Words of the Day

This is how Su Dongpo labelled Wang Anshi:

【天命不足畏，眾言不足從，祖宗之法不足用】
"Heaven's mandate is not worth fearing, everyone's words are not worth following, the ancestor's ways are not worth using."


拗ao4
To disobey, to go against

Chapter Title:  拗相公
The Disobedient Minister

籠罩long3zhao4
to envelop, to shroud

我們必須了解此一政治鬥爭的本質，因為蘇東坡的一生都被黨爭所籠罩。

We must interpret the source of governance conflict because Su Dongpo's entire life was shrouded by partisan bickering.

堅毅jian1yi4
Persistence

我們都知道堅毅是優良的美德，但是要看一個人決定做什麼事而定。
We all know that perseverance is a good moral quality, but we must look at what the person is doing in order to persist.

標籤biao1jian3
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