Sublime

Axial Age philosophies such as Confucianism kept the realm of gods quite separate from worldly changes, although an impersonal moral order of Heaven was certainly relevant to it. The Buddha was still more skeptical and denied any form of transcendent Being, even though the ultimate truth and morality…

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Greeting him was a man named Zhang Xiang, the same young man who—along with Shi Qiang—had sent him off five years ago, and who now was in charge of security. He had aged considerably in five years and now looked like a middle-aged man.

Luo Ji gripped tightly to the match with two fingers as it burnt down. He needed the pain to tell him this wasn’t a dream. It was like he had ignited the sun, which now shone on a dreamworld-turned-reality. Outside, the sun could remain forever hidden by clouds and night, so long as his world had her and the firelight in it. Da Shi, you really are

Luo Ji’s eyes felt more comfortable here, largely because most of the information windows in Shi Qiang’s house were closed, although there were scattered flashes in the walls and on the floor. Shi Qiang tapped an interface on the floor with his foot, turning one wall entirely transparent and unfurling the night city before their eyes. It was a dazz

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Zen Master Linji

Zhang Binglin