Or to give a more recent example, look at the 1751 "The American Instructor, Or, Young Man's Best Companion" books.google.com/books?id=KttCA… It even teaches you how to make sundials.

an example of 'galley division' from Hodder's Arithmetick 123456789987654321÷987654321= 124999999 remainder 850308642 books.google.com/books?id=2-9ZA…)

🐲✨Dr. auraturatus✨🐲 (he:him) brother stone and if you want something more high-tech here are some 19thc mathematicians finding, to 61 decimal places, the logarithm of pi to 61 decimal places (it is 0.49714,98726,94133,85435,12682,88290,89887,36516,78324,38044,24461,340536) books.google.com/books?id=JDNRA…

During this korean shaman ceremony, I rode my straw cutter blades on order to banish low energy and bring blessings.

Just a closer peek at my god painting. As a Korean shaman, this is my most treasured sacred item. It houses my spirits!

yesterday there was a lunar eclipse in Pisces which medieval astrologers say indicate: -revelations & discoveries in waters -danger in Mesopotamia -struggles for justice -deceptions & plots -humiliation of soldiers -spreading of lies -diplomatic maneuvers

If people in prison were put in charge of the government we'd have a budget surplus. The ingenuity is unmatched.

🚨 These arrived today! Two 1898 issues of Mitsugon Kyо̄hо̄, a Shingi Shingon journal published at the turn of the 20th c. I was looking for an issue from 1900 in which Shingi priests address their separation from Kogi. Couldn’t find it but found these. Those staples though! 😬

In reading the Analects, simply consider Confucius’ pupils’ questions as your own and the Sage’s answers as what you have personally heard today. Then you will get something. If you can look into the Analects and the Mengzi deeply and explore them and get the real taste of them,

new obsession: Chinese documents from Loulan / Kroraïna, 3rd-4th centuries afaik there are many letters, i wonder if anyone used them for researching the spoken language of that time also this amazing 愛 on the 3rd pic... these are perfect for looking up early modern forms

East Asia uses both: law 法, and cultivated humanity 仁. These are the real “two handles” by which society is led.

Happy 408th birthday, English Merchant

This is why Confucian civilization has ritualistic propriety (li 禮) and respect for parents (xiao 孝). If it is merely in your mind, like “oh I think I am compassionate,” it has no *manifestation* in the world. It needs to be concretely acted out to have realness and effect.

a good in-depth explanation of how to do a geomantic reading. if you've ever run into european geomancy, it's a descendent of and very close relative of Arabic geomancy. though if i understand correctly, all the astrology tie-ins are additions.