Pre-Han history - compressed -is the tale of a shift from tribal power politics to ritualised narrative charisma creating the political stability needed for a literate bourgeoisie to emerge and build a meritocratic bureaucracy that would reward their own contributions.
@DaobiTreasury I think tricking Cecile into giving him the key also have the side effect that she could be afraid people won't believe that's innocent because just nobody is stupid enough to give the key of your room (what in earth did you expect?) and she realizes this far too late
@Darkoss17333301 Non, le programme est là, et il a été plébiscité par des millions d'électeurs en 2017 et en 2022.
En 2017, il avait même l'approbation du PCF :-)
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There is a very old Chinese saying: "like adding wings to a tiger (如虎添翼)."
It refers to something or someone already powerful becoming even stronger with added help.
Around 1,800 years ago, Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), the legendary strategist of the Three Kingdoms era, used the image of a fierce tiger gaining wings to describe a military commander entrusted with solid command of an army. More than 2,000 years ago, Han Fei (韩非), who nearly became one of Qin Shi Huang's top adviser, also warned against "giving wings to a tiger" when comparing the tiger to a dangerous man.
But none of these textual images is as vivid or striking as the artifacts unearthed at Sanxingdui.
More than 3,000 years ago, people in southwest China had already turned the idea of "a tiger with wings" into bronze art.
Five years ago, two winged tigers were respectively unearthed from Sanxingdui's No. 3 sacrificial pit and No. 8 sacrificial pit. They were excavated respectively by a good friend of mine and my Stanford classmate, who believe the two tigers were likely part of the base of a much larger object. They do not rule out the possibility that a third one once existed.
Language imagined it. Philosophy warned against it. But Sanxingdui made it visible.
Sunday night, the DAObi Book Club continues its reading of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Part 2, maybe 3. 24th May, 10pm SGT. Pic depicts Présidente de Tourvel as she refuses the Vicomte's advances.