Tolerance ⁽⁴⁾

Among all the gentlemen who wrote intellectual history in the Republican era, I like Hu Shi best. This thinker, brimming with the spirit of the scholar, had both a naive, simple side and a broad-minded, generous side. He dared to criticize, yet could modestly accept…

It has been a long time since I did my morning and evening practice. There was a period when, like a proper Buddhist, I would recite sutras morning and evening and repent my transgressions, but the habit did not last. Confucius said, "Reviewing the old…

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — The United States Declaration of Independence (1776). Lovers of…

If a person stays silent, no one will argue with him. But once he comes out and expresses opinions, a host of opponents appears, because voicing such views is bound to touch some people's sensitive nerves—even their beliefs and vital interests. So among online writers…