剀: [ kǎi ] 
[ 国标码:D8DC 部首:刂 笔画:8 笔顺:25251522 ]
1. moderately
2. carefully
(Source: dict.cn)
Archive for June 26th, 2008
Children Chinese – Tang Dynasty (1)
Thursday, June 26th, 2008T’ang Introduction: Around 600 CE, the T’ang managed to pull China together once again. T’ang times were neat! Under T’ang leadership, ancient China entered her Golden Age. It was a time of prosperity and gaiety and experimentation. People tried new things, like bananas!
Examination Day: You did not have to be a noble to hold a high position. To be assigned a job in high office in one of the many towns and villages, you had to pass the government exams. It was a route to riches and fame. On examination day, the day the tests were given, horses and coaches thronged the road to the city.
A famous poet of T’ang times is Po Chu-I (772-846) Po, like many Chinese, liked the simple things of life best. Although fame and fortune are nice, the joy and pride his parents might have in him and the joy of a beautiful spring day, were more important. This is his poem, about examination day in the city.
After passing the examination (by Po Chu-I)
For ten years I never left my books,
I went up.. and won unmerited praise.
My high place I do not much prize;
The joy of my parents will first make me proud.
Fellow students, six or seven men,
See me off as I leave the City gate.
My covered coach is ready to drive away;
Flutes and strings blend their parting tune.
Hopes achieved dull the pains of parting;
Fumes of wine shorten the long road…
Shod with wings is the horse of him who rides
On a Spring day the road that leads to home.
(Source: ancienthistory.mrdonn.org)
Beijing Olympic – China, Spain to cooperate for development of Paralympics
Thursday, June 26th, 2008MADRID, April 25 (Xinhua) — China and Spain will promote Paralympics sports events for disabled people by interchanging information, knowledge and experiences.
In a ceremony presided by Spain’s secretary of State Sports, Jaime Lissavetzky, China’s Paralympic national Committee and Spain’s Paralympic Committee signed on Thursday in Madrid, Spain’s capital, a cooperation accord to promote Paralympic sports.
The accord was signed by Spain’s Paralympic Committee president Miguel Carballeda and by China’s Paralympics Committee vice president Shen Zhifei.
The accord foresees interchange of experiences and knowledge about Paralympics sport in many sectors, including organization of sports events, science, technology applied to Paralympic sports, sponsorship, medicine, among many others.
The two countries’ Paralympics committees will promote actions to improve performance, knowledge and techniques of Paralympic athletes and coaches by granting them professional training in both countries.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
