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Saturday June 25, 2022. Forecast: High tide of 3.94 ft at 11:41am, low tide of 2.46 ft at 4:36pm. Total paddling distance: 6+ miles in relatively calm waters, with some stretches of stronger wind. I found a SUP group on Facebook =D They organize paddles fairly regularly, around once every two weeks or so, and…
大公無私 (Dà gōng wú sī) – Being Impartial Without [Any] Prejudice Please refer to the following link for an extensive discussion of this story: http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp255_zuozhuan_qi_xi.pdf In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Jin once asked Qi Huangyang (祁黃羊): “Nanyang (南陽) County lacks a county magistrate, who do you think would be the most…
117. The Girl Without Arms (La Niña Sin Brazos) A widower had a beautiful daughter who was very generous. She had many other virtues, but this was the one that stood out the most: [her] compassion for those in needs. Many beggars and poor folks had the habit of approaching the door to her house…
Saturday June 18, 2022. High tide at 2:52AM, 6.4 ft; low tide at 10:01AM, -1.3 ft; sunrise at 5:45AM; sunset at 8:36pm. Forecast wind: NNW at 2.6 knot, with high wind speed of 10.4 knot at 2:45pm. Total paddling distance: 6+ miles in relatively calm waters. I arrived at the Barbara and Jay Vincent Park…
大材小用 (Dà cái xiǎo yòng) (1) using a talented person in an insignificant position(2) a sledgehammer to crack a nut Source: Song Dynasty – in Lu You‘s poem ‘Composed in the morning of sending Xin You’an (e.g. Xin Qiji) away to the imperial court’ (送辛幼安殿撰造朝): Great talent yet being utilized inappropriately [e.g. underutilized] has been…
116. The Old Man Pretending To Be A Child (El Viejo Se Hace Niño) There was a very old man who was very afraid of death; he was so afraid [of death] that he always wandered around [e.g. turning things over] in his head thinking when death would come for [to] him. And with so…
不自量力 (Bù zì liàng lì) – Lit. to not properly gauge one’s own strength In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were two vassal states in what is now Henan Province: one was the State of Zheng (鄭國), one [the other] was the State of Xi (息國). In 712 B.C., the State of Xi launched…
115. The King’s Chef (El Cocinero Del Rey) Once upon a time, in the days when birds had teeth, there was a rich and powerful king who was in the habit of frequently strolling through his gardens. One day on one of those strolls, he met a little old lady who greeted him with affection…
打草驚蛇 (Dǎ cǎo jīng shé) Lit. beat the grass to scare the snake Explanation: It is a metaphor for careless actions which allow the other party to be aware and be on guard. In the [Southern] Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Lu (王魯). When he was an official in the court system…
114. The Dragon Prince (El Príncipe Dragón) Once upon a time there was a very well-off farmhouse where a very pretty and sharp-witted girl was employed as a cowherd[ess]. One day, while she was watching over the oxen, she heard shrieks and loud groans coming from the forest, as if someone had been wounded. Fearing…