静夜思
床前明月光,
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月,
低头思故乡。
Thoughts in the Silent Night
- by Li Bai
Moonlight reflects off the front of my bed.
Could it actually be the frost on the ground?
I look up to view the bright moon,
And look down to reminisce about my hometown.
静夜思
床前明月光,
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月,
低头思故乡。
Thoughts in the Silent Night
- by Li Bai
Moonlight reflects off the front of my bed.
Could it actually be the frost on the ground?
I look up to view the bright moon,
And look down to reminisce about my hometown.
Tomb figure
Ceramic (earthenware), white slip, pigment #TangDynasty (AD 618-906)
China, probably Shaanxi Province
In the 7th century, the Chan master Huike was executed after rivals bribed the authorities and accused him of “demonic speech.”
The biography that preserves his life does not present him as a revolutionary. It stages a tension: teaching embodied rather than institutionalized, clarity recognized without formal office.
Huike: The Zen (Chan) Master They Killed
https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/huike-the-zen-chan-master-they-killed
15-Jan-2026
How #climateChange contributed to the demise of the #TangDynasty
Environmental phenomena and their consequences can disrupt social structures and destabilize political systems. An interdisciplinary research team demonstrated this using the example of the late Tang dynasty in medieval China.