Mon, Sep 25, 2017

Tsai calls for constitutional reforms

Constitutional reform is needed to build a more functional democracy for Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday as she called on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to come up with new narratives and policies to respond to domestic and international changes. In a ...FULL STORY

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Chinese Practice 洗心革面(xi3 xin1 ge2 mian4) to cleanse one’s mind and change one’s behavior 《易經》是一部古中國占卜書，以六十四卦組成一系統。《十翼》是後世為了解釋《易經》所作的《易傳》之一。《十翼》中的第五及第六翼，也就是被稱為〈繫辭傳〉的上下兩篇，據傳為孔子所作，雖然此說存疑。〈繫辭上〉記載，子曰（「子」或許指的是孔子），「聖人以此洗心，退藏於密」（聖人用它來淨化自己的心靈，退隱藏身，不使人知，以存養才能），這是在談論占卜過程和卦所帶來的好處；換句話說，它可以讓人具有洞察力，不受自己主觀意志的影響。 《易經》〈革卦〉中寫道，「君子豹變，小人革面」，意思是說，君子的改變如同豹的毛紋變得更斑斕絢麗，是真正的遷善去惡、美德顯現；而小人的改變，只不過是改變面目來巴結君王。「革面」的意思是改變其外在行為，再加上前面所說的「洗心」，即為成語「洗心革面」，字面上的意義是把心洗淨、把臉更新，也就是英語所說的「to...FULL STORY

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