General Poems 曾经沧海难为水, 除却巫山不是云 昨夜梦故里, 心系明月忆, 亲者在天涯, 何以有羽翼 海到尽头天是岸, 山登绝顶我为峰 (This is a bit too self obsessed, anyway collection is collection) 去年今日与君伴, 今日空留伊自赏 同是天涯沦落人, 相逢何必曾相识 去年今日此门中, 人面桃花相映红, 人面不知何处去, 桃花依旧笑春风 Wen Tian Xiang Poem 正气歌 天地有正气，杂然赋流形。 下则为河岳，上则为日星。 于人曰浩然，沛乎塞苍冥。 皇路当清夷，含和吐明庭。 时穷节乃见，一一垂丹青。 在齐太史简，在晋董狐笔。 在秦张良椎，在汉苏武节。 为严将军头，为嵇侍中血。 为张睢阳齿，为颜常山舌。 或为辽东帽，清操厉冰雪。 或为出师表，鬼神泣壮烈。 或为渡江楫，慷慨吞胡羯。 或为击贼笏，逆竖头破裂。 是气所磅礴，凛烈万古存。 当其贯日月，生死安足论。 地维赖以立，天柱赖以尊。 三纲实系命，道义为之根。 嗟予遘阳九，隶也实不力。 楚囚缨其冠，传车送穷北。 鼎镬甘如饴，求之不可得。 阴房阗鬼火，春院闭天黑。 牛骥同一皂，鸡栖凤凰食。 一朝蒙雾露，分作沟中瘠。 如此再寒暑，百疠自辟易。 嗟哉沮洳场，为我安乐国。 岂有他缪巧，阴阳不能贼。 顾此耿耿在，仰视浮云白。 悠悠我心悲，苍天曷有极。 哲人日已远，典刑在夙昔。 风檐展书读，古道照颜色。

Fan Li (Chinese: 范蠡; pinyin: Fàn Lǐ) was an ancient Chinese advisor in the state of Yue in the Spring and Autumn period. He was born in 517 BC, it is unknown when he died. He is also known by the name Tao Zhu Gong which he took after victory over the state of Wu. […]

Introduction The “Book of Changes” 易经 known in chinese mandarin as “I-Ching” (Wade-Giles) and “Yi Jing” (Pin Yin). It is the oldest surviving text (2800BCE) which is the foundation of the balance between positive and negative forces. Yi Jing  has a set of symbols that classifies different level of changes. It survived for over thousands […]

Original Dao De Jing Text 道德经原文 第一章 – 道可道，非常道。名可名，非常名。无名天地之始，有名万物之母。故常无欲以观其妙，常有欲以观其徼（jiào）。此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄，玄之又玄，众妙之门。 第二章 – 天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已。皆知善之为善，斯不善已。故有无相生，难易相成，长短相形，高下相倾，音声相和，前后相随。是以圣人处无为之事，行不言之教；万物作焉而不辞，生而不有，为而不恃， 功成而弗居。夫唯弗居，是以不去。 第三章 – 不尚贤，使民不争；不贵难得之货，使民不为盗；不见（xiàn）可欲，使民心不乱。是以圣人之治，虚其心，实其腹， 弱其志，强其骨。常使民无知无欲。 使夫智者不敢为也。为无为，则无不治。 第四章 – 道冲而用之或不盈，渊兮似万物之宗；挫其锐，解其纷，和其光，同其尘，湛（chén，通假字“沉”）兮似或存。吾不知谁之子，象帝之先。 第五章 天地不仁，以万物为刍（chú）狗； 圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。天地之间， 其犹橐龠(tuóyuè)乎﹖虚而不屈，动而愈出。 多言数穷，不如守中。 第六章 谷神不死，是谓玄牝(pìn)。玄牝之门，是谓天地根。绵绵若存，用之不勤。 第七章 天长地久。天地所以能长且久者，以其不自生，故能长生。是以圣人后其身而身先； 外其身而身存。非以其无私邪（yé），故能成其私。 第八章 上善若水。水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶（wù）， 故几于道。 居善地，心善渊， 与善仁，言善信，政善治，事善能，动善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。 第九章 持而盈之，不如其已；揣（zhuī）而锐之，不可长保。金玉满堂，莫之能守； 富贵而骄， 自遗其咎。功遂身退，天之道也。 第十章 载营魄抱一，能无离乎？抟（tuán）气致柔，能婴儿乎？涤除玄览（jiàn），能无疵乎？ 爱民治国，能无为乎？天门开阖，能为雌乎？ 明白四达，能无知乎？ 生之畜（xu）之。 生而不有，为而不恃，长而不宰，是谓玄德。 第十一章 三十辐共一毂(gǔ)，当其无，有车之用。 埏埴(shān zhí)以为器，当其无，有器之用。 凿户牖（yǒu ）以为室，当其无，有室之用。故有之以为利，无之以为用。 第十二章 五色令人目盲，五音令人耳聋，五味令人口爽，驰骋畋(tián)猎令人心发狂， 难得之货令人行妨。是以圣人为腹不为目，故去彼取此。 […]

Learning Python A good resource is Python 2 at http://diveintopython.org/ by Mark.P and his new book on Python 3 http://diveintopython3.org/ . Python is a young but largely stable language for desktop and web application development. Its a good language for prototyping as its quick to develop with. Micro Framework The new generation of framework favours microframeworks such as http://flask.pocoo.org/ or http://bottlepy.org/docs/dev/ Get […]

Knowing yourself What are you looking for?  What are your unique skills that sets you apart from someone else? Where can you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?  What is your passion? Passion The most successful people always say “Do What Your Passion Is”. Ask anyone successful and you will get the same answer. […]

Chinese Input HanZi 中文输入法 Finding a suitable chinese input on your operating system can be a pain. I have been trying several operating systems and tried various forms of chinese inputs. Below are the best recommended tools for chinese input. Firstly, there are 2 things you should know. There are 2 main types of chinese […]

Introduction Embarking on a career for Phd is to prepare you to be an independent researcher. Research is about finding answers. Answers to solutions. So to find answers, you must know the environment. Read read read, know what you are dealing with or love to deal with. Then its time to find the loop holes. […]

People often wonder what interesting apps there are. As a curious monkey by nature, I tend to test and try new things just a lot of my peers. So this is what I have on my Mac. (Not all but some interesting ones at this point of writing.) AppEngine Blender Bibdesk Chrome CCleaner Cyberduck Burn Disk Utilities […]

Updated July 2012. A quick compliation on what applications I use and recommend for windows. AdobePDF Reader – PDF Reader CCleaner – PC Maintenance Defragger – PC Maintenance Firefox – Internet Browser Google Pinyin – Chinese IME LibreOffice – Office Suite MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) – Antivirus PeaZip – Unarchiver PDFcreator – PDF creation software SublimeText2 – Code Editor / Text File […]