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An imagined landscape inspired by Wen Tianxiang’s Song of Integrity — the upright force within reaching toward the vastness of heaven and earth.

A New Translation: Song of Integrity 正氣歌

I first came across this poem as a teenager, and I was awe-struck by its spirit and conviction. That feeling has never really left me. Here is my rendition of it — commentary on the historical allusions will follow in the coming weeks.

Confucianism

Aug 253 min read

Poems for the Path

I write to capture an experience — something that arose in a particular space and time, held just long enough to become words. My hope is that those on the same path might read it and find some resonance, a small echo of their own journey.

Aug 71 min read

The image of crossing from "this shore" (此岸) to "that shore" (彼岸) appears throughout Buddhist teachings. It points not to a physical destination, but to a profound inner transformation.

From This Shore to That Shore: A Reflection on a Buddhist Image 從此岸到彼岸

I grew up with the Buddhist image of this shore and that shore — 此岸, the shore of suffering and confusion, and 彼岸, the far shore of liberation. For a long time, it was only a concept to me. I understood it, at first, as a destination — a place I had to reach through effort, distance, and time.

Buddhism

Aug 62 min read

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