On April 5, 1949, at the Tang’s household on Henry Road, in the French Concession of Shanghai, large luggage items had already been transported to Hong Kong in advance, leaving only a few small boxes to carry to the airport. On the desk were two plane tickets destined for New York, with the flight scheduled ...
The recent pandemic is, without a doubt, one of the greatest catastrophes we have experienced in our lifetimes. Yet, in the long annals of Chinese history, numerous accounts exist of plagues and other calamities of similar scale. These instances from antiquity provide us with invaluable insights into how emperors and common folk alike managed to ...
Zhang Ling was a Taoist master during Emperor Han’an’s reign. Legend has it that the red-faced, green-eyed master had vast supernatural powers, including being able to drive out demons. In the first year of Emperor Han’an’s power (A.D. 142), Laozi descended from heaven and imparted Taoist scriptures to Zhang and gave him the title of ...
Since ancient times, when traditional values and morals have extensively degenerated and collapsed, a deadly plague would invariably strike out across the land. As a result, whenever this happens in any part of the world, many people become ill and perish. It is therefore not surprising that humans are frightened of deadly plagues. What is ...
The journey has many turns and twists. The righteous way of dealing with all conditions and circumstances of life is the most valuable, as eventually, the outcome is always rewarding and fruitful. Toward the end of the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912), a plague spread in a village in southern China. A road through the village divided ...
Ancient China was called the “Land of the Divine.” The Chinese had a saying: “There are deities a yard (three feet) above your head,” which meant there were many of them close to humans. Everything in this world is controlled and arranged by divine beings. In the face of the CCP virus, how is it ...
The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague or the Bubonic Plague, was a pandemic that raged across the Medieval World in the 14th and 15th centuries. It quickly spread, killing at least 75 million people. It reached its peak of havoc between 1347 and 1351. Some historians estimate that as many as 200 ...
Since ancient times, plagues have appeared when the morality of society was generally low. Every time, some people were exposed to the plague, but they did not get infected. How was this possible? The royal prescription for the plague A royal chef, who returned to his hometown after retiring from working for the emperor, had ...
A disease not only plays a role in the fate of an individual, but it can also invariably determine the destiny of entire nations and peoples. Pandemics have altered the course of history and can strike at the heart, the rhythm, as well as the ups and downs of dynasties, from the Eastern world to ...
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