#chinese

After Supper the Master dismissed all except Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha the Monk. He took them out with him and said, "Look at that wonderful moolight. It makes me long for the time when I can return home. ↗

— Wu Cheng'en

#monkey #travel #literature-quotes

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#apple #chinese #company #customers #engine

The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#consumer #economy #much #still

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world. ↗

— David Cameron

#changes #chinese #consume #exports #focused

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. ↗

— Robert Trout

#although #arrived #before #british #chinese

The boatman then gently guided the raft across. They saw a dead body floating. At the sight of this, the Master was greatly frightened. But Sun smiled and said, "Master do not be alarmed! That corpse is none other than your own." Zhu Bajie said, "It is you, it is you!" Sha the Monk clapped his hands, and also said, "It is you, it is you!" The boatman also remarked "It was yours, I congratulate you." The three pilgrims congratulated him, and they quietly crossed over the Could Ferry in safety. The Master's shape was changed, and he jumped ashore on the other side with a very light body. ↗

— Wu Cheng'en

#monkey #rebirth #change

There are no endings, only beginnings that have been reborn. ↗

— D. Byron Patterson

#inspirational #mythology #philosophical #wisdom #inspirational

Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#american women #chinese #clothes #comes #flesh

A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#dwarfed #generally #grafted #high #high price

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#acts #between #chinese #east #gap