Vetenskapsteori.

När jag läst Foucault måste jag läsa:
Måste läsa Gaston Bachelard, Althusser, Kuhn.

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Zhu Di’s usurpation of the Ming throne.

”Two other officials at the Jianwen court had the reputation for integrity and high public reputation that could give the prince’s usurpation respectability. They were Fang Xiaoru and Lian Zining. When they were brought before him he tried to induce their cooperation. Lian, in chains, stood before him and refused to listen to his self-justification. [...]

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A cultural treasure destroyed by European imperialism.

Here is another quote from F.W. Mote’s great book Imperial China 900 – 1800. After taking the throne Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, better known as the Yongle (永乐) emperor, set some very important cultural projects in motion:
”He [the Yongle emperor] ordered that the existing literature, no doubt including more printed works (a half-century [...]

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Jiang cheng zi (江城子) av Su Shi (苏轼).

乙卯正月二十日记梦
十年生死两茫茫，不思量，自难忘。千里孤坟，无处话凄凉。纵使相逢应不识，尘满面，鬓如霜。
夜来幽梦忽还乡，小轩窗，正梳妆。相顾无言，惟有泪前行。料得年年肠断处，明月夜，短松冈。
En dröm nedtecknad på den tjugonde dagen av den första månaden på året Yimao [betecknar här det åttonde året i perioden Xining av Kejsare Song Shenzongs styre, d.v.s. år 1075]
Tio år, ett gränslöst avstånd mellan levande och döda. Jag tänker inte på det, men kan inte glömma. Din ensliga grav är tusen li härifrån, det [...]

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Wang Yangming’s (王阳明) wedding night.

Wang Yangming was one of the greatest Chinese philosophers of late imperial times. In addition, we was a great general, calligrapher and writer, more or less a universal genius. Interesting enough he was unable to speak until the age of 5, but he made up for that later in life. The wikipedia gives an interesting [...]

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