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thanateSo I evilly skipped chapter 18 as well as the end of 17 (since it'll involve a lot of going back & reading bits out of the inferno to collate with) and have just polished off a rather quick and dirty rendition of chapter 19, which is going to need additions and cleaning up to both ends. But there's enough to work with...
Which means I'm on to Sherry in China. And I can't believe I didn't quote either of the following passages (which I did copy into my notebook) last year...
Judged in terms of its administrative arrangements, the Chinese imperial government looks impotent. Assessed in terms of its long-range impact on the people, it appears to have been one of the most potent governments ever known, for it created a religion in its own image. --Arthur Wolf
When a parent dies, the Confucians lay out the corpse for a long time before dressing it for burial while they climb up onto the roof, peer down the well, poke in the ratholes, and search the washbasins, looking for the dead man. If they suppose that they will really find the dead man there, then they must be stupid indeed, while if they know that he is not there but still search for him, then they are guilty of the greatest hypocrisy. --Mozi (4th cent BC), trans Burton Watson
And I climbed the maple tree in the front yard, up to within about 15 feet of the top. And took lots of pictures (which are all still on my camera, so I won't be sharing until the typing is done, at least) and when my camera tried to die on the way up I hit it, and it started working again. Because, um, violence is the answer to everything. Obviously.
Which means I'm on to Sherry in China. And I can't believe I didn't quote either of the following passages (which I did copy into my notebook) last year...
Judged in terms of its administrative arrangements, the Chinese imperial government looks impotent. Assessed in terms of its long-range impact on the people, it appears to have been one of the most potent governments ever known, for it created a religion in its own image. --Arthur Wolf
When a parent dies, the Confucians lay out the corpse for a long time before dressing it for burial while they climb up onto the roof, peer down the well, poke in the ratholes, and search the washbasins, looking for the dead man. If they suppose that they will really find the dead man there, then they must be stupid indeed, while if they know that he is not there but still search for him, then they are guilty of the greatest hypocrisy. --Mozi (4th cent BC), trans Burton Watson
And I climbed the maple tree in the front yard, up to within about 15 feet of the top. And took lots of pictures (which are all still on my camera, so I won't be sharing until the typing is done, at least) and when my camera tried to die on the way up I hit it, and it started working again. Because, um, violence is the answer to everything. Obviously.