/lit/ - Literature

>>11559344
I read your opening paragraph and that's all I need to tell you that it's bad.
Why would you ever, ever, start with a clunky and long paragraph like that? You haven't established who the subject is, where we are - nothing. There's also too much unnecessary detail. You really need to hurt my brain and enumerate the fucking number on the door one number at a time? Why? For what purpose. This is the FIRST THING YOUR READERS WILL READ OF YOUR BOOK. Not only is it likely pointless information, but there's far more crucial information to be established like what I mentioned.
Also, is it a steaming cup of coffee or a morning cup of coffee? Most fresh coffee is steaming, and most coffee is had during the morning. But see, that's the problem - by now you should've established the time of the day. Same goes for the woman that follows up: I don't need to know all that bullshit. It would suffice to say
>sat across from him typing at her laptop.
Obviously she's going to be at a table unless otherwise specific, and how in the world would she be typing on a closed laptop?
Not to mention basic fucking grammar here like
>His wife Agatha
Does he have several wives? Because if not, that's unnecessary information and thus goes between commas.
Honestly, your writing is very, very bad, and this is based just off of the opening paragraph. I'd be worried if I were you.

>>11549357
My Jewish wife has a joke that if you mention a rabbi by name in any group of Jews one of them is going to hold up his hand and tell you how they're related.

>student union diversity officer

>>11427269
I'd say so, mainly because it's very different compared to Western philosophy. In the West we tend to think of philosophy as a distinct practice with schools, like with religions and their denominations. In the Far East, from what I understand, there is less formal distinction and more syncretism among the followers of folk religion, the Daoists, Confucianists, and the Buddhists. I find it an interesting contrast.

In addition, Western philosophy is centered more on cognition and thought, while Eastern philosophy is focused more on sensation and feeling. Hence why meditation is a central part of the big three philosophical groups. Or such is my reflection on it, after having read the Analects, Daodejing, and excerpts from Zen writers as well as the Dhammapada.

Also, here's a game. Pair a kind of tea with each of the following figures:
Gautama Buddha
Laozi
Confucius

Wonderful thread

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>>10425607
>anime raped my house and burned my dog!

>arthor

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>>9887421
>Being a slave to truth and reason.
Go call your boss and see if he can bring me down, I'll go live my life while you wait.

>>9612433
Post of the week

>>9467065
>melee

you can't be serious

it's so vastly inferior to a real fighting game I don't know where to begin

>>9217277
Look at this retard.

>>9026718
>activates my almonds
fucking EPIC
i'm dying m8

>>9002161
What particular characteristics would you say defined LotGH?

RotTK is a collaborative work, first written by Luo Guanzhong and later altered through the centuries to support whichever ethnic/cultural faction was the ruling dynasty. It's steeped in Confucian morality, meaning Liu Bei is a mary-sue who can do no wrong because of his filial piousness. It's a mixture of history and legend, and Zhuge Liang can likewise do no wrong because he's the infallible genius Kongming!!! and so I found him nauseating. I went in hoping for something exactly the same as LoTGH in terms of its grand yet humanistic presentation -- and so felt disappointed.

I accepted I wasn't going to derive the same pleasure from reading RotTK as watching LotGH, and started to appreciate it more for anthropological reasons when I began delving into the Analects and general research about ancient Chinese culture alongside my reading.

With that said, I also think the parts focusing on Cao Cao will be satisfying if you're looking something approximate to LotGH. Once again, you might have enjoyed LotGH for other reasons so YMMV.

A huge Chinese-English dictionary. I just undercut the entire learning process for Chinese characters I would know each flawlessly.

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>>8268873
>wise-cracking Esposito from Brooklyn
Every time.

>>8214383
>another genki vol. I
you fucking weebs trying to learn jap gets me every time

Buenos Aires, Argentina

>>7798451
>I mean I'm sure you enjoy taking financially desperate girls who were lucky not to be aborted (forcefull or otherwise) back to your cube-like apartment where you can eat your gutter oil-based food and watch a Chinese imitation of Rush Hour 2 with a Uyghur playing Chris Rock's character.