Confucious & Zhuge Liang

Confucius ( 551 -479 ) Zhuge Liang ( 181 -234 )

It's interesting to see both two of the most interesting geniuses in China were born in Qufu & Linyi, both in Shandong province, about 35 latitude.

Geography matters in coming up with geniuses too.

Toso

To means slaughter and so means rebirth

The eternity of souls.. it's an opportunity to learn through the sacrifice of animals since we need to slaughter animals to feed ourselves. The soul of animals must be living inside our life changing its forms.

We have toso on New Year's Day with Japanese sake. Toso is a mixture of Chinese traditional medicines. It is good for our health in ingredients.

Happy new year 2010 to come!

China Dynasties

Xia 1994 -1766
Shang 1766 -1027
Zhou West 1027 -771 East 770 -221
Spring and Autumn 770 -476
Warring States 475 -221

Qin 221 -206
Han West 206 -9
Xin 9 -24
Han East 25 -220
Three Kingdoms 220 -280 Wei Wu Shu
Jin West 265 -316 East 317 -420

Sixteen States 304 -439
Southern Northern 420 -589
Sui 581 -618
Tang 618 -907

Five Dynasties 907 -960 and Ten Kingdoms 907 -979
Song North 960 -1127 South 1127 -1279
Liao 907 -1125
Jinn 1115 -1234

Yuan 1279 -1368
Ming 1368 -1644
Qing 1644 -1911

Jericho

According to George Modelski, Jericho was the first, oldest, largest human city built in 8000 - 7000 BC. The population was 1000 -2000.

It's interesting in relation to Biblical description.


I think in more modern terms, the first large city is thought to be Ur.

The population of Ur in 2100 BC was 100,000.

Ur kept on being the biggest city from 2030 to 1991. Then Thebes took the place on it. From 1980 to 1800.

From 1770 to 1700, Babylon became the largest city with the population of 60,000.

From 1400 to 700, it was Thebes that was the largest city with the population of 100,000.

From 612 to 400 Babylon had 200,000 people in it and it had been the largest city at that time.

From 200 to 100 it was China that held the largest city ie Xi'an.

From 25 to 300, Rome had 500,000 population.

340 to 500 Constantine was the largest city.

775 to 932, again Baghdad became the largest city in the world.

From 1420 to 1650 Beijing became the largest city with the population of 600,000 to 700,000.

From 1650 to 1700 again Istanbul was the largest with the population of 700,000 to 800,000.

From 1710 to 1825 Beijing was No. 1 with over one million for the first time.

From 1825 to 1914 London increased its population from 1,350,000 to 7,400,000 and kept on being the number one in the world, and from 1925 New York surpassed London in population with 7,770,000. New York remained to be No.1 till 1965 with the population of 15,500,000 at most. Tokyo surpassed the population of New York in 1965 and since then Tokyo has become the most populous Metropolis with the population of 32 million. The second populous areas have 20 million in comparison..

But I must add..that the most populous Metropolis in universal term right now is New York. Tokyo holds such large population because many Japanese cannot go outside since they are poor at communicating with other peoples in common language. Metropolis in true meaning is New York.

Everything started from Jericho ten thousand years ago. Amazing!

A drunken boat

A decade year ago I was with my love at that time. We welcomed a new millennium together.

Ten years have passed since then. I will welcome a new year 2010 by alone.

I am a drunken boat. My previous love 5 years older left me, my former love twelve years younger left me too.

My current love photo above one year senior to me remains to be my love so far.

A drunken boat will never sink though it steers from right to left and vice verse.

War between civilisations

At opium war, apart from the cause of war British navy locomotive engine completely defeated Chinese navy wind engine.

At war the cause of war can be anything. The most crucial point is whether to win. At war always the country who acquired a new technology wins. The cause of war followed thereafter.

Every rule has..

Some people pick up examples of antithesis and try to persuade others who do not think the antithesis is general, this is a stupid idea.

Every rule has its exception. They are merely raising the exceptions. Exceptions cannot prove exceptions themselves, but a general rule. They are just proving a general rule is generally applicable to all except for few examples.


They don't realise that. Their existence proves the existence of just ordinary people.

Channel tunnel

Not in Europe but in East Asia. Between Korean peninsula & Japanese archipaelagoes.

Maglev will be built in a matter of time between Hankou and Beijing. Within few years China will have one of the most advanced railway networks in its land, that revolutionises the dynamics and viability of China.

We start thinking about the possibility of channel tunnel between Korean strait.

First-in ought to be last-out

To serve the newest possible to customers, first-in ought to be last-out. Yet we serve oldest possible at any time in princiles of first-in first-out.

Our benefit first, not our customers first.

Advent of new year & rebirth

Five days after the Christmas, new year comes. Three days after his crucifixion he was reborn.

For him life & death meant little since he's eternal. I think Christmas would celebrate his life and death at the same time.

New year starts as he has another life again.

Hidden meaning of redemption

Meaning of redemption is probably one of the hardest teachings to understand in Christianity.

We humans kill animals to feed ourselves, which is for filling our physical demand.
Christ was sacrificed to feed our spiritual need. He wanted to teach us sometimes how important to sacrifice ourselves to learn to love others.

Altruism and self sacrifice are two of important teachings in Christianity.

Chrsitmas wreath & a rope for hanging

Japanese shime-nawa, which means a rope for hanging to sacrifice animals, is decorated in upside of the door in each household in January. This is a custom.

Christmas wreath is similar in shape and decorated in a room on Christmas.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, not commemorate the death of Christ. Yet wreath is put on the grave to commemorate the death of someone in general, too.

In the case of Christ, death & life are altogether. The death in heaven resulted in a birth on earth, and the death at cross is the departure to the life again in heaven.

By decorating wreath we celebrate the human sacrife made by him without noticing it since his life is eternal as the sun also rises.

Yuan Dynasty

I looked up the history of Chinese Dynasty.

Xia, Yin, Zhou, Warring Times
Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin
Sixteen Countries, Southern Northern, Sui, Tang
Five, Song, Jin
Yuan, Ming, Qing

Hum? What's 'Yuan'? Were there such Dynasty in China?

I clicked the name and found that the Dynasty was established by Mongolians.

Of course I know it's a famous 'Gen Dynasty' in Japanese.

'Yuan' means circle and 'Gen' means origin, both means favourable. But why such difference?

It originally means circle and prononciation is yuan. Khubilai may have named it so as the shape of his coutry was so chubby, but a Chinese simplified character happend to be the same as Japanese made character 'Gen' so Japanese started calling it gen instead of yuan.

Same thing happened in Chinese yuan for currency. Japanese call gen instead.

I am ashamed. But it's true many words are being used in different sense when they entered other languages. This is one of strange examples.

Maglev

Bombardier..Montreal based but its transportation sector is based in Berlin..

Alstom..French based.

Needless to say I think many know Siemens is a German company.

So roughly speaking China built its high speed train with the help of Germany & France ie Europeans.

Fastest train to Wuhan in China

It took just four years to build a new bullet train in China with the technical help of Siemens, Bombardier, Alstom from Guangzhou, near Hongkong to Wuhan, central China.

I had thought some bullet train will be built from Beijing to Shanghai, but it seems China's new era has been started from the South to North.

Within next few years China's other bullet train will be built from Wuhan to Beijing, Beijing to Shanghai, Shanghai to Wuhan, Shanghai to Guangzhou, then China' s so-called 'central field' plus southern part will be connected smoothly.

350 km per hour..as opposed to its counterpart in Japan, 243, France, 277...

Celebration & Liquor

These two are associated with one another strangely.
On Christmas we celebrate it in sparkling wine and a New Year's Day we celebrate with Japanese sake.

Liquor, in this case not a distilled one but just a fermented one, has been regarded as something sacred in our society.

The reason might be that the alcohol brings orgy in drink that is the bridge from human to God and or or that is alcohol that sanitise many germs.

'The' Internet

Many years ago a TV, newspapers and magazines were my windows and eyes to the society.

Conversations with people around me and at school with my friends were the only sources to know whereabouts to the outside society. Now chatting with my Internet friends replaced them.

Books at library were necessary to enhance my world in the past, but now many articles are at hands in my study.

We put definite article before Internet because Internet ought to be one and only. It is not good to be one Internet and the other, we need to keep this integrity.

Divorce

Divorce is almost impossible if one party disagrees.

I married a woman about fourteen years ago. Already 12 years has passed since we ceased to live together.

I'd like to divorce her. I have few way but to bring the case in court.

Copenhagen

Unfortunately unprecedented cold wave hit all over Europe.
Next time or as soon as possible preferably in next year, conference ought to be held in the midst of summer. We must feel global warming to try to know the way to deter it.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Not to celebrate his birthday. No one knows exactly what date he was born. But we are sure his birthday is not a day of winter solstice.

I celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in Christmas.
What he taught us is how important to show our love and the spirit of sacrifice. Both need profound courage.

Merry Christmas!

Simultaneous

It was too cold. It was simultaneous both in Europe and North East America.
E-coli, noro, mad cow disease.. influenza, bird flu...green house effect gas emission..simultaneous, too.

We live in a true meaning of the word, borderless.

In this borderless world, 'Who is responsible?' is a stupid question. Everybody is responsible for all the matters. Agreed.

Deflation

I usually go home around midnight, or even later. I need to eat dinner and take a bath from that time. I usually go to bed at around 4 in the morning.

Instead of making dinner myself I started eating out on my way home. It's not very expensive thanks to a recent yen's appreciation, deflation is under way.

Because many food stuff is exported from overseas, the price of items at restaurant dropped or remains stable.

It's not bad to eat out, especially these days.

Money justifies the motif

One of the suspected murderer was arrested from tip-off of ordinary citizen.
It's money that justified his tip-off. No justice justifies his motif. Informer was paid some 100,000 US dollars.

Adult jokes

One of my coed at office claimed she had never taken hold of anything heavier than chopsticks. She even claimed so twice, but no one replied to her.

I wanted to reply to her as follows. If you were married, you must have taken hold of something heavier than chopsticks.

The third fire

The first one is just a fire. Humans found it from nature and learned how to make use of it.

The second one was electricity. The third was was nuclear.

The utilisation of nuclear energy was derived from the theorem E=mc2 Einstein led.
But no failure is allowed. Because obviously the nuclear energy is just huge and it can lead to tremendous productivity or caterstropy, too

Cop 2009

I have a chronicle bronchitis and I'm supposed to live in a area whose air is clean enough. Then I chose this city, which has no chimney at all.

So I was not supposed to live in the city above. The city is famous in siting lots of industrial compounds. I had many problems in my head, nose, eyes, and ear, etc. I left the city after one year and three months. I chose to live with a woman who lives in the city.

I wonder what degree the industrialisation and economic development relate. Europe, North America, and Japan were industrial giants in former century. They all got some economic development, and they fought against each other.

Now these three areas are regarded as still developed nations with highly advanced industrialisation. In Kyoto protocol it was only those developed nations that had a limit of emitting the gas that causes global warming. But in Cop 2009, those criteria are about to extend not only in developed nations but also newly industrialising counties as India, Brazil, and China.

The cut of warm house effect gas is good, but it is already developed nations that is necessary to cut it first. Because we emitted the gases first.

It's sad that the implementation of the limit of emission to all nations are thought to be the fear to these newly developing nations.

We need to seek for another way to make goods instead of industrialisation that come up with lots of gases. Yes, we can..

Walking

I usually use a bicycle to go to work, go shopping, go anywhere as far as it's not too far.

Recent coldness is just unusual and I cannot get over it, especially when I ride a bicycle. Recent coldness is in particular, windy.

I started walking to my offices. It took 20 minutes instead of 15. It took 25 minutes instead of 20. Not bad. I need to park my bike at a pool. That takes some extra minutes. I can go directly to my office. That's a benefit in using my feet only.

People, when you encounter some difficulty, return to nature.

The beginning of new capitalism

Global warming is a caviat to an excessive pursuit to capitalism.

We need to find a way in trying to strike a balance in cohabitation of nature and humans

The history of liquour

Fermented

Distilled

Matured


The history of liquor starts from fermented process.
It took some to find a way to distill and make spirits.

The most important process to refine distilled spirits is to mature.

The criteria of how well liquour is made depends whether it was fully matured.

There are only few matured spirits here except for domestic made whisky.

It needs intricate technique to make a matured liquour anyway.

Coldest night

It's cold outside, isn't it?

Hello Brother C** B**,

Thank you for a letter.
It's very cold outside and I'm working hard very carefully not to catch both cold and influenza.

Working hard is only what I can do in doing my best right now, so I regret not to attend the meeting, I am healthy but susceptible to bad cold. I need to be extremely careful. But as a matter of fact, I even have no enough time to spend holidays with my family.

If it's not cold outside and not rainy, see you in the meeting. I'm looking forward to resuming Bible study with you, too.

There's no night without dawn. Spring will come.

Mer

Daisetz Suzuki

I was checking out the old comments and tonight I found Morosoph's comment posted in around late June, 2008.

>Morosoph said...
It's amazing just how quickly this post came up. I googled for some of the names that you'd mentioned in your post, and Bang! You were there on the first page!

It just shows how little these thinkers are known outside Japan, don't you think?

It's true that the academics of West and East are very different and just little are known to outside Japan.

What I learned was how different cultural basis is. Based on ideogrammatic culture here in the East, how to read his name in ideogram varies slightly from individuals.

This was the real story of behind it. Morosoph was right.

How to count the number of posts in Archives of Blogger.

41 views on the 23rd of November, 2009

The number of viewers everyday is usually 2, 3 - 10 at best. But this day I had 41 viewers in a day.

I deleted about 30 friends in Tagged from 77 to 44 or so. They must have seen my devianART profile for the first time...

This is merely my guess, but probably it's the reason.

People try to know the person only after they know they lost him.

Comment made on him

There's the higher than high.
There's no good point. there are countless bad points.
He didn't hurt anyone.

24hr

By the way I was surrounded by 24hr premises as McDonald's, Sukiya(Beef bowl chain store), Trial(convenience store), Sunny( Super market ), and Seven Eleven..needless to say.

They are cheap. Ah, I live in a city as such.

Hakutake again..

This is a famous liquor in the world.

I drink it again and again so that I become healthy. Not because it's fun the reason I drink it.

Which prevents from making a clot in my hairy fragile vein. I am able to liberate from stiffness in my head.

Aside from that, this liquor is extremely tasty. I recommend it from the bottom of my heart.

Ichigo ichie - One time one meet

Ichigo ichie in Japanese

It's hard to make the most the occasion I am given abruptly no matter how it's lucrative.

I encountered a girl who was seeking for learning abroad at Rainbow Plaza many years ago. She is a daughter of a medical doctor. I can take her to the Internet cafe. Because she wanted me to help applying with entrance to the language school.

I couldn't help her because she was minor. Or she was rich.

She was gone forever. How hard to make the most the occasion I was given. Or for anyone it might be true.

Eminent change

Eiko Onoda said...
>our economy is beginning to look like that of Mexico.

As the demography in the US changes drastically, this comment seems to be right more and more.


Attached in a blog entry by Ted Seeber below;

"America without the Middle Class"
1 Comment - Hide Original Post
Elizabeth Warren at the Huffington Post today describes, in no uncertain terms, just how quickly the middle class is disappearing from America- and how quickly our economy is beginning to look like that of Mexico.

I charge that this is no accident- but the willful sin of the investor class in an attempted coup of the government of the United States. A coup- may I mention, that is succeeding. And it's not just the US- Irish governmental employees are being asked to take 4%-20% pay cuts, as the masters become slaves. And we've all become slaves of the big banks.

I'm going to repeat what I think is the only reasonable way out: Repeal Article I Section 10 of the US Constitution, and let state governments issue currency, make their own trade treaties that fit *local* employment concerns, and separate themselves as much as possible from the big power banks in New York.
posted by Ted Seeber at 10:55 AM on Dec 9, 2009

Aurora

Aurora? Is she Aurora? I was expecting to see it in a tropical area.
She is beautiful. She might be another Aurora..

Free choice and human dignity

I believe her left leg is not bound.

It's important for her to take this pose voluntarily. What is good in this photo is it allows our interpretation whether she is free or not..

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - deviantART Users

Attached in http://davidsamson.deviantart.com/art/red-alert-83123591

Meaning of ropes

~mercedo Moments ago
I still wonder what for the ropes that bind her body are.

Especially on the ropes went through between her two legs. To give her irresistable pleasure or to prevent us from watching her private part closely.

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - deviantART Users

Attached in http://cziiki.deviantart.com/art/Golden-Cord-20815967

Unbearable lightness of being

Which means love.

The dark ages

~mercedo 1 second ago
Nobody believes we still live in the dark ages.

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - deviantART Users

Attached in http://marwanuk.deviantart.com/art/The-dark-ages-72725788

Shield of nothing

~mercedo 1 second ago
We are caught by many ropes but vulnerable parts are exposed.

This photo represents our reality.

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - deviantART Users

Attached in http://marwanuk.deviantart.com/art/The-dark-ages-72725788

A matter of morality

~mercedo 1 second ago
If I encountered a woman bound in this way, I'm sure I would loosen the ropes and cover her shoulder by my coat and let her go.
It is much harder to be a bad guy than good. I think many people do the same thing.

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c

Attached in http://quietmaster.deviantart.com/art/kiki-bound-98728034

Sound from the past

I am listening to the sound from the past right now.

Which echoes inside my labyrinth.

I met a woman in my workplace whose name is Mihoko Matsumoto. I don't know whether she is married or even how old she is. Which doesn't matter at all if I really love her.

Love at first sight. Love comes abruptly.

Chatting with my former love

Melissa is Available
Me:

This is Mer

Happy merry Christmas!
Melissa :

HELLO SWEETHEART HOW R U??? IM GETTING READY 4WORK N ALSO I HAVE A DOCTORS APPTMT??? CHIROPRACTOR...CALL ME PLS???SOMETIME... (***-****) HAVE AHAPI HOLIDAYS...KIP URSELF WARM ...ITS VERY,VERY COLD WINTER SEASON HERE RITE NOW...LUV U ...ALWYS...MELISSA UR JOY 3DA WORLD...GUDNITE...KISSES
Me:

OK, here is a chat corner, it's not cold outside here in Japan.
Melissa :

HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS...KIP WARM...CALL ME SOMETIMES BABY??? MISS U ALWAYS...MELISSAJOY

GOT 2 GO 2WORK BYE 4NOW...
Me:

I will be on line, it's 3:30 in the morning though. OK. God be with you. Take care.
Melissa :

U 2 ...GOD BLESS...BYEEE...

Tacit dimension

~mercedo 2 seconds ago
Good or appropriate? shape of hips. Two lights perfectly correspond to two humps.
Your back talks a lot with silence.

--
Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - deviantART Users

Attached in http://laysa.deviantart.com/art/dark-climb-83805389

Double flings

I need to find a married woman to sleep with. This is a good way. For both it becomes adultery. We know we'd better keep it secret. No one is hurt if it were kept clandestine. We are not doing the wrong thing, but the right thing.

Secret is the essential matter.

22

My girlfriend is gone since she realised marriage is impossible. My legal wife remains to be my wife, but she's reluctant to sleep with me.

O, I cannot catch 22. I was caught by 22.

I should say I'm a happy guy. In a system of monogamy I have a wife, not 2.

I drink spirits. Rum, whisky, shochu. I need to realise my reality first to drink.

Such a circumbent way!

Direct contact

Can I have your telephone number?

Private maid

Will you serve me in private?

Ennui of a matured woman

This photo well describes the ennui of a matured woman. I got curious and I'd like to see you , can I?

Dynamics of war

In peace times tens of thousands of unnecessary matters tend to accumulate and nothing can prevent from this happens.

As a result cost of maintenance to let them stay in the same state becomes higher than the cost of destruction for those unnecessary matters.

People call it war. So war occurs according to the principle of economy. War is often just a inevitable consequences.

Hakutake

Haku (white) take ( mountains ) is a Japanese spirits made from rice.
Japan's highest spirits I ever had.
Certainly the spirits made from rice is the highest.
Rice is highest in every respect. Made in Kumamoto, a centre of rice spirits.

Dance on your own

Lively and nice!
Not bad to enjoy

Oenon

I drunk spirits. The name of it is 'Big Man' made of treacle and the name of the company that sold it is 'Oenon group'.

Oh, big, bigger , biggest!

I am not a big man, or I just pretend to be a big man but actually not.
The company itself must be smaller than Oenon the name of goddess. But still Oenon..

Oh, I drunk ...let's go to bed..

On one thinker

mercedo wrote today at 3:12 AM
morosoph said
I'm sorry, Mer. It's been a long time since we spoke.

I have made a great discovery: a philosopher who I believe you will love, although he is unfairly maligned. If you get the chance, you should read Leo Strauss. He is subtle and incisive. Just the kind of thinker who I think you will appreciate.

My very best,
Tim.
I stopped reading any notable book at age around 35. The only book I read after age 35 was Bible. It was not because I got curious, but I was just ashamed of not having read it till that time.

You told me his name and I recall I mistook him as another famous anthropologist. I referred to his writings a little then and again I read his idea a bit, but his idea is not precise and it is just a piles of misunderstanding based on superficial thought. This is his limit. It is not his fault. He might be doing what he can do, and it has nothing to do with me. My physiology tells his is not worth reading.

tnx so much my dear take care alwys.......



tnx so much for the rply i miss u hope 2 c u soon.....

A Letter from Medal Grace

hi hw r u my dear tnx so much for being nice to me take care alwys can i have ur contact number so that we can communicate each other easiely i like u pls response asap

I am really really really ! glad to hear from you. I like you, too. You are my ideal woman. I will be extremely happy if you were my wife. My email address is ******@yahoo.com.

Between Good & Evil

Money exists.
If we only do good, we need no money.

Some ten years ago I watched the movie called Streetfighter, in which a guy who was hired by a bad guy confessed he was working without pay and he said he did so because a bad guy was right. He was amazed when he heard others are paid.


If men only do good, money is unnecessary. But because men are evil, money is necessary to prevent further evil.

MARIA

Thanks for sending me tens of Tags. I want to send you my secret photos. Will you tell me your email address?

!Eiko Onoda says:

moments ago



Your lips are sexy and good shape.

I had a cold

I had a cold a couple of days. That's why I hadn't post.
Writing is my life.

Autumn Leaf

It was nearly impossible for us to see her not wearing panties.

Her shade becomes a part of her leopard clothing.

http://aloisov.deviantart.com/art/Leopard-autumn-68294947

Good night!



I am about to sleep.

Signalling one another

LA: hello
Me: Are you still awake?
Such a very late at night.

I finished working at midnight and now I'm having time to relax.

LA: same as me.

Me: And no one is beside me.

You are young still 22? I think.

Me:

Lovely Annette is Available
Me:

Sorry for disconnection..my pc is made in 1998 and operating system is Me ....broke down often.
Lovely Annette:

ok
Me:

Did you pass your exam successesfully?
Lovely Annette:

yes
Me:

Congrats!

What time are you going to sleep? It's 4:30 am. here in Japan.
Lovely Annette:

i did some researc thats why i did not sleep
Me:

You work hard. I hug you in air. and let me go to sleep..
Lovely Annette:

ok

Toh April

Hi, this is Eiko Onoda...let's have a chat...I'd like to talk with you.

Matter of course

When two people are working in the same job, it is natural for them to work more relaxed, slowly and courteously. Yet some two people work more faster and quicker than normal. This is stupid. It is better for them to work more slowly and firmly when two people are working together. On the other hands, one must work very hard when he is alone.

Still researching something?

Beng

Can I have a chat with you?

Aiko

Hey, what's up? I'd like to hear from you...let's have a chat first!

Kuroshiranami

Kuroshiranami means Black(Kuro) white (shira) wave (nami)
I found a extremely tasty spirits made of sweet potatoes.
The name is Kuroshiranami

I was born in Kyushu and I didn't know this island is the centre of these spirits.
Try Kuroshiranami and you will realise ....everything.

25 per cent alcohol. 900ml about 8.5 US dollars.

To April

Peace!

You had a full course of life, hadn't you.

Aiko - a Japannese name

Are you sitting on the bath stool?

Hello Aiko Nice to meet you! This is Eiko Onoda. Thank you for clicking yes in Meet Me.

MARIA

It's hard to see though since you live far away..tell me your yahoo. account.