbligatoria ed effettuabile tramite il sito Eventbrite, oppure mandando una mail a [email protected] o chiamando il numero 02/45.48.50.85.

Birdy

HUNG DANCE

direttore artistico

LAI, Hung-chung

amministratore

CHANG, I

ballerini

CHENG, I-han

LEE, Kuan-ling

luci

TSAI, Chao-Yu

compagnia

Hung Dance

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legislative-assembly-sg · 1 year

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Election Results

Following the tumultuous general elections, the Election Board has ratified and confirmed the results to be official and legal:

Main Results:

Pakatan Harapan - 12 seats (50.0%)

Forward Party - 8 seats (33.3%)

Bass - 4 seats (16.7%)

Lee Kuan Yew and David Marshall, former heavy-hitters in the political scene, were the only re-running members of the 1955 Legislative Assembly to lose the General Elections in the LA's 2nd year running for partial self-governance. All other former MLA members were able to secure their constituency seats.

With a hung Assembly where no political party holds the simple majority, the British have began mobilising troops and the police force in order to restablise the country and suspend the government.

Singapore is once again under full British control as Bass made an impressive turnout in this election season.

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watching-pictures-move · 2 years

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Movie Review | The Iron Dragon Strikes Back (Kuei, 1979)

If you approach Bruceploitation with an eye for taxonomy, The Iron Dragon Strikes Back, also known as The Gold Connection, falls into the non-wacky, trying to be a good movie part of the genre. And more specifically, it falls into the deeply cynical part of the genre. This is a story about a group of friends who foolishly steal some gold stashed by smugglers and end up paying for it dearly as they’re ruthlessly hunted down. Lots of people end up dead. This is not one of those upbeat, goofy Bruceploitation movies by any stretch. Based on the premise, The Gold Connection is obviously the more accurate title, but it’s also kinda lame. The Iron Dragon Strikes Back is much less true to the spirit of the movie, but it also sounds way cooler, and allows for some Star Wars knockoff title graphics. I’m pretty sure this is what John Ford meant by print the legend.

This is directed by Kuei Chih-Hung, best known for his psychedelic vomitorium The Boxer’s Omen. (One of my favourite moviegoing experiences was getting to see this on the big screen during a Shaw Brothers retrospective. I don’t personally partake in the wacky tobacky, but I would wager this would be a good movie to partake during, and there was a distinct aroma around the entrance of the theatre.) I’ve also seen from him Hex, the supernatural (or is it) spookfest, and Killer Constable, the ultra-mean, ultra-cynical kung fu flick starring Chen Kuan-Tai, and this feels spiritually in line with the latter. Kuei made this on the cheap outside of the Shaw Brothers studio system (the production company on this is “Goldig Films”, which is a lot funnier of you’ve seen their Golden Harvest ripoff logo and heard their Shaw Brothers ripoff fanfare music), and like the work of Larry Cohen, that guerilla style gives it a certain jittery energy.

The bulk of the movie is set in the places the Hong Kong tourism board doesn’t want you to see, the camera squeezing into the slums and back alleys, and even the modernist surfaces of a shopping mall reveals to be hiding a great deal of disrepair and neglect. This energy seeps into the action as well, a constant series of bruising fight scenes where characters are stumbling over barrels, furniture and other detritus and where every hit looks extra painful. (One especially wince-inducing moment has a character dragged across a gravel pit as their arm is stuck in the door of a bus.) And it feeds the mounting sense of paranoia, as the low level thugs who antagonize the heroes early on are replaced by a covert killer who strikes them down one by one when they least expect. Other Hong Kong movies have evoked the feeling of being eaten alive by the city, but it feels especially potent here. (As to who the killer is, if you’ve seen enough Hong Kong action movies you’ll spot him right away, but I would still discourage you from reading the cast list too closely.) There isn’t much levity here, aside from an early scene where a character pans Roger Vadim’s When a Woman is in Love: “No fighting. Real boring.”

This stars Bruce Li, the most respectful of the Bruce Lee imitators, whose serious-minded approach may not provide enough spice to save weaker efforts, but works great when he has the movie to back him up. He actually doesn’t even attempt to mimic the real Lee here outside of sporting an Adidas tracksuit in one scene (this comes during a studio film shoot that descends into bloody chaos, which may or may not be a jab by either the star or the director at their usual employers). Aside from this, he gets to have a non-Lee inspired wardrobe, and I must note that I thought a few of his looks (red turtleneck with side-zip boots, bomber jacket with bellbottom jeans) were pretty cool, although that might be my menswear-blog-poisoned brain talking. I’ll also note that after having watched so many Bruceploitation movies on subpar transfers, it was great to see this on an attractive Blu-ray from Gold Ninja Video. It’s not a restoration, but the odd scratch on the print nicely complemented the texture of the movie, and the richness of the dark colours accentuated the downbeat tone.

If the movie suffers, it’s that it divides our attention between Li and his friends, so that none of them really feel like complete characters and earn our emotional investment. You can compare this to the attention with which Soul Brothers of Kung Fu builds the relationship between Bruce Li and Carl Scott, so that when things go south, it stings all the more, while here I felt like I was watching bad things happen to people I didn’t really know. But this does end on a strong note, with a weapon-filled confrontation in a dark, cramped apartment where Li surprises the villain with the flash of his camera. It worked great against the dick-vag monster in The Strangeness, and it works great here.

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DAILY SELECTIONS FROM LAO-TZU’S TAO TE CHING — OCTOBER 16, 2022

“The best are like water bringing help to all without competing choosing what others avoid they thus approach the Tao dwelling with earth thinking with depth helping with kindness speaking with honesty governing with peace working with skill and moving with time and because they don’t compete they aren’t maligned” -Lao-tzu- (Taoteching, verse 8, translation by Red Pine) WU CH’ENG says, “Among those who follow the Tao, the best are like water: content to be lower and, thus, free of blame. Most people hate being lower and compete to be higher. But when people compete, someone is maligned.” LI HUNG-FU says, “How do we know the best don’t compete? Everyone else chooses nobility. They alone choose humility. Everyone else chooses the pure. They alone choose the base. What they choose is what everyone else hates. Who is going to compete with them?” KUAN-TZU says, “Water is the source of creation, the ancestor of all living things. It’s the bloodstream of Earth” (Kuantzu: 39). HUANG YUAN-CHI says, “Mencius says, ‘People cannot live without water and fire’ [Mencius: 7A.23]. In terms of cultivation, when fire warms water, ‘pure yang’ arises. When water cools fire, ‘sweet dew’ appears.” WANG P’ANG says, “Water is the chief of the five elements [see verse 12]. It comes from space, which is not that far from the Tao.” WANG PI says, “The Tao does not exist, but water does. Hence, it only approaches the Tao.” HO-SHANG KUNG says, “The best people have a nature like that of water. They’re like mist or dew in the sky, like a stream or a spring on land. Most people hate moist or muddy places, places where water alone dwells. The nature of water is like the Tao: empty, clear, and deep. As water empties, it gives life to others. It reflects without becoming impure, and there is nothing it cannot wash clean. Water can take any shape, and it is never out of touch with the seasons. How could anyone malign something with such qualities as this?” SUNG CH’ANG-HSING says, “Those who free themselves from care stay low and avoid heights. Those whose minds are empty can plumb the depths. Those who help others without expecting any reward are truly kind. Those whose mouths agree with their minds speak the truth. Those who make demands of themselves as well as others establish peace. Those who can change as conditions change work with skill. Those who act when it is time to act and rest when it is time to rest move with time.” LI JUNG says, “Water has no purpose of its own. Those who can remain empty and not compete with others follow the natural Way.” YEN TSUN says, “If a ruler embodies this and uses this in his government, his virtue is most wonderful. How could it be maligned?” HAN FEI says, “If a drowning man drinks it, he dies. If a thirsty man drinks it, he lives.” And, RED PINE adds, “Given Lao-tzu’s usual disdain for social virtues, some commentators have trouble accepting the standard reading of jen (kindness) in line eight. For those in search of an alternative, the Fuyi and Chinglung editions have jen (others), while the Mawangtui B has t’ien (heaven), and Mawangtui A compresses lines eight and nine: ‘helping with honesty.’ This is one of the Taoteching’s most quoted verses.”

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阿弥陀佛. Universe started together when your xin (mind) is shakened. It is created even before any time and space. Alaya consciousness is created. How big? Bigger than the universe, it is zhe xin. Lun wui is to tai yim and change it. Meng sarm kin seng (sarm leng) where u have chap seng (dirty, tham chan chi, ko sarng wud too use to it this turned into wisdom, chi seng sickness). Sarng meng is sarng wud. Zhuan seng to become zhi wai. Fui fuk zhi seng, seng fat (cheng fo). Close to Enlightenment which with no differentiation. Mona become pin deng. Xin fo peng deng. That is the state of Buddhahood. Time & space came from one source. Me but still got fa sheng. Western Pureland is created by it too of Amitabha Buddha but it does not have 'zhi xin dong nian'. Non differentiation mind. The truth behind the tooth. The papaya croach story. When you let go of yourself, you got the world. When you let go of this world, you will get Western Pureland. Tree is life. Today is world environmental day, Jun 5th 2022. A tree is a universe. Money is printed from destroying a universe (tree) and then used in ways to cause more harm to the planet, the universe. Change it dont chase for it, seek and manage. Everything you do, everyone you see, dharma help you see the truth all attachments become saha world, then suffering arise, everything is Amituofo, the way you see the world becomes Amituofo. Ching jing peng deng sure reborn in Pureland. Practicex3. Zhen fa meng ru lai (Kuan yin aeons ago. Kuan ser yin ru lai teaches Kuan Ser Yin pusa the disciple, er kern zhui ling). My true nature is the Buddha. Wui guai zhi sing. Dharma is the cure sickness (Fart). Li ( bu shen bu miet) ser jen, xiang sher jia. Xin is chen, ser is jia. True or false also dont be too attached. Bu ji xing dong nien jiu ser the tips. With a sickness, ji, xing, dong, nien, fern, bie, zhe, zhuo (6 gen). Karn po. Yi cher yau wei fart, sern miet fa. Mei lai mei chu, sam mo se de mei you. Wo you 3 bao. Ching jing peng den. Arhat avhieve zeng jue. Pusa practice Peng deng xin to achieve chen deng zeng jue, Buddha chen wu sarng chen deng jue. Ser jie wan wu ser yi ti. This body is my manifestation. Dont do anything in saha world that makes you attached too much that you couldnt let go and seek rebirth in Western Pureland. Wu xin is Amituofo. Amituofo is my xin. Every ben xin is Amituofo. You seek yourself. Let yourself be found, not search outside but inside. The world is using a piece of paper to weigh everything, cert for qualification, paper owns land and houses. A piece of paper becomes everything, your self worth as light as a piece of paper....Jing zhen guo. Fang xia chai but ku, let go and burden's gone...Compassion is your focus, is your life. If no compassion then only left unhappiness and sorrow. Happiness in Saha world is the start of unhappiness. Go back to the neutral state is happiness, no unhappiness. You need to peace down, silent give rise to wisdom. My heart is my way place. Wo xin ju shi tao chang. Fo got 52 jie ti. Let go, become Arhat, let go become Pusa and let go become Buddha.

Chaotu prayers / retreat: Lunch by 1.30 pm on Pusa 8 kwan zhai day. Note: June 21st in china kills dog, Korea, Vietnam, use zhi lig, fa lig, fo lig. Then, it will combined at a great strength to change the world. 30 days be vegan.

Om tore tore cha tore so poho

Om Lan

Om Chrine

Om Brim

Om Pu Kam (Pureland).

Om da de da de mohe dade svaha.

Om Mani Padme Hung A a sa sa maha

Om Amida Ayu Dadi Soha

Food Mantra

Ganlu sui zhou

Namo bo bo ti li, cher (li) to li, dan tuo ye tuo ye x 0.25

Heart sutra, Done 62

Nian fo - 8x108 x 2 (6 syllable), 16x108 x 2 (4 syllable) Done 25

Kuan yin - 8x108 x 2, 100% Done 25

Ksitigarbha 8x108 x 2, 100% Done 25

Surangama mantra - 4×108, 100% Done 5.25

Stupa mantra, Done 65

A va la ka kia 108, Done 5.25

Compassionate mantra, Done 68

Om mani padme hum, a a sa sa maha - 8x108 Done 22

Om Bhrum Soha - 8x108 x 2, Done 22

Om Ah Hum 8x108 x 2, Done 22.75

Medicine Buddha mantra 108, Done 5.5

Namo Bo bo Ti li, Cher (li) To li, Dan tuo ye tuo ye x 1

Om ye ye nan 4x108, Done 7.25

Food mantra 4x108, Done 16

Water offering mantra as required, 100% Done 5.25

Liberate small water being mantra as required, 100%, Done 5.5

Manjushri mantra 4x108, 100% Done 5.25

Earth store mantra 4x108, 100% Done 5.25

7th Past Parents mantra 4x108, 100% Done 5.25

Long life mantra 4x108, 100% Done 5.25

Sakyamuni Buddha mantra 4x108 Done 6

Tara mantras

- Green 4x108, Done 5.5

- White 4x108, Done 5.5

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana (Gyana) Pustim (Pusting) Kuru Svaha

- Red 4x108, 100% Done 5.5

Setrap mantra 4x108, Done 5.25

Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha 4x108, Done 5.25

~ Shanti Siddhi Hom 4x108, Done 5.25

Eliminate karma by 7 buddhas mantra 4x108, Done 5.25

Pureland rebirth mantra 4x108, Done 3.25

Light mantra 4x108, Done 3.25

Om Benza Sato Hung 4×108, Done 11.5

Mantra multiplier mantra 4x108, Done 26.25

You need to nian fo then can achieve fo

But now, you only nian 6 realm of rebirth how to achieve fo?

You are fo why cannot become fo?

Becos u never let go of the 6 realm or rebirth activities. Greed, anger, ignorance (3 poisons need to let go 1st)

All ppl are the creation of their minds.

Then can u nian fo (real valuable activities the rests are useless)? All problems are due to cant let go of afflictions. Zhe xin give rise to Amituofo & Western Pureland. All existence is creation of the mind. How to let go of everything and seek rebirth in Pureland. All existence, this Saha world is creation of the mind / messy thoughts. Our body is our own manifestation of the (our) mind. Let go of the thoughts and mind, it will take u to next creation / manifestation. Practice but forget don't put practice into the mind. Be forgetful but only remember where you are going, Western Pureland so keep that in mind. This is called freedom of the mind (like depicted in Heart Sutra, freedom - zezai), our only aim which is zezai warng serng si fang ji le sher chieh. Love is the opposite of wisdom. Wisdom can only arise from compassion if you can turn love to compassion. Love can be a distraction to a cultivator. Love is not real. Reason stuck in 6 realms of retribution is love (because got form and conditions), everything of this nature is impermanent, hence love is not real, jia xiang. U cant come out. Dont let jia siang chi pien ni de xin. Dont be fooled by a false image / appearance. Use peng deng xin to console sentient beings, Buddha treat everyone like his father, the King. The thanxiang, cow agarwood no longer here. Go Western Pureland: (Haitao Fashi) Use 3 fu tien, kan ern de fu tien, zhun jing de fu tien, cher pei de fu tien. (Chin Kung Fashi) 3 fu, xiao shun fu mu / respective teachers - 1. Filial piety is the root. 2. Take refuges, san kwai yi / chi kai. 3. Sam sun yan ko (first, nian fo yin, cheng fo zhi ko). Ying guang fa shi. Wu liang yik zhi zhai fan now, Da zhi zai tien wang tha men di fu de guang ming bu nen kan dao. In front of rulai, it's gone. Fan fu. We have 51 mental factors

https:///wiki/Mental_factors_(Buddhism)

- sing so 11 san de (seong ying), fanuo de 26 (seong ying). The 10 recitation method x 9 times in a day, 2 minutes each time, nian nian bu warng Amituofo. The tipper is must be continuous....then u see improvement (kungfu). Must use chen xing. (Learn from the best learn from the Muslims. Let go to do prayer when the time comes.) Ying ye, 5 jie 10 sarn. Huan xi pu ser. Pu ser, cai yuen guenx2 lai. All existence are manifestation of karma, the fruits of causes (combination of effects). All are swihuan de. At one point, u are here, there, everywhere in the universe of existence, different space and time like a multiverse. This body is like a bowl of water with lots of salt added (a.k.a. sufferings which r the effects of ur past karma). Everything u have contact with is to let u 'suffer' all circumstances created in some past lives that u cant see or remember. The purpose of cultivation is to realised this truth (6 realms of rebirth). To break and escape this cycle is to achieve Buddhahood. Fastest way is to see all existences as one and of the same. If u destroy ur own defilements u are doing the same for others only when u have compassion and use 'peng deng, chi pei, po re xin'. This body is yeap bo. Life is like a bowl of salt water. Living it is like drinking it. You need to add more water not morr salt so it geys better over time. Get out of it, pour it back to the sea. You dont need to drink it. It is where water would return (thru true self discovery and enlightenment, practice of Buddhism to the highest level).

4 Universal Vows

Also sometimes called the Bodhisattva Vows, as they are essential to the Bodhisattva path of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

1. Sentient beings are limitless; I vow to liberate them.

眾生無邊誓願度

Zhòngshēng wúbiān shìyuàn dù

Zhong Shen Wu Bian Ser Yuan Tu

2. Afflictions are endless; I vow to eradicate them.

煩惱無盡誓願斷

Fánnǎo wújìn shìyuàn duàn

Fan Now Wu Jing Ser Yuan Tuan.

3. Teachings are infinite; I vow to learn them.

法門無量誓願學

Fǎmén wúliàng shìyuàn xué

Fa Men Wu Liang Ser Yuan Shue.

4. Buddhahood is supreme; I vow to attain it.

佛道無上誓願成

Fú dào wú shàng shìyuàn chéng

Fo Dao Wu Sharng Ser Yuan Chern.

Say this 4 things, ask to let go:

Ken ching qiu fangxia yuen:

1. Du bu qu. Sorry.

2. Ching yuan liang wo. Please forgive me.

3. Xie xie ni. Thank you.

4. Wo ai ni. I love you.

Duration of cultivation:

41 years. May 3rd, 2022 - May 3rd, 2062 (add one year worth of cultivation)

When the Prince, Siddhartha Gautama bids farewell to his father saying:

Even my love for Yasodhara…and my son…

cannot remove the pain I feel.

For I know that they too will have to suffer,

grow old…and die.

Like you, like me, like us all.

Yes. We must all die…

and be reborn…

and die again,

and be reborn and die,

and be reborn and die again.

No man can ever escape that curse.

Then that…is my task. I…will lift that curse.

At the moment of the attainment of awakening, the Buddha uttered the following:

"I travelled through the rounds of countless births through the cycle of existence,

Seeking but not finding the builder of this house [of 'self'] and again and again, I faced the suffering of new birth.

O Housebuilder, you have now been seen,

You shall not build a house again for me.

Your beams [defilements] have now been broken, Your ridgepole [ignorance] utterly shattered.

My mind has attained the supreme

'nibbana' ('blowing out')

Realised is the unconditioned, Achieved is the end of craving."

- Siddhartha Gautama

(Dhammapada Verses 153 and 154)

When attachment arises in our mind it does not feel harmful; on the contrary it usually feels beneficial. Therefore, it is important to contemplate repeatedly the faults of attachment and to recognize it as a delusion whose only function is to cause us harm.

Remember one cannot trust what you sees because ur eyes are imperfecg and cannot see the absolute truth. This organ limitation is bounded by it creations. It is created from delusion. What is deluded cannot revealed it undeluded nature. Just like the blind leading the blind...it is still within the same state which is called suffering. When u see without seeing and when u have sight of not uding any organ is when the truth would be revealed and the absolute truth is the state overcoming delusion or samsara, the true escape of realm of rebirths. Is when u crossed the other shore. The state of relization, Buddhood, the enlightment.

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