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Thanks for writing, Alice. This is fantastic and is exactly what I'd like to see more of on the internet. I'd love to read more of your favorite passages -- maybe even an addendum to this that is just "selected passages from Chinese history and philosophy, with some context."

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How are you studying the xunzi? Via translated texts or the original?

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translated, but I'll consult the original for passages that are important or obscure. I know enough mandarin to retain/distinguish hanzi but I don't have a background in classical chinese unfortunately

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You studying this full time? This is good stuff

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Hegel casts his shadow over all the ideas in this brilliant piece

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Does he, though? There’s no direct influence in either direction (very little Chinese writing in Europe in Hegel’s day) so it seems better to try to understand the system on its own terms.

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