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Stories from a Burning House

Brendan O'Kane

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Fishing for Snow, and the Heart of the Lake

“Fishing in the Freezing River for Snow” 寒江釣雪, dubiously attr. Fan Kuan 范寬 (c. 960 - c. 1030). National Palace Museum, Taipei.

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Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming

Amid self-imposed exile and pitifully reduced circumstances, as he prepared to awaken (as he put it) from the great dream of life, the 17th-century epicure, failson, and memoirist Zhang Dai 張岱 (1597-1684) wrote Dream-Memories (陶庵夢憶 Tao’an m...

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To the tune of "The Unbreakable Strings"

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布衣中,問英雄:
王圖霸業成何用?
禾黍高低六代宮,
楸梧遠近千官塚:
一場惡夢。

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Standin...
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Song Dingbo Catches a Ghost

When he was a young man, Song Dingbo of Nanyang was out walking one night when he met a ghost.
"I'm a ghost," said the ghost. "Who are you?"
"I'm a ghost too," Dingbo lied.
"Where are you going?" asked the ghost.
"I'm going to the...

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The Heat

Greetings from my backyard in South Philadelphia, where it is currently 86° Fahrenheit, or 30° centigrade, or approximately 48 farthings, though you should probably check my math on the last one, at 7 in the morning. We used to spend summer...

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