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    Lying and Slanderous Members of other Forums

    Since false statements about my participation on other sites were left here for some time; I will set the record straight:

    I am currently a member at MT.

    I was banned at one site for not responding immediately. All business and legal requirements specify a waiting period of one week or 5 working days to respond.
    I was banned before given a chance to respond within a reasonable time.

    I was not banned but I asked to unsubscribe, and was refused at Emptyflower.

    I was not banned but asked to unsubscribe at RumsoakedFist and was refused, administrator said that the only way out was when was inactive for a year.

    I demanded to be unsubscribed at Dragonlist, sending numerous emails to administration, and directly to the forum, and was reused. After I had already left they said that they wanted me back in a week, and I refused. When I was gone, they continued to attacking me in the forum, demanding replies from me in my absence.

    One bent on obstructing discussions, followed me from emptyflower, to dragonlist, and now became active here.

    Those wanting proof can email me privately.
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    Gonna close this one. Sorry Mighty B.
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    Gonna reopen this one, DJ

    FF was banned this morning. I'm deleting the flame war above, save for the 'Lying and Slanderous Members of other Forums'.

    Moving on....
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    oh, i was gonna do the same thing. Thanks!
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    Imma need a decent Chinese philosophy book... recommendations?

    *lays down Bawang traps*

    STAY THE %$#* AWAY, BAWANG. I'M JUST %^#ING CURIOUS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drake View Post
    Imma need a decent Chinese philosophy book... recommendations?

    *lays down Bawang traps*

    STAY THE %$#* AWAY, BAWANG. I'M JUST %^#ING CURIOUS.
    I Ching or Book of Changes
    Tao Te Ching or Book of the Way
    Analects - Confucius

    I personally favour I Ching. It's judgments are quite understandable and applicable.
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    in connection to confucius and tao te ching, i always find myself going back and reading my pocket versions of mencius and chuang tzu

    im a big fan of thomas cleary's translations across the board.
    For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drake View Post
    Imma need a decent Chinese philosophy book... recommendations?

    *lays down Bawang traps*

    STAY THE %$#* AWAY, BAWANG. I'M JUST %^#ING CURIOUS.
    http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/b...=9780300046540

    Internet Encyc. of Philosophy entry
    http://www.iep.utm.edu/dai-zhen/

    Han Fei Zi on the web:

    http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/saxon/...lang=bilingual

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Fei

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    Martial Fiction-The Cutting Season

    Just finished this book, was pleasantly surprised...main character was an avenging Jewish Doctor (what a concept) of Russian decent, who grew up with a Chinese Nanny who taught him TCMA and Chinese Medicine- A kind of Dexter meets Wudang Mountain. The writing, the characters, the dialogue were all pretty good. You got your Russian Mob...the hot female Swordsmith...lots of revenge, reincarnation, Eastern philosophy...a few good plot twists.

    The only detractor for me was some of the fight scenes could have been better thought out...just not as realistic or well thought out for a neurosurgeon. I would imagine he'd be smoother than breaking in the front door killing and maiming with his sword. It was just a minor flaw in an otherwise good novel. Gonna pick up the Quiet Teacher next.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucas View Post
    in connection to confucius and tao te ching, i always find myself going back and reading my pocket versions of mencius and chuang tzu

    im a big fan of thomas cleary's translations across the board.
    I don't mind Cleary. I have a copy of his Taoist I Ching, but since teenager years I've used Richard Wilhelm's english translation of the I Ching.
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    I have numerous copies of the Yijing as well as the Materia Medica and other tomes that have been written by various authors.

    It is always good to have different copies to get the differences as well as the subtle nuances that authors and translators use.

    But then again, I am a total book W H O R E.
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    Speaking as a Lying and Slanderous Members of other Forums

    Chinese philosophy

    The Nei-yeh (Inner Cultivation or Inward Training)
    Anonymous - Mid 4th Century BCE

    And you can get the entire translation for free at the link below
    http://www.stillness.com/tao/neiyeh.txt

    EDIT

    I just remembered these links

    Confucianism
    http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/index.htm

    Taoism
    http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/index.htm

    I Ching
    http://www.sacred-texts.com/ich/index.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale Dugas View Post

    But then again, I am a total book W H O R E.
    Ich auch.

    I've got hundreds of books on Asian "martial arts" published over the past 95 years or so. Good for historical purposes--and nostalgia, but there is nothing I can recommend as a "must have." Some of the old jujitsu books and police manuals are still worthy. Donn Draeger's trilogy on Japanese Budo and Bujitsu are valuable for general interest. Lee Koon Hung's book on CLF remains the best overview of the style although it is specific to his personal system. A couple of books on Chinese wrestling are very good and could apply to general interest.

    One problem is that there simply aren't enough of them. The systems I would most like to read about have nothing in print beyond a couple of slim tomes of taolu demonstrations. This is where the Shaolin and Taijiquan guys have the advantage. Of course, they also have to sift through more garbage.

    I really enjoyed Gene's book. It deserves a place on our virtual shelf.

    And I'm hoping to see something from Sal.
    "Look, I'm only doing me job. I have to show you how to defend yourself against fresh fruit."

    For it breeds great perfection, if the practise be harder then the use. Sir Francis Bacon

    the world has a surplus of self centered sh1twh0res, so anyone who extends compassion to a stranger with sincerity is alright in my book. also people who fondle road kill. those guys is ok too. GunnedDownAtrocity

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    I just finished reading A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598 by Professor Swope, great book.

    This is also a good read: Weapons in Ancient China, Yang Hong (Editor)


    Cheers
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