A Gift To One With Filial Piety
Hello and Welcome to Ancient Tales of Wisdom, I am Laura Market
As you may know, Filial Piety is one of the Chinese traditional virtues. All the kindhearted and capable emperors in Chinese history promoted filial piety among their people. Only when a person respects and loves his parents can he respect the elderly in [...]
Socrates: A man betrayed
Hello again, my name is Grace Mann, and it is my privilege to bring you another Ancient Tale of Wisdom – Establisher of Culture: Socrates: A man betrayed.
“Men, you should have seen Socrates when the troops escaped from Dilos. In that battle, I had better opportunity to admire him, as in that battle I [...]
Missing The Opportunity
The Ten Friends of Weiyang was a group of ten friends who were wealthy and content with their lots. They were not interested in pursuing government positions and not greedy about money. They liked to get together and talk about metaphysics and Taoism. The ten friends were like brothers and they took turns hosting dinner [...]
The Moment when You Disengage
Hello and welcome, my name is Grace Mann, and it is my privilege to bring you another Ancient Tale of Wisdom: THE MOMENT WHEN YOU DISENGAGE.
In August of this year, brother Huang came to visit me. He told me that he was planning to sell the plant that he had inherited from uncle Huang. [...]
