"I commenced the study of the Chinese language at the University of Munich. I had then about 3 years in Germany, engag…"

"Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time. The chasm b…"

"In 2012, the Chinese sociologist Sūn Lìpíng (b. 1955) suggested the PRC [People's Republic of China] faced four possi…"

"Jao’s work assumes a deep understanding of Chinese history, literature, and archaeology that few have. But the reward…"

"...the anachronistic conception that Greece and Rome alone should be considered sources of culture for us, and that t…"

"What will this Europe be for the Orient in the future? A band of swindlers and oppressors, without honor, without shame!"

"The Hindoos, apparently not having Gods enough of their own, worship those of other sects whenever they come in their…"

"I cannot help remarking the extreme mildness of the native character. Every one seems to walk slowly and lightly; all…"

"The Hindoo character is highly deserving minute study; for I know no other people who resemble them, or any known pri…"

". "I used to be on first-name terms with every shop owner in the village," she would say.**]"