Chinese History & Mythology

So when a Chinese person gets excited and tells you, look, that is a dragon pattern, it stands for good luck and strength.You might freeze for a second.Wait, a dragon？That fire breathing giant？It's means a good luck ？

Afterward Shi Bo privately said to Duke Zhuang that from Guan Yiwu’s expression he did not look like someone who would die on the road.He was a rare talent under heaven.If he survived he would surely help Qi grow strong and once Qi became strong Lu would inevitably be threatened.Shi Bo suggested thinking in reverse.Lu could request Qi to spare Guan Yiwu’s life.If Guan Yiwu did not die he would certainly remember Lu’s favor and this could be useful for Lu in the future.

This Guan Yiwu, whose courtesy name was Zhong, was very tall and strongly built.He looked powerful and full of masculine presence.He had read many books, knew a great deal, and had broad experience.Other people believed he had real ability, that he could handle major affairs, find ways to save a state, and also find ways to make it stronger.

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Today we are talking about something that sounds fun and a little provocativeWhy is there no so called noble bloodline race among Chinese people？

What kind of person was he  . To put it plainly, he was indulgent, lustful, and had no respect for boundaries  . On the outside he wore the robes of a ruler, but inside he did not treat ritual and moral rules as real limits at all  .
Wangji entered the palace of Qi, and within just a few months she heard a piece of news that shattered her heart  . She heard that Duke Xiang of Qi had long been doing something shameful with his own younger sister WenJiang  .

After reading the report, Duke Xiang was furious .  His first thought was, “I just made peace with Duke Zhao of Zheng, and I just agreed to this alliance with Ji Zu  . Now your ministers turn around and murder him and switch rulers  . What does that make my state look like  ?How am I supposed to hold my face as the ruler of Qi .”

A long time ago, about two thousand six hundred years ago during the Zhou dynasty, the Jade Emperor, the highest god in Chinese mythology,decided to choose twelve animals to represent the years.He announced that there would be a river crossing race.The first twelve animals to reach the finish line would enter the zodiac team.They would be ranked by the order they arrived.

When Ji Zi heard that his mother had died, his heart broke   He did not dare cry in front of his father, so he hid and wept in secret .    Even then Gongzi Shuo and Xuan Jiang did not stop.   They kept pouring poison into Duke Xuan’s ear  . They said Ji Zi resented him for his mother’s death, that he had sworn to take their lives as payment .    By now Duke Xuan completely believed them .  Day and night he heard their whispers and their pushing .  Mixed with his own twisted feelings toward Ji Zi, he finally made up his mind .  Ji Zi had to die  .   

The content of that letter was very direct   In plain terms it was just two points .  The first was congratulations   It said, congratulations on finally returning home and becoming ruler of Zheng  . The second went straight to the real issue .  It reminded him that back when he was living under another man’s roof in Song, it was Duke Zhuang of Song who sent troops to help him .  At that time he had personally promised to give Song three walled cities, one hundred pairs of fine white jade, ten thousand yi of gold, and every year thirty thousand zhong of grain .  Now that he was sitting on the throne, it was time to make good on his word .

This is a question I often had to answer and explain when I first met some foreign friends.
 Many foreign friends would ask me very directly.Do Chinese people eat dog meat?