stories

  • A Journey on a Train

    A Journey on a Train

    Recently I started to dream often about my hometown. The first image I remember when I wake up in the morning is myself on that muddy country road with rain boots, just walking. I couldn’t see my face, the only thing I could see was the boots. Everything seemed very refreshing in the dream: the…

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  • Ming Gong Rui

    Ming Gong Rui

    The Qing court must have seemed quite venerableto the regular people going about their business beyond the walls of the forbidden city.  Min Gong Rui, a non royal duke in the court, was half amused thinking of the merchants and peasants just outside the walls looking with awe at the imposing city within a city. …

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  • The Landlord

    The Landlord

    We encounter so many people in life.  Some for good, and some for ill.  I say that, but depending on who you ask, there’s always some good in everything that we happen to get snagged on.  So who’s to say?  I guess I’ve always been more interested in the why of things in either case. …

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