2025.03.31 - In the Confluence of Survival, Life, and Existence, Rediscover Our Long-Lost Flavor

Title: 2025.03.31 – In the Confluence of Survival, Living, and Life, Rediscover Our Long‑Lost Flavor

Selected Reading:

“Heaven’s mandate is called nature; following nature is called the Way; cultivating the Way is called teaching. The Way cannot be abandoned for even a moment; if it can be, it is not the Way.” — Doctrine of the Mean

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The ancient sayings quoted by the General Secretary are thought‑provoking

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1827634137740546129

“Without rules there is no square or circle,” “If one is not upright, how can one set others straight?” “Attending to the small makes the great; being meticulous about the minute makes the profound,” “Frugality leads to restraint, and restraint brings a hundred virtues; extravagance leads to excess, and excess unleashes a hundred vices,” “Attending to the small makes the great; being meticulous about the minute makes the profound”…

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Don’t Fear the Hassle

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RrJoSPWG0ehLcbY7_IzO4A

“Is there anything in the world that is truly easy or difficult? If you act, the difficult becomes easy; if you do not act, the easy becomes difficult.” Hesitation makes every task seem troublesome; confronting difficulty turns trouble into opportunity.

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Xu Zhuoyun: What Saddens Me Most About Chinese Culture

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cd5EQ_lWeHr5WYmIu7sWTQ

The synthesis of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism—often called the “Three Teachings Unity”—forms the basic pattern of traditional Chinese culture and holds a pivotal place in the history of Chinese thought. This unified culture has profoundly influenced Chinese society, philosophy, ideas, culture, and the arts. The three teachings all center on the character “人” (ren, meaning “person”), the fundamental stroke that underlies them.

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Cai Zhizhong: Restlessness Is the Beginning of Success

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2LogSW_miwYSO2nK8DV6Nw

One must have a clear direction in life and devote oneself fully to that goal in order to achieve one’s dreams. Do not fear a long journey, but guard against losing your sense of direction, which would prevent you from finding the right path to the summit. Often, it is precisely the restlessness with the status quo that sparks success—starting now is never too late!

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“Nanshan Cuisine: The Way of Flavor” Officially Published | In the Confluence of Survival, Living, and Life, Rediscover Our Long‑Lost Flavor

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5ti10wJe9weW-Xcl9VRoJg

This book is rooted in the Nanshan dietary system, deeply cultivated in traditional culinary arts and medicinal practice. It moves from the “lower form” to the “higher form,” from kitchen to medicine and back again. Through “principles, methods, prescriptions, and food,” it helps the public learn how to nurture life in everyday eating, achieving a true transition from mere “nourishment” to “cultivation,” and realizing self‑care, healing, and the cultivation of the Way. Moreover, at the meeting point of survival, living, and life—within a food culture that “purifies food with fire, never consumes raw qi” and “ends and begins anew, uniting food and medicine”—we rediscover the flavor we have long missed.

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Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on 拾一集 (Weekly Reflections). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.