A reminder: Who is Princess Diana

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A reminder:  Who is Princess Diana

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She was almost forgotten by the world for the past 30 years.   For some unknown reason,  her ex- husband King Charles III has become quite active recently in international politics. It is a reminder for the world that the tragic event is still in the minds of many people.

for those interested please search for the term 戴安娜 from my blog. I have mentioned about her before.  She might be the most remembered beauty in modern politics.

(The following is from an AI search engine:)

Princess Diana (1961–1997), born Diana Frances Spencer, was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. She became a global icon known for her elegance, compassion, and groundbreaking charitable work.

Unlike traditional royals, Diana was deeply approachable. She frequently interacted with ordinary people, and used her public platform to raise awareness for marginalized communities. She was one of the first major public figures to be photographed shaking hands with an AIDS patient without gloves, challenging widespread fear and stigma. She also championed the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, walking through active minefields in Angola to highlight the dangers faced by civilians.

Diana and Charles married in 1981 in a lavish royal wedding watched by millions worldwide. However, their marriage was troubled by infidelity and incompatibility. They separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. Despite the personal turmoil, Diana remained devoted to her two sons, striving to give them as normal a childhood as possible.

On 31 August 1997, Diana died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Paris. Her sudden death triggered an unprecedented outpouring of public grief, along with strong criticism of the British royal family's initial silence. She remains one of the most admired and mourned figures of the 20th century, often called "the People's Princess." Her legacy continues through her sons' charitable and public work, as well as the many causes she helped bring into the spotlight.

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When is the most dangerous moment of a writer?

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When is the most dangerous moment of a writer?

A writer is always hungry.   He is hungry about everything. He takes in lots of materials,  and then he examines his material and cooks them.   When he finished cooking he will produce the material like an art work.  

The most dangerous moment is when he is satisfied with his own work.  

When he is happy with his work, he will not produce anything more,  or anything new.

The American writer Ernest Hemingway died this way.   He used a double-barrel shotgun to shoot at his own mouth.   His wife was in the second floor when she came down for the huge sound, she found his head was blown away with a headless body on the floor of blood.

Ernest Hemingway was famous for his strong character.   He likes to write about how he fight.

I always remember his work: "Old man and the sea".

When he came back to his home after a fierce fighting with the sharks on the sea,  the sharks had eaten all his capture and he could only bring back home the bone of a large fish he had caught.  He was too tired to lie on his bed with his back facing upwards, leaving a moment for the readers to feel the tremours of his fighting.

When he committed suicide, he might had forgotten all his writings.

The dangerous moment of a writer is when he is on the peak of success.

When everyone praised him,  it could be  his weakest moment.

You'll be strong when other people blame you,  but you will be weak for the smiling voices and it is dangerous.

Most dangerous moment is when your enemies saying sweet lies to fool you.

The books of  Ernest Hemingway  were selling like hot dogs.   It was so popular and he earned so much money,  but it was fatal.

There is no peak on this planet.  You can take a breath to rest sometimes,  but you can never be satisfied with yourself.

If Earnest Hammingway is not died so soon,  will he choose to write with ink rather than his own blood?

His blood is much more shocking than all his novels:  though it is against his will.

There is no real success in this world.   You can only keep walking.  Be prepared for the second round. It will be coming very fast and you will not have enough time for it.

  

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Why it needs to aim high?

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 Why it needs to aim high?

 

Most people do not aim high.

Most people are only aiming at a better living or more money.    It is not high.

Many leaders are the same.

Concerns are for economies only.    They are looking at money more than anything else.

They do not have a higher aim.

It is extremely disappointing.

It is wrong.

Because you cannot place your hope in others.

Your hope is in your own aim.

Material satisfaction is not a higher aim.   It is no better than animals.  Just the same as a cow who is always looking for more grass.

What is a higher aim?

I think I need not to explain more.   Those with a concern knew it already.

And it is useless to explain to those without any concern.

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How important are we humans?

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How important are we humans?

We are more than a tiny spot in the unlimited universe.

Maybe the concept of an "Unlimited universe " is wrong.   But it doesn't matter whether it is wrong or not.

We are actually very small to compare with the whole universe.

But it is a most important event in the universe that humans are born.  The universe will be truly alive with humans in it.   It is utmost important.

If you travel in the dark universe for a thousand years,  you will find nothing alive in it.   It was like a completely bare dessert.   But suddenly you find something strange in the desert.  It is a tiny spot of life.   And the spot of life can grow. 

How important is this tiny spot of human in the universe?

If you are the owner of this universe, you'll be happy.

Because you have suddenly find a chance in this universe.

What is this chance?

It is hope,  maybe.

It is a possibility to grow for this universe.  And it is wonderful.

How important are we in this universe?

It could be extremely important.  

Because we are living being.   We can produce a future for this universe.

It is not meaningless.

It is value.

Life could be meaningful if it is valuable.

Your life has got meaning, and me too.

We all have a meaning in our life.

To compare with all sorts of unhappiness in this world,   they are not important at all.

Important is we are growing.  

Sometimes the growing is difficult, but still,  we are growing.

We can go somewhere in the future.

Don't be upset with your life.

Don't be upset with anything miserable.

"Les miserables" is history.

We have a future.

We shall carry all our past into the future. No matter it is miserable or not.

Because we are the most important element in this universe.

Because we are human and we are growing.

You'll be saved if you got it.

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Do you know what you do not know?

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Do you know what you do not know?

The above question is meaningless.   Of course, no one will know what he doesn't know.   It is only a strange logic of things.   I do not know what I don't know. I do not have what I dont have.......

But is it really so?

Could I have something that I don't know I have?

Can I check in my treasure box and find something I did not expect it exists?

This is the bad experience of many people in need.  They search into their wallet and they search into their bank account,  hoping something unexpected can happen.

And this is the real nature of human situation.

You might find something really valuable in your unknown account.

Humans do not know many things.

Humans do not know what is waiting ahead of us humans.

I do not know, but I am expecting.

I do not know, but I am searching.

I do not know, but I am hoping.

It must be an extraordinary event to make humans here.

There must be something for us.

There must be something for us to work for.

And this is the reason for humans to be friends together.

No other reason is bigger than this reason.

Because the future is always bigger than the past.

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Don't you know how small we are?

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Don't you know how small we are?

This kind of situation cannot be counted by any kind of  mathematical method.

You cannot calculate the size of the universe and calculate the size of your body and make a comparison.

The proportion scale  seems to be unlimited and it is meaningless.

Yet we ought to know how small we are.

This afternoon when I was eating a mouthful of chicken meat,  the thought occurred to me suddenly. 

I used to eat chicken meat like this:  I will take away the fried skin and eat only the inner content of the plain chicken meat.   It was completely tasteless.  It was only meat and protein.  Maybe the taste was only in the external fried skin. 

What does it like to eat this chicken meat?   It is not like a mouthful of flour.   It is nothing but chewing. 

You are chewing not meat but a kind of soft plastic.

It was lucky I have a glass of coke with me.   I just washed down the meat with the coke.  Just like flushing it away.

I thought I hate to eat like this.   But it is never an issue in my life.  I am not particularly keen on eating.   It is ok if I can finish it.

What does it mean? 

It seems it is life.   When life is tasteless, it would be like this.

But your life will never be tasteless like this.

You have all sorts of taste in your life.  You can put in salt and you can put in soy sauce and you can put in oil and you can put in sugar to make it colorful and wonderful.

But the inner content is a mouthful of tasteless plain meat.

When you are eating good food, you think you are a king.   When you are eating bad food, you think you are a begger.

Am I a king or a beggar?

Sure I am a beggar.

And now I can tell you how small I am.   Because I have the true feeling of a beggar.

If you cannot know how small you are, you will never know how big is the universe.

Now you have the calculation and the comparison.

And so what!

You are only a tiny dot like a dust on the ground.

You cannot be seen by anyone but yourself.

Don't you think Julius Caesar is great?

No, he is the same.

He is just as small as you and me.

Then what!

Then, if you are a little more thoughtful, you will know where you are and what you should do.

It is meaningless to do bad things.

It is meaningless to consider things in an individual level.

But it could be meaningful if I can think a little more bigger.

Yes, I am small, but I can think big.

Yes, I could have a full eyesight if I can think bigger than the small.

I am not a tiny dust anymore.

I will not do meaningless things like an idiot any more.

Yes, people steal,  people are robbing like mad,  people are doing all sorts of stupid things.

It is absolutely funny and ridiculous.

It is truly small.

I think you will not be the same if you know how to calculate the smallness of things.

If you know it, you are not small anymore.

You will have a meaning in your mind.  

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Why suffering seems unavoidable sometimes?

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Why suffering seems unavoidable sometimes?

 I was trying to write something, when I marked the date "May 13" on my screen.

Actually, before I tried to write anything, my mind was uneasy and disturbed.

Old tragic family sufferings kept coming back to my memory before I marked the date on my script.

My mother had an early death on that day.   I was eleven and she was fifty years old when she died.

And I was under the care of my grandmother since.

I was a bad boy by then. 

My school kicked me out when I was 13.   I did all the bad things in the eyes of the teachers by then. They didn't want me anymore and then they threw me away.

I managed to find another school thanks to the bad  economy situation when schools only need you to pay school fees.  I had a place luckily in another school.  And then I determined to make up my studies and behave myself.

It was like a nightmare gradually fading away.

But my question appeared:

Why sufferings are unavoidable for some people but not all?

Suffering was a blessing too.

If I have never suffered,   I will not have made up my mind.   Maybe I'll be the same as any other office workers working on the high-rising buildings in Hong Kong.  I will not see the scenery differently.

Sufferings are good to me.

I suffered more than ever afterwards.

It was from the oppressions of the underground secret party in China and Hong Kong.

It seems they have a power to put different people in different positions.   They have a secret network trying to control China.  They have tried to kill me many times.  If I were silenced,  maybe their secret  control will be more smooth.

All I can believe is that China will be still rising.  The rise of a modern China is a historical trend. Some people might die for it, but it cannot stop the rising movement of a culture, even with the huge opposition power from an undeground, and foreign controlled party.

The sun will be rising every day, still.

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Why there are unknowns in our life?

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 Why there are unknowns in our life?

Questions are good.

Life will be tasteless if there is no question.

It needs to quest always.  

Life will be like animal without question.

When you have a question, you have an aim.

If you don't have question, you need to follow.

To be a follower is tasteless.

I don't mean you need to be a leader.

But you need to lead your own life.

Life will be more interesting with question.

People with too many questions are always unwelcome.

This is where the puzzles are.

Sometimes you can keep the questions in your mind, but not as a challenge to others. 

If you want to ask question,  ask yourself first.

External help is not very helpful always.

There are lots of answering machines in this world.

Do not rely on them.

Rely on yourself.

Rely on your own intelligence.

Keep your own Intelligence as your most precious wealth.

Nothing belongs to you except your own intelligence.

Keep it and use it.

Do not ask what do you want?

Ask what can I help you?

Ask what can I do my best for you?

You can win a friend this way.

You will know the situation faster.

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What is the secret of beauty?

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What is the secret of beauty?

Maybe there is another term for the secret of beauty.   Maybe it is not  beauty at all.   It is another thing confused with beauty.   Humans have not invented a name for it.

So we can use the word "beauty" temporary only.

In the story of Xi Shi,  we might have a glimpse of it.

The story is famous in Chinese culture.

It was a struggle to the extreme.  King Goujian was in an extremely state of mind that he was willing to taste  the poop or excrement of King Fuchai to gain his trust.  And he sent Xi Shi  to please King Fuchai.

No one can do such things in other history.  It happened only in China.  And then it came the believe that Xi Shi was the most beautiful woman.

What is the sense of beauty? 

It must be the result of a serious hardship and an non-human determination.

When you have found beauty,  you are in heaven:  it is not necesary sad things of dying,  but it is extremely rare.  

It is not for everyone.

Beauty is not for everyone.

· 西施：Xi Shi (或 Xi-shi)

· 句踐：King Goujian of Yue (或 Goujian)

· 吳王夫差：King Fuchai of Wu (或 Fuchai)

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What is beauty?

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What is beauty?

Beauty is not necessary a woman.   Beauty is a very special experience.   if you have found it,  you will have a feeling in heaven.   And it is not for everybody,   it is only for a privileged few.   Most  people never know what is beauty in their whole life.   I've seen only one of my elder who had found it in her death bed.

Beauty is a special feeling that you can find it when you are granted.   Most people mixed up the feeling of happiness and beauty.  Happiness is external.  When you eat something and when you saw something, you feel happy.   But the feeling of beauty is the feeling when you found you were actually in heaven.  Wow, you are not dead but you felt that feeling in heaven.

In my whole life I have it only once.   That was a time when I was in a very common  sports field, although the scenery is good.   I was listening to a piece of music of Bach.   And I found I was actually in heaven.   I tried to listen to the same piece of music again and again.   But it never came again.  It was only once in a lifetime.  And I felt deeply thankful for that.  And I felt thankful for my enemies,   if they were not striking me so hard.  I might never have come to the same feeling.   The peaceful feeling after a war is beauty.   It might be more, but I cannot say that. 

Next time, if you have found beauty,  your feeling might be the same.

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How to break dead-locks in the world?

 How to break dead-locks in the world?

The world is not a deadlock.   The world is an open garden.   But there are many deadlocks in it.

It needs effort.  Because there might be a time, all the world will be locked up.

If everyone is running for money, but not any other goal,  then the world will be locked up.

If we change to an optimistic point of view,  then the world is more than a garden,  the world is constituted in a huge mind.  The world is a huge mind.

The mind is an ocean.

No one can lock up the ocean.

We are all fish in the ocean.

Fishes come and go.   Yet the ocean remains alive.  Therefore we have hope in the ocean more than fish.

The problem is how can we break the deadlock?

Because the deadlock is not a knowledge.  You cannot tell people that you are in a deadlock.

You can only perform for them.

You can sing.  You can say.  You can dance.

But the most important of all is that you can build.

You can build a better garden to show him.

Yes, please come to see our garden.

It is a garden of living mind.  It is a garden of living choices.  It is a garden of future. There will be no deadlocks in the future.

Then the locks might be cracked open.

What is a psychological deadlock?

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What is a psychological deadlock?

A psychological dead-lock is the link between two concepts.

For example, here we have two concepts:  One is me, the other is a cat.

If someone keep saying "I am a cat" for a long time,   then a psychological mind-lock will be created.  The guy will believe he is a cat.

The same is a modern trend.

If people say in their mind:  " I am for money ".

Then his goal is only for money, but not anything else.

He will not see the things behind money.

He will do anything for money.   He will be a gambler,  he will be a cheater,  he will do anything against human nature.

It is very common in the modern world.

He will not see the beauty of anything,   he will not search the mystery of science.  He will not have interest in anything.

He will not be happy unless he finds money.

He is boring but he will not know it himself.  And of course he will not love.

And this kind of dead-lock in the mind is not easy to break.

He will keep building a wall for himself until one day he is imprisoned inside.

But this is not a problem for a single individual.

This is the problem for the society.

This is a problem for a country.

This is the problem for a culture.

This is a crisis for human nature.

That is why we have wars.

Problem:

How to break this dead lock?

How to break this dead lock in the mind and the world?

This is a hidden secret.

Funny:

If the ideal of a country is not " Democracy, freedom, equality ",  but replaced by:  " Money, money, money "..........

What will happen next?

How to fight with them without paying money?

Will it be too dangerous if the real ambition can not  be satisfied?

Remedy?

It is possible, and workable.  

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What is the deadlock of modern world? F

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What is the deadlock of  modern world?   

All the wars in the modern world is coming from this deadlock.   This deadlock is like a heavy bonding,   It locks up the mind in a deadly formular. And the brains are like working in a formula of railway.  Thoughts can only be fitted into the  railway like a train.

How can a dead lock lock up a human mind?

Yes, it is a simple formula:   "My purpose of life is money."

It is like a strange electronic device that can lock-up a mind.

The device is very simple, but absolutely strong. All thoughts can put into this deadlock formula:  That the only purpose of life is money.

It is simple yet unescapable.

What is "unescapable"?

When the only aim of life is for money, than the person with this aim is  unexcapable.   He could only go one way,   He will not have love,  He will not have passion,  He cannot enjoy beautiful things.  His life is simple with one purpose only.   He is only working for money.

And that is the reason of all problems and modern wars.

The only reason of war is money.  When people are looking for more and more,  the outcome is war.

Why the United States wants to take Iran?   Why they want to take the South American country Venezuela?

The sole purpose is for money.

Money is not a sin.  But the mind-lock is a lock.

When the minds cannot function properly, they can only go for one way.  

It is the deadlock of a modern world.

How tasteful is the meat of a nose in a wolf? E

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 How tasteful is the meat of a nose in a wolf?  E

It must be absolutely tasteful of the meat in a wolf.

The wolf is attacking the turtle.    The turtle just wait and hide himself from the teeth of the wolf.   No one can predict that the turtle was actually waiting.   The turtle was  waiting for a chance to bite. 

The turtle wants to bite the nose of the wolf when it comes near.

It was my old story for children.

Finally, the turtle did find a chance to bite the nose of the wolf.

The turtle was succeeded in eating the nose of the wolf.

If the turtle was not fighting back when friends were standing nearby to watch,

the wolf might have eaten all..

No one can predict that the turtle was so smart.   The turtle only waited and waited.

Until the smelling nose was so near, until the nose was reachable by the turtle.

One bite eats all.

And the war was won,  and ended.

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Can the complex of a nation be healed? D

 Can the complex of a nation be healed?

20260507  D

The complex of a person is easier to heal, but the complex of a nation is in its culture.

When the culture goes wrong, everything is wrong.

At first, the complex is focused on a certain kind of metal.   In the years of the gold rush,   everyone is obsessed with  gold.  The focus of the whole nation is only in one thing.   No one had argued about it.    No one dared to say anything else. When the gold mines are finished, minds remain the same.

And the trend is global.   The United States is leading the way.   They were trying every means to squeeze money,  if they cannot dig it from the ground,   they will take it from your pocket.

At first it is only for a group of greedy persons.   It has nothing to do with the government.   But it turned out just they are the same or even worse than colonialists.

And the world is running down a slope after the Second World war until now.

The question is:  is there any way to change them?

We can see the result in a few years:   Because China is rising,  you can see how the two powers are handling all the businesses.   You can see how the trend of materialism is on its own way.

The world is witnessing something,  don't miss it.

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What is the inner complex of the United States? C

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What is the inner complex of the United States?  C

It is only in one word:

fortune

If the complex is solved, United States will be saved.

However,

No one dares to say anything.

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寂寞當晚鐘 B

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           好詩一再誦

               寂寞當晚鐘

                   繁華即淡漠

                       路上罕笑容

              悲哀迷自己

                  再見失娟容

                     爺問何所悲

                       大冶無影蹤

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If you see the unknown A

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我的詩        my song

在火裡        is burning

一根柴        like a piece of  wood

火中寫        writing

好像有        seems to be

又像沒有    yet not to be

看到           see

不知道       the unseen

見到           saw 

見不到       the unknown

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What is the most important element in a war?

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What is the most important element in a war?

You need to know where your strengths are.  Your might is in the minds of your people.

In the case of a future US-China conflict,  your mind is in a language that can communicate between your people.

If you do have two forms in writing, then you are weakened.

The language problem is the first problem in a future war.

It is your best weapon.

Can you imagine to put away your best weapon but taken up a second best weapon?

The second best weapon is economy.

But money cannot buy anything, although it is always a second bet:  money will be lost but more important is your time:    Your enemy will use the time to fix the mind of the Taiwan people.

Economy is not a good weapon. 

Money cannot buy the mind:   Can you win the mind of a beauty with your money?  

Money cannot buy love. Money cannot buy time.....

It is so easy to forget:  when you do have lots of money.

And it needs to think deeply:

Why the language issue has become a taboo?

(Why no one is talking about it?)

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Where are the certainties among the uncertainties?

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Where are the certainties among the uncertainties?

I was like swimming in a sea of uncertainties these few days.

I don't know what will happen.

I believe this is the weakness in me.

And now I believe I am better.

Because as soon as I try to write down this feeling,  a certain kind of thought appears.   It told me one thing:

Certainty is yourself.  It is in your hand.

But uncertainty  is the reality you are going to face.

What shall I do?

Now I'm sure I know what shall I do.   I know I will be doing something according to my will.   It is and it will only be a total determination from my experience and from my judgment.  And I believe,  If you know what you are going to do,  you will be strong.

How can you know what you are going to do if you do not know the things which will be coming to you?

Yes,  I know it but my enemies might not know it.

What do you call this?

Can you say it is your fate?

No.  

It is only a certainty about your will.

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Where will the diplomats meet?

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Where will the diplomats meet?

If they are not embracing, they must be wrestling.

If they are not aiming at a mutual benefits (not friendship),  they must be aiming at mutual suffocation.

It is a doubt whether they are human or not.

In the long river of evolution,  we are still in a time of fighting.    The time of  friendshp is still not  In the agenda of history.   It is an ideal ahead.

However:

Some people are working hard for it.

Some people are working hard for a long term peace.

It needs lots of effort.

But the point is:  

Can you make peace with a wolf?

Either the wolf can change into human;

or the human can keep the wolf in a cage.

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What is vital?

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What is vital?

Vital is something you cannot do without.

A postive mind will consider more for the aim  but not forgetting the vital.

Vital is your livelihood.

Something is more important than your livelihood.

Something is more important than economy.

It is common for modern people to consider economy extremely vital.

But it is extremely dangerous also.  

Economy is the tree.

But more important is the soil.

What is soil?

It is your civilization and your language.

Language is only a tool.

But the wrong tool can harm your brain.

Some of the very rich Hong Kong students learn only English,  and a little Simplified Chinese.

They have a different brain.

They can never have the  benefit of a right brain language.

They will not know what is vital.

Because they are not in the soil.

note:

The writer will be going to Indonesia from today for three weeks.

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How to read politics like minds?

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How to read politics like minds?

(Cant skip)

Actually, they are the same. If you can read the mind,  you can read the politics behind.   Or if you can read the politics,  than you can know the minds behind.

It is the same as cooking rice.

You need everything including time to cook a pot of rice.

Can you skip anything in cooking a pot of rice?

No, you cannot.

And this is the very basic of politics.

There is no fast track.

Cannot skip anything.

Sometimes you can talk.

Talking cannot help you cook the rice faster.

You can only use the talking time to wait for the rice to be cooked.

This is not a secret.

This is only the basic.

It is harmful to skip anything.

It is only a trap if your enemy allows you to skip something.

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Why do you need to explain yourself?

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Why do you need to explain yourself?  

You don't need any explanation if you are right.

Every detail and every action will be clear to everyone.   You need not to explain it.

It is logical and it is beautiful.

Leo Tolstoy needs not to explain why and how he wrote "War and Peace".

But modern leaders need to explain.

You just go to war. You don't need to explain it:   If it is right.

Can you foresee the things to happen?

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Can you foresee the things to happen?

The first kind of prediction is external.   There are lots of things to calculate predictions.  And the efforts of the external strength is not to be neglected.   You invest a little money and the result will be obvious.   The point is whether you trust them or not.   Because it is an external help. You are not doing it by yourself.  You are relying on something else.

But the internal one is different.

In the long history of China,  there was only a few who can predict things to happen.

It can bring you out of a dangerous situation or sometimes it can bring you fortune.

However, you can always try.

You never know how smart you are.

One thing is certain:   Those who do not have an eager mind for fortune or any immediate desire,  can have a bigger chance to foresee things.

Now we have a strange topic here:

Can you foresee the fate of Taiwan people?

Please think it clearly and you will got it.

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What is the difference between internal and external?

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What is the difference between internal and external?

I was busy cleaning the wheels of my car on the roadside.   It was a cloudy day without hot sunshine.  I bent my knee and lower my body to clean it. 

Suddenly I felt something special.  I didn't know where did this feeling come from.    It was only a thought occurred to me afterwards.   I have never thought of anything on that special moment. I just feel strange.

So I turned my head to the other side.

I saw a man pointing his mobile camera at me.

I felt uneasy and stand up,  looking at the man.

I saw the man quickly hide his mobile in his pocket.  It proofed he was intentional.

I didn't know why he need to shoot me with his mobile.

If he was shooting me with a gun,  can I have enough time to excape?

I kept thinking of the same moment again and again,  rewinding it in my mind.

I wish to know if I was too slow.   If t it was a gun, he might need one or two seconds to aim and I might have a time to excape the bullet.

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But the point is not here.

The point is your feeling and your timing.

Some people might never had known it happened.  You give him one minute or two minutes are meaningless.  

But if you do have that feeling,  if you can foresee something special,  you might have a chance.

Where is that feeling coming from?

A general idea is like this:  you need to be alerted at all times.

If you are too alerted,  you don't need someone to kill you.   You'll be dead already.

Important is to have a feeling at the right time.

And that feeling is in-between your internal and external feelings.

Please check for the term "內外"  from my blog.  Be relaxed and enjoy it.

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What will happen if the US and China are at war?

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What will happen if the US and China are at war?

The most uncertain things are time.  No one knows what will happen in the future. People are supposed to be the controller of the present time situation only.  The future is uncontrollable. 

What are you going to prepare for your future?

When are you going to prepare for the future economy and the future politics?

Both economy and politics are the result of culture.

One thing very different is that:  Western people never cares about culture.   It is never in their minds.

Chinese people are always thinking about culture development.   Culture matter is not the same in the West.

They are very careful in handling cultural things.

They are doing things the Western counterparts need not to do....

Chinese people needs to build a new culture, when the  US needs not.

If they are at war in the future,  the winner will be a culturally strong country.

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Why Thailand is different？

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Why Thailand is different?

Because Thailand is romantic.   Because Thailand has got her only romantic love stories.  I thought it was only for the king and the queen.  Their love story is very attractive.   It is noble and it is lovable.   Now the Thai people has got a young queen. And the young queen is more beautiful and more lovely.   She has become  an icon of the country.

If you are to find a best love story in the world,  you will remember "The king and I".   It will bring you deep into the minds of the Thai people.  It is the inner essence of a romantic love. 

I don't think you can find a romantic feeling elsewhere.   It is only about beauty and love.   It is really rare in the modern world.   People love money more than love.  The world is cold.  Yet the sunshine in Thailand is hot.

I think Buddhism has played a part in their daily life.

When your concern is everything but money,  you will see the true side of life.

Whenever money is concerned,  there will be no love.

You will not die easily without money.

But you can hardly live without love.

It is very old experience about love.  There will be no love if money is involved.  There will be no friendship,  there will be no peace, there will be no future,  if the concern is truely for money.

Money stops the world from going.

Only love can keep the world going.

If political people know more about this,  their job will be easier.

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What are Regional War and Spiritual War?

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What are Regional War and Spiritual War?

Almost all the wars in history were regional.   They were mainly for land and territory.   They were mostly for materials.   They were mostly not spiritual.   They were mostly not cultural.

The second world war is a painful experience in history.   The second world war cannot change the militarism in Japan.   Japanese remain the same after the war.  They were not changed spiritually.

If the world leaders had awared of this issue after the second world,  situation will be more easy to handle today.

If you are to win a war, it's best to win it spiritually.

When the spirits are in the wrong path, when the spirits are sick,  when the spirits are culturally wrong,  people will remain the same even if they were defeated.

There will not be a real world peace if the spirits are not healthy.

Important is to know the spiritual side of history.

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Is there really a "mind" of the universe?

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Is there really a "mind" of the universe?

Now we are coming to the most strange part about the universe:  Is there really a mind of the universe? 

What I know is the mind is my mind,  or your mind.

I'm not sure whether the universe has got a mind for the universe itself.

Although sometimes I believe I got insights.  I believe I got insights from elsewhere.  It is not from my mind. It is not my thought.

Sometimes it is a dream.

Sometimes it is an inspiration.

But I'm sure they are not from my own mind.

And I believe other people could have such experience, same as me.

Thoughts just occurs.

Is it from elsewhere?   Is it mine?

I don't know.

What I know is I do have a mind.

Yet, I don't know whether the universe has got a mind too.

I need to have a hypothesis:

That the universe does have a mind, same as me.

I don't know readers will agree or not.

And please do not agree too early.

Because if you agree the universe do have a mind,  that meant you agree the universe is a living creature.

That meant you agree a stone is a living creature.

That meant you agree our planet earth is a living creature.

That meant you agree the universe is a living creature.

That meant you agree the universe has a life inside.

That meant you agree the universe is alive.

That meant you agree the universe is living like you and me.

It is strange.

But it is different from a religion.

May I remind you once more:   Please do not agree too early.

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What is an "aim" ?

 20260427

What is an "aim" ?

The question is not the aim to take back Taiwan.

Question is what should be happening afterwards.

It is a dream for the Chinese to have a fully united family.

It is a faith in the old Chinese： 家和萬事興  (Everything goes well in a harmonious family)

And a fully united family can dedicate more for the world.

The aim is for the world.

And then you will wonder what is the aim of the world.

And what's the aim of humans?

World peace is an aim,  but world peace can have an aim too.

When you are all friends, when you are all not fighting.  You share the common goal.

There is a common goal for humans.

We need to look at the universe and see how we can dedicate more.

Humans need not have the mind to conquer the universe.

Because humans are actually the flower of the universe.

What is the flower for?

Why the dark universe needs something flowery?

What is the aim of that?

It worths to think.

( If you can tell me the aim of humans,  you must be a great philosopher of the future.)

  

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Itchy and Crammy

20260426

詩是口痕手抽筋 

史是心亂腦失魂

試頌唐詩三幾句

餂底有賺學中文

Poems are mouth itchy and hand crammy

History is mind distortion plus brain dumbby

Recite a few Tang verses with glee —

You gained Chinese without paying a fee

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please note the four words

詩  史  試  餂  

its in the 四聲 (平上去入) in Chinese language.

I hope it is in the right tone......tell me if you have found some more.......

and the notion of 餂底有賺  is not fully translated here......and its another important concept.

Can you light up the universe when you are a worm?

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Can you light up the universe when you are a worm?

Yes, we know the universe is "big".   As we know it is unlimited. And we know we are "small" like a worm.

And so what?

Yes, you can light up the sky. 爝火照亮須彌.  The universe needs you.   You can do it.   And it is only you can do it.

How can I have any light when I am only a worm inside the tunnels of the mud?

The universe is more than physical.

There is a mind in it.

The universe is also a mind.

How can a mind to do anything in the mud?

How can a worm fly?

Yes, your mind can travel and your mind can know.

Your mind can fly and your mind can reach.

Your mind can reach my mind.

It means you can go anywhere.

It is a promise.

It is a promise from nowhere.

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How strange is the human situation?

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 How strange is the human situation?

If you put it in the scope of personal fate, you can never see the beauty of it.

It has to be a total situation or the total fate of humans, then the beauty could be found.

First, you can imagine the space which people said is our home.   The space is too big to imagine.   The space we are living has got no boundary.   And then you started to think what is a universe and how big is the universe?   You'll find the word "big" is meaningless.

It is a space without end.  It is a space without limit. If you do have a flying machine to fly inside the space,   you can fly forever without stopping.   It is not one year, two year or 1000 years.  It is forever. And in this sense forever is unimaginable.

The space is a place without limit, and we are in the center of it.

What is the meaning to occupy a central point in this universe?

You name it and you say it and it is yours.

You can say that is a fate.

But actually it is everything.

And you can keep on thinking and keep on imagine.

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Chisel Sumeru 鑿石須彌

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Chisel  Sumeru 鑿石須彌

    鑿石焚點正氣

    爝火照亮須彌

    蠕蟲土中打洞

    寸寸都是陽光

Chisel stone to kindle righteous,

A torch flame lights up Sumeru.

Worms bore tunnels in the soil,

Each inch is sunshine.

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How deep is the secret of the universe?

 20260424

How deep is the secret of the universe?

We might never know how deep is the secret of the universe.    You will not know how weird it is to be a human.  You never know.

If the universe is so big,  why are we here?   Of what use is the humans?   What is the real purpose of being a human? 

The historic answer is "for god".   But it is not satisfactory for serious minded person.  

And it doesn't help to solve the problems of the question.

People are still living very well without realizing what is waiting ahead.

However,  I hope it must be noted,  that the winds did change:   Its not a concern of modern people anymore.

The concern is for more serious minded people and their country.

It will keep the minds open and strong.

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What is "fate"?

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What is "fate"?

Fate is your position in this universe.

Important is you have a position.  Your position cannot be denied by anyone.   Position cannot be  eliminated.   It is there and it was there.  

It is a common belief that gone is gone.

But it is not so in the universe.

They are there forever.

It is like a true history.

You cannot delete Julius Caesar from history.

You cannot delete anyone from history.

It is there , it was there and it will be there.

It is not logical.

But It is real.

It is not religion.

But it is real.

What do you name this situation?

It is "fate".

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Are we in the center of the universe?

 Are we in the center of the universe?

AI gave an uninteresting answer:

"No, we are not in the center of the universe.

"According to modern cosmology, the universe has no center at all. The Big Bang wasn't an explosion from a point into empty space; it was the expansion of space itself everywhere at once. Every observer, no matter where they are, sees galaxies moving away from them, making it seem like they are at the center. So in that sense, you could say everywhere is the center, but more accurately, there is no unique center."

However, I would like to use imagination to answer this question.  

I would say we are actually in the center of the universe.

And every point of this universe is a center of this universe.

If the universe is an unlimited place wothout  boundary,  

then we must be in the center.

It is the starting point of an important imagination.

If you are looking at how the humans emerge from this universe from a far far away place.

You may find humans are like a tiny spot of flower in this darkness of vastness.

Yes, we are only a tiny spot.

But we are important.

Because we are alive,  we are living.

We have a will to live on.

If the universe has got any meaning at all,  the meaning is here.

We humans are the meaning of this universe.

This is very important understanding of our situation in this universe.

We are the meaning.

I think this is the most important message for modern politics.

Humans are the meaning of this universe.

They need to embrace this meaning.

They need to know this meaning..

They need to be fair to each other.

Because they are sharing the same fate.

You might ask, what is fate?

Fate might be given or chosen.

You can choose your own fate.

You can choose to share your fate with all others.

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My qi is rare but there

心中殘存正氣。

火花半朵微開。

昏黑之中有我。

波濤壯闊湧來。

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My positive qi is rare but still there

It's only half a flame burning

The wilderness of darkness has me

The waves are magnificent

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What is this light for?

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What is this light for?

This light,  is a tiny spot in the center of the universe.   This light is the life of lives.  This light is the breath of humans.  This light is the hope of hopes.

We are at the center of the universe.

We are the only sparkle of life in this universe.

We are everything.

The universe is dead without us.

We are strong because we have a strong mind.

We are hope because we are going forward.

That is the ultimate reason why we are here.

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Can the heavens do without humans?

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Can the heavens do without humans?

This is a question that I can only keep in my mind and I wonder whether it could be answered.

The meaning of the question is :  "what is the role of humans?"   

What are we for?

And the answer is only from imagination.

I think none of  the answers is sustainable.

It means I don't know.

Humans is just like a flower growing suddenly in the wilderness.

No one knows where does it come from.

And the only allowance for humans is that you should be growing.

It is an order from nowhere.

But you can keep that in mind and work for it.

Where am I from?

I don't know..

Where are you going to?

I don't know.

What are you doing here?

I shall be doing my best.

And I think this is the only answer I can give.

Because I know I dont know.

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Why human is the greatest puzzle?

 20260419

Why human is the greatest puzzle?

If you look up at the night skys in the universe,   it's all dark, quiet, with a far away glittering little blue ribbon floating freely.

It is life emerging.  

And human is the center of all lives.

No one knows why.

In the philosophy of the universe, it needs not a reason for everything.   It is there and it is there.

Its for our curiosity to figure out why.  Humans need to have a reason for everything.    But it is only for humans. It is not for cats and dogs and others.

Your cat never ask you why.

You can call that a puzzle.

You can keep it in your mind,  just in case someone will ask you why,  and you need to have an answer for everything,  because you are human.

You can create an answer for your role.

Why am I here?

I'm here to help.

Why am I here?

I am here to destroy.

Answers might be different.   It all depends on your thought.

You'll find it painful if your thoughts are wrong.

You'll find it meaningful if your thoughts are in the correct path.

It is all up to you.

It is all up to us humans.

And I hope you are not choosing the wrong path.   It is too painful to sustain.

And the question is not answered:

Why human is the greatest puzzle?

We are here to create and to build.

To build a good place for us all.

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Why Africa is forgotten?

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Why Africa is forgotten?

"Africa" is seldrom in the minds of modern people. More concerns are about animals in Africa.  Maybe lots of things are happenning but few noticed.

Our planet is growing separately.   One wonders what will the total scenery be like in the coming years.

Some of the African countries know English, Spanish, or Portuguese.   Do they know Chinese? Is it easy for them to learn some Chinese?

The world is a strange world.

Being forgotten is better than being noticed.

I hope African people can develop themselves peacefully.

However, they can not be staying  away from the cultural influences of the world.

The cultural conflict between the East and the West will soon reflect in Africa.

Chinese and English languages will be the main issue in Africa in the coming years.

  

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Africa is a continent with extraordinary linguistic diversity, where over 2,000 languages are spoken. The most spoken languages include both indigenous tongues and those introduced through history, serving as vital tools for communication, trade, and governance.

Here is a breakdown of the most widely spoken languages:

· Arabic: Around 150 million speakers. Predominantly in North Africa (e.g., Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan).

· French: Around 120 million speakers. A legacy language, widely used in 21 countries as an official or second language (e.g., Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, DRC).

· Swahili (Kiswahili): Up to 150 million speakers. A Bantu language serving as a lingua franca for East Africa (official in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda).

· Hausa: Around 70-85 million speakers. A major Chadic language, used as a trade language across West Africa (Nigeria, Niger, Ghana).

· Yoruba: Around 45 million speakers. A tonal Niger-Congo language, primarily in southwestern Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.

· Igbo: Around 30-40 million speakers. Another major Nigerian language, spoken mainly in the country's southeastern region.

· Amharic: Around 57 million speakers. The official language of Ethiopia, with a unique script and central to the country's identity.

· Oromo: Around 30-40 million speakers. A Cushitic language, most widely spoken in Ethiopia (over 40% of the population) and parts of Kenya.

· Portuguese: Around 30 million speakers. The official language of several African countries, including Angola and Mozambique.

· Zulu: Around 27 million speakers. A Nguni language known for its distinctive click consonants, widely spoken in South Africa.

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What would wars be like in the future?

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  What would wars be like in the future?

Future soldiers or future diplomats or future politicians will be perfect nice guys.

What is a perfect nice guy?

You will love the guy at first glance.

You will surrender immediately if you see "him".

Sorry, I have to use the word "him" instead of "her"

It is because in English usage,   you cannot find out a third person pronoun for both male or female.

However, it is not important.

Important is you will surrender immediately.

Maybe he's got some electric magnetism in his eyeballs.

You cannot resist and then you surrender.

It is not a future invention.

It is equipped in everyone on earth.

Just no one knows that he has got such power........

Yes, you have it and I have it too.

It is a long, long time for us to discover it in the future.

Future wars will be wonderful.

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How do the Chinese "think" with a non-spelling language?

 20260416

 How do the Chinese "think" with a non-spelling language?

Can you think without the help of a language?

What if I don't have any language in my brain:  can I still think?   Can a baby think properly? My guess is yes. You can think, even without knowing the exact terms of the situation. Language is only a media which can help in the thinking process.  Many people have the same experience that sometimes they cannot express it, but they knew it.

I believe some people can think in color or think in music.  I believe they are specially talented. If you have learned Chinese poems,  it can help to express it in a better poetic scene.  Your world will be more beautiful with a poem.

There will not be always poems.   But the basic unit of a thought is in words, in Chinese.  I guess the words are moving  within the brain when you think.  Languages could be only a help.   I believe humans can think directly without any help of languages, pictures or scientific tools.   People would say it is intuition.  Most of the time, external help can only hinder, but not help.

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Are the Chinese gifted?

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Are the Chinese gifted?

Yes, they are.

They are gifted with more than a piece of good land.  They are gifted with a medium size of body structure.

And the most important of all is that they are gifted with a non-spelling language.

That means they are gifted with a special brain different from most other nations.

The non-spelling feature is more than a language ability.

When you don't need to "spell" your language,  you are using the other parts of the brain.

It is not a more advanced feature:   And I need to repeat it as it is not more advanced,  it is only different.

When all languages need to spell a word with lots of  letters,  plus a long string of sounds,  the Chinese needs not to spell.

They can use less brain in producing a word.

Well,  its strange:  "Aren't you using lesser brain in writing and talking?"

And the answer might be yes.

"Using less brain"  is funny,  it seems to be a joke.  But actually it needs more study. There are not enough study about it now.

Allocation of brain energy is a huge subject to study.

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What if you are not gifted?

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What if you are not gifted?  

There might be only one out of a billion is specially gifted.

All other people are also gifted but not specially gifted.

But I might be wrong.

I might be completely wrong.

Because the gifts are not given.

Gifts are the result of your own effort.

Gifts are taken.

But still I am not sure about that.

No matter you are gifted or not gifted:  Only one thing is important:   You can take.

God can take and god can give...... It is the general belief of old humans.

What they don't believe is they can take and they can give.

Yes, I can take and I can give.  And you can take and you can give.

People never ask themselves:  "am I gifted?" when they are gifted.

They are only working for it.

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How to use a ruler to measure the distance between stars?

 20260414

How to use a ruler to measure the distance between stars?

The above question is only a joke. There is no ruler or any measure tools to measure the universe.

You can imagine.

However,  human imagination is limited.  We have only one tool,  I suppose.   I hope some other tools can be used.   For example, can you use the heart to imagine rather than the brain?

There will be no answer either.

You have been given only a slide ruler.   How can you use a slide ruler to examine the distance?

In this case, it needs a second thought.

You might need to use some other means to farthom the reality.

It remains the eternal question for humans:

Where are we and what are we for?

You'll find wars and many other human behaviors meaningless and childish. 

People will not be stopped until they are lost.

And, questions will remain unanswered if they win.

They will never know the truth even if they win money in the battles.

Joke:

The best negotiation table is on the space.   Invite them to join a party far away outside the solar system.   It will be easier for them to settle down.

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Is it stupid to search for unlimited knowledge through a limited lifespan?

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Is it stupid to search for unlimited knowledge through a limited lifespan?

This is the debate happened in China 2000 years ago.   It has a deep influence in Chinese cultural development.

The anti-Zhongtsz people were against any quest for the universal truth.   They thought everything is included in the holy books.....it has created a bad thinking habit since.

The original is like this:  吾生也有涯，而知也無涯。以有涯隨無涯，殆已！

Its not the idea of Zhongtsz,  but was put into the mouth of Zhongtsz by Anti-Zhongtsz people.  It has created much confusion in the past.

Up till this moment,  there are still lots of people indifferent to any thing other then  entertaining or  money searching.

Therefore, the question always remains:

"Is it stupid to search for unlimited knowledge through a limited lifespan?"

The choice is yours.

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What is the above?

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What is the above?

Suppose you can fly.   Suppose you can fly high on the sky.   Suppose you can fly outside the sky.  Suppose you can fly far far away.   For how long? 100 years, I suppose.   And of course, you can change that.   If you can manage your spirit and bring it up to another level thousands more,  can the outcome become clearer?  

You have only a little measurement of a hundred years.  

Can the hundred year  measure the unlimited far end of this universe?

I am not very optimistic about this, but still you can try.

This is called the "situation" (勢) of humans.

It is extremely important whether you know this situation or not knowing this situation.(知形不知勢)

You'll be more humble and doing things in a proper way.

If you know you are not equipped with  unlimited power,  if you know you have a limitation for you,  will you dare to do more?

Yes, the human nature brings out an answer:   Yes, we dare.

And a little advice would be advisable:

Yes, we dare and we care.

You can reach a certain goal hopefully with that.

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The writer is in Zhong-shan until April 13,  2026  

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Why culture is important?

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Why culture is important?

Politics is the structure, but culture is the spirit.

If you have a good spirit, you can build a good structure. And nothing can be achieved without the inner strength of spirit.

If a country is strong,  it is strong from inside.

Culture is not easy to explain in simple words. Even though sometimes you can use a few lines or a few words to define the way you want to do.   But the hidden inner feeling can never be expressed simply.

Culture can be a song, a story or a book.   Culture is the soft size of human spirit.  Politics is more like an action taken.

A good culture can make politics easier to carry on. It needs less discipline and less regulations.   People will do things automatically through a good spirit.  And it is ideal.

If you can sing your hearts out,   you don't need to shout, and you don't need to shoot.

Culture is the long term planning of civilization.

Only the problem is people do not know how to do it.

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Why Hong Kong has got the highest fuel price?

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Why Hong Kong has got the highest fuel price in the whole world?

Question:   is it political or  artificially raised?

Based on the available data, here are the places with the highest gasoline prices in the world. The data consistently confirms Hong Kong as having the most expensive fuel globally .

🌍 Top 10 Most Expensive Places for Fuel

Rank Location Approximate Price (USD per liter) Key Context

1 Hong Kong (SAR of China) ~$3.97  World's most expensive; high taxes and land costs drive prices .

2 Malawi ~$2.86  Landlocked African nation with high transport costs.

3 Netherlands ~$2.42  High taxes and stringent environmental policies.

4 Denmark ~$2.36  High fuel taxes, even higher than Hong Kong as a % of price .

5 Norway ~$2.35 - $2.22  High taxes despite being a major oil producer .

6 Germany ~$2.20  Europe's largest economy with high excise duties.

7 Singapore ~$2.17  Regional financial hub with limited domestic market.

8 Finland ~$2.27  Nordic taxation model for environmental goals.

9 Belgium ~$2.23  High VAT and excise duties on petroleum products.

10 France ~$2.19  Significant taxes to fund public services and discourage car use.

Note: Prices fluctuate daily due to global oil prices and exchange rates. This ranking is based on data from late March to early April 2026 .

🧐 Why Is Fuel So Expensive in These Places?

The primary reason these locations top the list is high government taxation, which is often used to fund social services, discourage car use, and meet climate goals . For example, while Hong Kong has a fixed fuel tax, the percentage of taxes in the final price of fuel in European countries like Denmark or the Netherlands can be as high as 50% to 60%, which is significantly higher .

The high ranking of places like Hong Kong and Singapore is compounded by other unique factors, such as extremely high land costs for fuel stations and the fact that they are city-states or cities that must import all their refined fuel .

🏁 A Note on Price Comparisons

It is important to note that the final price at the pump can be very different from the price of crude oil. For example, while the US was experiencing a national average of around $4.00 per gallon (approx. $1.06 per liter) in early April 2026 due to global tensions , this is still far lower than the prices listed above because of much lower fuel taxes .

Why is the Hong Kong fuel price three times that of Shenzhen?

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Why is the Hong Kong fuel price three times that of Shenzhen?

It has been lasting  for an extremely long time. Hong Kong transport  are suffering from high prices of fuel. It is directly influential to the Hong Kong economy.    There must be a reason behind it.  Actually the fuel in Hong Kong is from mainland China.  The five oil companies have been raising the price together to an unreasonable high.   Yet there is no control.

Some of the oil companies are from China,   but they are same with the other foreign companies.  They do not offer a lower price. (There might be more complicated reasons behind.)

It is strange,  but it has been lasting for a long time.

Below is a list from an AI machine

目前三地的汽油价格差距悬殊，深圳的油价最低，大约是香港的三分之一，澳门则处于中间位置。

以下是具体价格对比（数据截至2026年3月底）：

· 深圳 (内地)：约 7.7 - 9.5 元 (人民币/升)。按当前汇率折算约 8.2 - 10.2 港币，是三地中最低的。

· 澳门：约 15.05 元 (澳门币/升)。按当前汇率折算约 14.6 港币，价格比内地高，但比香港便宜。

· 香港：21.29 - 23.79 港币/升。这通常是各油站优惠后的价格，挂牌价则在 31.79 港币 左右。

三地油价差异悬殊，核心原因未明。

1. 税负差异

(稅項不是香港油價高的原因。除稅後的計算，香港仍是最高。)

   · 香港：燃油税极高，每升汽油征收约 6.06港币 的消费税。

   · 澳门：燃油税相对较低，每升约 2.0-2.5澳门币，所以油价处于中间水平。

   · 深圳：油价虽含增值税、消费税等，但整体税负比港澳低。加上内地有价格调控（天花板价），避免油价过高。

2. 市场与成本

   · 香港：市场由少数公司主导（如壳牌、埃索），竞争较弱。同时土地、仓储、人工成本，可能进一步推高价格。

   · 深圳：内地炼油能力大，供应稳定。中石油、中石化等国企零售网络密集，区域竞争拉低了终端价格。

3. 定价机制

   · 香港、澳门：由油公司決定，价格随国际油价和成本自由浮动(?)

   · 深圳：实行政府指导价，每10个工作日调整一次，有“天花板价”和“地板价”限制，避免价格剧烈波动。

根据截至 2026年4月4日 的最新数据，香港五大油公司的门市折后价如下。

香港五大油公司汽油折后价对比 

油公司 汽油种类 门市折后价 (港币/升) 零售牌价 (港币/升)

Shell (蜆殼) 标准/特级无铅汽油 $21.89 $32.39

Caltex (加德士) 标准无铅汽油 $25.19 $32.X19

 特级无铅汽油 $25.39 $32.39

Esso (埃索) 标准/特级无铅汽油 $25.39 $32.39

中石化 标准/特级无铅汽油 $25.39 $32.39

中石油 标准/特级无铅汽油 $25.39 $32.39

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What is heartless?

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What is heartless?

Not all politics are heartless.   Politics can be  communications and not wars.

Heartless approach can be the behaviour of a special kind of brain function.   Some people can only use their left brain to calculate.   They can not use the right brain to know the total situation,   and they cannot use the emotion part of the brain to feel it.   When they can only calculate,  they will become ruthless.    They will not consider how people suffer,   they can only calculate incomes.

It's  heartless for some people.

Question is, do we need a heart  to handle international politics?

Politics will be more vividly clear in the views of a heart.   Politics cannot be only figures and numbers. It is too old fashioned.  Politics cannot neglect  feelings.

However, it is only a theory.  It is not a real situation.  

Modern science can spot and kill anyone by a remote control.  If you do not have similar device to avoid detection,  it would be extremely dangerous.

Can you hide yourself?

Smaller countries are vulnerable and easily be eaten alive.

It is a heartless situation.

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How to beat wolves?

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How to beat wolves?

I have experience in fighting dogs,  but never fighting wolves.

To fight a dog is easy.  Most of the time you won't have a weapon at hand.   The dogs would bark and follow you.   You tried to walk slowly away.   But the dogs will follow.  They were more dangerous in night time,  or in silent streets.   I was followed a few minutes,   The teeths were almost on my trouser. I suddenly turn around,   the dogs were scared and turned away.

However, wolves won't be scarced.

What if you were surrounded by wolves?

I read from an old story:   A man was surrounded by wolves,   his friend came with a horse to rescue him.  The horse was running fast and the man drew him on the horseback and speed away.

What if you have no friends to help?

And what if you are alone?

You need to have wisdom and bavery to survive.

And you need to be well prepared.

You can't wait until things happen.

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Here are short stories from Strange Tales from a Chinese old book (Liaozhai Zhiyi) about butchers and wolves.

 (The Greedy Wolf)

A butcher carrying leftover meat in a hook came across a wolf following him. Fearing for his life, he hung the meat on a tree branch and showed the wolf his empty basket. The wolf left. The next morning, the butcher returned to find the wolf dead—it had leaped for the meat, got caught on the hook, and was hanging from the branch.

 (The Farmer’s Trick)

A butcher hid in a small shed when wolves tried to attack. A wolf reached a claw through a gap. The butcher grabbed it, cut a small slit in the skin, and blew air into it like he would a pig’s carcass. The wolf swelled up like an ox and couldn’t escape.

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What is completely destroyed overnight in the US- Iran war?

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What is completely destroyed overnight in the US- Iran war?

Is it the Fame of a President?

or,  is it the  Civilization of Iran?

No.

It is the Winds changed......

The Winds are blowing      51           72 5

The Minds are changing    53           24 5

The Views are all there      55           35 2

They Knew it all                   2 1 2      3

They Knew it all                   2 1 7       1

                           THE WINDS ARE

How to write the name 鄭麗文 in Simplified Chinese?

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鄭麗文的簡化字應怎樣寫？(詢問AI)

How to write the name 鄭麗文 in  Simplified Chinese?

AI answer:

鄭麗文的簡化字寫作 郑丽文。

· 郑：對應繁體「鄭」，簡化時將左側的「奠」簡化為「关」。

· 丽：對應繁體「麗」，簡化為「丽」。

· 文：字形保持不變。

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There is a different feeling  in the two.

This difference could be a main issue in future politics.

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How to beat a giant?

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How to beat a giant?

Some people would like to collect ideas.

Too many ideas would block one single blood vessel.

It needs to have an absolutely strong blood current not to be blocked.

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Diarrhoea in Guizhou

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The writer is having diarrhoea

in Guizhou.

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What price you are prepared to pay?

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What price you are prepared to pay?

There is a price for everything.    You need to pay a price for your award,  or your punishment if you are not awared.

Price is never an easy thing.

Sometimes the price is so big, it is more than your life.

But still you need to pay for it.   It is no exception.

But the worse part of the price is hesitation.

It is more or less the same as greed.

If you want too much, you need to pay.

If you refuse to pay too much, still you need to pay.

Isn't it wonderful?

People who refuse to pay will suffer more.

There is no free lunch.

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About the Taiwan issue,   the question is raised

for both US and China:

What price you are prepared to pay?

Do you know how much money you have in your pocket?

It is affordable,

If you really know what you have in your pocket.....

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What is the future of the three kingdoms?

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What is the future of the three kingdoms?

The absolute result is:    There will not be three kingdoms in the future.    There will only be one dominant power on this planet.   The three kingdoms balance will maintain only for a short time,   it will not be forever.

Imminent is the Taiwan issue.

Taiwan issue is US-China issue.

There will be only one result:  Either the East wins or the West wins.    There shall not be any illusion. And there shall not be any non-practical imagination.

The conflict will not be dissolved or disappeared.  Conflict will become stronger and stronger until one day,  there will be a war.

The war might be a soft war or a hard war.

The determined side will win.   The un-determined side will lose.

There will be no room for a happy ending.

Only one will be happy.

There will not be a free-lunch.   The United States will not give up Taiwan.   The conflict will not be settled by negotiation.   There will be no use for talking.

The United States needs to prepare for a bad result for themselves. If  serious  conflict really happen,  they need to prepare a lost inside the land of the United States.  There will not be any guarantee for the safety inside the soil of the US.  Same is China.  

If anyone side is weakened in their will, they must prepare for a bad losing.

Wars are determined first by the will,  any other consideration is secondary.

The so-called three kingdoms  will not be really a three-side situation.

There will be only one major conflict.

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China is in the defensive side, US is in the attacking side.

The defensive side is easy to have illusions.

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How to win over a pretty woman?

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How to win over a pretty woman?

It is the basic requirement of a man.   If you don't know how to conquer a woman, how can you conquer the world?   If you cannot reach the mind of your love,   how can you reach the mind of your universe?

It is more than a love approach,   it is the dedication of your whole self into this universe. 

To reach the unreachable star.

The idea is simple,  the aim is sacred.

Prepare yourself and your heart.  

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Sorry, I have to interrupt a little here:  Its more than a love affair, it is politics.

Politics is love.

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What is the use of a closed palm(合什)?

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What is the use of a closed palm(合什)?

It will close the circuit of your inner energy if you put your palms together and close them.

And then the qi can be flowing  in a circular way within.

Its the general  practice of some religious people to close the palms.  It helps to maintain the inner peace of mind.

The calming effect will happen very quickly.

It helps to create the peace of mind.   

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What is the most difficult part about qi?

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What is the most difficult part about qi?

If I were a rich man.   I will offer a great price to those who can produce qi outside the living body.

If qi can be produced and even stored, then it will be like electricity.

It will produce real money.

And it will benefit all mankind.

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How qi can be related to health?

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How qi can be related to health?

For the time being,  its only a kind of heresay,  or a method not accepted by academic people.

Many people believe it. it can help in a certain way of healing.

It is not hundred percent perfect.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  It depends, but no one knows what it depends.

Anyone can try it with his own experience.

And it is possible to find qi in your body.

One will be very healthy if one knows how to  activate qi.

It is possible to heal minor health issues with qi.

But I don't know whether qi can help in serious sickness.   Because I have never tried.

I do hope qi can be deeply studied and  developed like any other medical science.

Qi is still the same for the last 10 years in the  medical  circle.

There is no progress in studying qi.

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Why it is important to search the universe?

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Why it is important to search the universe?

Actually we humans are in a completely blind situation.

We  know only an extremely small part of the total reality of the human situation.

We don't know where are we from.   We don't know where are we going to.  We don't know why we need to live on the planet.   We don't know the role and the aim of our planet earth.

But we need to change our mindset.

I hope humans can know more about this planet and the future of our situation.

It is like a great building of no end.   Each of us can come to work for a little while only.  No one knows the ultimate purpose of this great work.   But still we are working on it.   Only imagination can help a little bit.   You can only imagine.

Some people cannot imagine.  They can only calculate.  But calculation is useless in our  situation.  

We are oblidged to work for an unknown purpose.

An unknown purpose cannot be calculated in the amount of the money you earn.  You can work for only a little while and then you have to leave.

It will be ok if your work is welcomed.   And it will be sad if your work is rejected..... Not everyone can know the value of everything.    But still you are working on it.   You are answerable only to the unknown....or,  to the God you choose.

It is absurd.   But everyone is working on it.   It is because you need to eat.  

Maybe you can think more.

You will feel better if you can think positively.

And there is always a time for you to get back to work.   And you are warned not to ask anymore.

Only because someone is preparing a war.

And you'll be a slave after the war.

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The writer will be in Guizhou 貴州 for a short tour from April 2-7

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Why no one has ever come back?

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Why no one has ever come back?

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Yes, it is a little disappointed. Actually, no one has come back. All the kings and common folks, heroes and villains, good people and bad people,  no one has ever come back.   Some historical great people promised to come back but they didn't.   Even Jesus did not come back.

They were gone like the silver stars.   They were gone like a great river of silver stars on the heaven.  They are many.  Many are sparkling like a star in the dark nights.

Where are they now?

It is extremely disappointing sometimes.   Some of them are adorable, but you can never reach them.

Nor they can never reach you.

What do you call this?

It is loneliness.

It is the complete sadness of human beings.

Where are you my love?

Can't  you hear me?

They were always silent. 

Like what?

Like you and me.

It is so sad.

It is really bad.

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Why gone people are never back?

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Why gone people are never back?

Because they are never gone.

Because they are here.

All the people are here.

My father, my mother, my grandfather, and my grandmother, etcetera and etcetera, are all here.

River flows

Water remains

Waves are home

Where are you, my love?

Where are you,  my mind?

I am happy you are with me

大江日夜向東流， 波濤滾滾是鄉愁；

高天上下人何在， 在你在我在深秋。

 

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The line "etcetera and etcetera" are from a movies: " The king and I ".   I still remember how the actor said that.

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