About the name of the blog
The name of this blog is from a story in Zhuangzi:
《庄子·秋水》
孔子游于匡，宋人围之数匝，而弦歌不惙。子路入见曰：“何夫子之娱也？”孔子曰：“来，吾语女。我讳穷久矣，而不免，命也；求通久矣，而不得，时也。当尧舜而天下无穷人，非知得也；当桀纣而天下无通人，非知失也：时势适然。夫水行不避蛟龙者，渔父之勇也；陆行不避兕虎者，猎夫之勇也；白刃交于前，视死若生者，烈士之勇也；知穷之有命，知通之有时，临大难而不惧者，圣人之勇也。由，处矣！吾命有所制矣！”无几何，将甲者进，辞曰：“以为阳虎也，故围之；今非也，请辞而退。”
It says that Confucius was once in a siege by the Song people in Kuang. Confucius kept his training of playing the Lute1 and singing (不辍弦歌). This is a kind of rebellion. To live in the present age, what I need is such a rebellion.
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The traditional Chinese instrument 古琴 is often referred to as the Chinese Lute due to their resemblance in shape. ↩︎