By Shawn Cartwright
Generally speaking, the first part of any culture that gets exported is its products. It is pretty easy to understand why we got silk, spices, and china from China before we got philosophy and Kung Fu. Trade goods don’t need context, just cash.
China has been trading with the west for thousands of years. But where [...]
By Shawn Cartwright
Many people want to go study in China. We often get questions about how to do this.
There are basically two options 1) pack up and move to China so you can immerse yourself or 2) keep your day job and visit periodically. Either way, the challenges of finding a teacher are similar.
If you just want [...]
By Shawn Cartwright
Traditional Chinese Culture reached its height during the Tang dynasty (618 – 907 CE). This was the golden age of Chinese civilization where the country actually tried to practice much of what the great masters taught. Taoism and Buddhism flourished, Confucianism was not yet a tool of repression, and women enjoyed many freedoms. Military technology [...]