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Gabriel, Mok Man Sam
Gabriel, Mok Man Sam is a Chinese-Portuguese translator and interpreter. He has been working in the field of bilingual corpora processing since 2022.
He is enthusiastic about sharing Chinese culture, especially ancient literature and philosophy.
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Chinese Way -
Jan 10, 2024
January Month of Ox
The Chinese traditional solar term Xiaohan 小寒 started on 5th January for most of the world but is celebrated this year in China on the 6th.
Minds -
Nov 5, 2023
O FORTUNA
O Fortune like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing, ever waning; hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it; poverty and power it melts them like ice. [in the original Latin: O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis semper crescis aut decrescis vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, … Continued
Exploring -
Nov 1, 2023
NOVEMBER, MONTH OF THE PIG
The Chinese solar month of the Pig begins on November 8th and runs until December 6th.
Chinese Way -
Mar 4, 2024
The Tradition of the Five Sacred Mountains
Xu Xiake 徐霞客 (1587–1641), a great travel writer of the Ming dynasty, once remarked of the spectacular Five Sacred Mountains that ‘trips to China’s five great mountains render trips to other mountains unnecessary’ (wuyue guilai bu kan shan 五岳归来不看山). So what is the origin of the Five Sacred Mountains? In the ancient world, our ancestors … Continued