Thought Essays ⁽¹³⁷⁾

Everyone has areas in which they know nothing or only half-understand; in those areas we are ignorant, and only learning can root out this ignorance. Even with lifelong learning, we still have many blind spots in our knowledge, which is why no omniscient person exists…

Laozi said: "Reversal is the movement of the Dao." Laozi's words sum up the essence of reverse thinking. A whirlwind does not last a morning, nor a torrential rain a whole day. The world will not always look as it does now; it is forever…

I am an atheist who has always believed that reason and evidence can help me understand the world. If there is something I cannot yet understand or analyze, it can only be because my knowledge is still insufficient; I will go and learn. And I…

The last two days I have been resting at home, reading Chen Cunren Medical Records in the mornings and afternoons, and in the evenings studying English with my child. But even so, my mind is not empty; there are still all kinds of messages from…

Once, when I was having a meal at my beloved teacher home, in casual conversation my teacher told me that the most admirable spirit of Chinese scholars is the family-and-country sentiment they carry. From ancient times to the present, among Chinese scholars whether going into…

I study and work about sixty hours a week. I estimate that even in my seventies or eighties I could still work fifty hours a week, and I think I would want to keep working; on the contrary, if I were not allowed to work…

On the evening of August 27, the listed company Buchang Pharmaceutical released its 2019 semi-annual report: the company's revenue for January–June was 6.4 billion yuan, up 11.43% year on year. It is worth noting that sales expenses accounted for 3.8 billion, up 13.96% year on…

1 On the evening of July 29, my family took an overnight train that departs at night and arrives in the morning, heading for Xi'an, planning to spend four days touring Shaanxi. We arrived in Xi'an on the morning of the 30th. That morning we…

Although my home in Beijing is very close to Zhongguancun, I have not been there for many years. During my time in Beijing, I rarely stray beyond a two-kilometer radius of my home. That bustling, steaming Zhongguancun, China's most important center of science and technology…

The action of force is mutual; when we influence the outside world, it also influences us. So whether a person can live in this world with little disturbance depends entirely on his own attitude toward the world. Humans are social animals and cannot avoid dealing…