Archive - A Question of Culture

June 2025

Travelogue: The China House

Came to keep a promise, and left humbled.

Jun 30 •

Living Life Fully

A Zhuangzi parable and thoughts on consciousness.

Jun 26 •

Travelogue: Tianjin's Palace for a Queen

Guwenhua has one last experience for us.

Jun 24 •

Daodejing Chapter 69: Take Your Enemy Seriously

Know your enemy, know yourself, never lose a battle, or something like that.

Jun 20 •

Travelogue: Growing up in Tianjin

Courtyards, classes, and cabbage

Jun 17 •

Daodejing Chapter 68: The Virtue Of Non-Competition

Reflecting on a 1980’s childhood in the American Midwest, surrounded by solid old-country European values, it might be thought surprising that Eastern…

Jun 13 •

Travelogue: Tianjin's Zhongshuge Library

A salute to Tianjin's maritime character in the Italian Quarter.

Jun 8 •

Confucius And The Children

I have commented before how interesting the references to Confucius in Daoist writings are.

Jun 5 •

Photo Essay: Zhang Yu at Tianjin Art Museum

Part 3: Celebrating six generations of Clay Zhang art.

Jun 2 •

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