Kevin
@kmichaelwilson.bsky.social
Historical Chinese literature, poetry, and philosophy. Co-host Rereading the Stone podcast https://bsky.app/profile/rereadingstone.bsky.social
book reviews & discussion of Ming-Qing literature, science fiction, etc. https://www.patreon.com/kmichaelwilson
book reviews & discussion of Ming-Qing literature, science fiction, etc. https://www.patreon.com/kmichaelwilson
imagining a coat of arms with "what year is it" as its motto
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
imagining a coat of arms with "what year is it" as its motto
I don't want the "pull" component of scholarship to be part of my scholarly "identity" at all
"Oh, I'm so good at querying the databases" -- listen to yourself, you should be embarrassed you're not reading poetry
"Oh, I'm so good at querying the databases" -- listen to yourself, you should be embarrassed you're not reading poetry
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I don't want the "pull" component of scholarship to be part of my scholarly "identity" at all
"Oh, I'm so good at querying the databases" -- listen to yourself, you should be embarrassed you're not reading poetry
"Oh, I'm so good at querying the databases" -- listen to yourself, you should be embarrassed you're not reading poetry
People don't understand that every time you argue "don't go to graduate study if you're not independently wealthy" what you're really saying is "we have organized society such that graduate school is a great opportunity, but only for the independently wealthy, and basically I'm okay with this"
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
People don't understand that every time you argue "don't go to graduate study if you're not independently wealthy" what you're really saying is "we have organized society such that graduate school is a great opportunity, but only for the independently wealthy, and basically I'm okay with this"
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This “solution” to the problem of “world’s worst wife” is contrasted with divorce, even despite the strength of Di Xichen’s individual case against Xue Sujie, whose “crimes against nature” were inscribed on her very face and body (after the monkey incident)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This “solution” to the problem of “world’s worst wife” is contrasted with divorce, even despite the strength of Di Xichen’s individual case against Xue Sujie, whose “crimes against nature” were inscribed on her very face and body (after the monkey incident)
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Literature is studied outside of the university more often, and at greater depths of analytical resolution, than within
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Literature is studied outside of the university more often, and at greater depths of analytical resolution, than within
the capital form had grown a veritable "head like a hole," demonstrating strong anti-social preferences for death itself over any loss in executive agency
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the capital form had grown a veritable "head like a hole," demonstrating strong anti-social preferences for death itself over any loss in executive agency
This “solution” to the problem of “world’s worst wife” is contrasted with divorce, even despite the strength of Di Xichen’s individual case against Xue Sujie, whose “crimes against nature” were inscribed on her very face and body (after the monkey incident)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This “solution” to the problem of “world’s worst wife” is contrasted with divorce, even despite the strength of Di Xichen’s individual case against Xue Sujie, whose “crimes against nature” were inscribed on her very face and body (after the monkey incident)
www.patreon.com/posts/impres...
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with fresh eyes, pondering this morning Hai Rui's policy proposal forbidding proper burial for corrupt officials
wait, this is good, right?
this makes Hai Rui good, no? all things considered
(listened to a podcast where the host was like, paraphrasing, "I can't sign off on Hai Rui's going after the moneylenders, it'll affect the base rate!")
this makes Hai Rui good, no? all things considered
(listened to a podcast where the host was like, paraphrasing, "I can't sign off on Hai Rui's going after the moneylenders, it'll affect the base rate!")
![Hai was reappointed as a minor official serving at South Zhili under the Longing Emperor, son and heir of Jiajing Emperor, but was soon forced to resign in 1570 after complaints were made over his overzealous handling of land-tenure issues.
Major moneylenders in the prefecture were accused of lending at exorbitant rates to smaller landowners and tenants, then seizing their lands as collateral. Hai devoted considerable time to investigate these cases, pressing for the lands' return to their previous owners, but was in turn accused by officials of violating procedures and encouraging frivolous complaints and impeached by Tai Feng-Hsiang, a supervising secretary (yushi). [from Wikipedia]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7zttrwglryfssyh2yycb5fr/bafkreiete6zmaedjxikoebawgcsgbdsa4b25uhwvz5towkkhpkhrr2zpiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
with fresh eyes, pondering this morning Hai Rui's policy proposal forbidding proper burial for corrupt officials
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trying for a readable, casual but theoretically adept discussion of A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, a seventeenth century text that boldly asks, “what if having a mean wife were your karmic destiny?”
long and meandering impressions on the most important Chinese novel of the seventeenth century
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November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
trying for a readable, casual but theoretically adept discussion of A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, a seventeenth century text that boldly asks, “what if having a mean wife were your karmic destiny?”
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"When you’re not scared of the alien from Alien, or Freddie from A Nightmare on Elm’s Street, you might begin realizing they’re kind of lovable and misunderstood. So, too, with Sujie by the end of the novel."
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November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"When you’re not scared of the alien from Alien, or Freddie from A Nightmare on Elm’s Street, you might begin realizing they’re kind of lovable and misunderstood. So, too, with Sujie by the end of the novel."
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finding new 2008 music to listen to
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
finding new 2008 music to listen to
"When you’re not scared of the alien from Alien, or Freddie from A Nightmare on Elm’s Street, you might begin realizing they’re kind of lovable and misunderstood. So, too, with Sujie by the end of the novel."
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November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"When you’re not scared of the alien from Alien, or Freddie from A Nightmare on Elm’s Street, you might begin realizing they’re kind of lovable and misunderstood. So, too, with Sujie by the end of the novel."
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trying for a readable, casual but theoretically adept discussion of A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, a seventeenth century text that boldly asks, “what if having a mean wife were your karmic destiny?”
long and meandering impressions on the most important Chinese novel of the seventeenth century
www.patreon.com/posts/143085...
www.patreon.com/posts/143085...
Impressions on A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳 (17th C.) | kmichaelwilson
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November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
trying for a readable, casual but theoretically adept discussion of A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳, a seventeenth century text that boldly asks, “what if having a mean wife were your karmic destiny?”
long and meandering impressions on the most important Chinese novel of the seventeenth century
www.patreon.com/posts/143085...
www.patreon.com/posts/143085...
Impressions on A Marriage Fate to Awaken the Ages 醒世姻緣傳 (17th C.) | kmichaelwilson
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November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
long and meandering impressions on the most important Chinese novel of the seventeenth century
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well
I found a picture of the monkey
I found a picture of the monkey
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
well
I found a picture of the monkey
I found a picture of the monkey
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"What monkey incident? Well, have you ever seen Nope (2022)?"
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"What monkey incident? Well, have you ever seen Nope (2022)?"
I think the basic ethical position that most everyone in the world will eventually adopt is going to look like "real translators for anything with higher artistic aspiration, ethically-sourced environmentally-sustainable machine translations for most other high-quantity low-priority content"
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I think the basic ethical position that most everyone in the world will eventually adopt is going to look like "real translators for anything with higher artistic aspiration, ethically-sourced environmentally-sustainable machine translations for most other high-quantity low-priority content"
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Debating muting the word "AI" because it's probably the worst form of Bluesky discourse. Who is the audience for this tweet? Where is the author who is privileged enough to have a skilled translator but who chooses "AI" anyway? Show me even one such case.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Debating muting the word "AI" because it's probably the worst form of Bluesky discourse. Who is the audience for this tweet? Where is the author who is privileged enough to have a skilled translator but who chooses "AI" anyway? Show me even one such case.
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The actual issue that "AI," despite being a massive bubble, actually has managed to affect *one field*, viz., TRANSLATION
Clarkesw0rld is responding to this dubious and bad reality, just not in a productive way
Clarkesw0rld is responding to this dubious and bad reality, just not in a productive way
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The actual issue that "AI," despite being a massive bubble, actually has managed to affect *one field*, viz., TRANSLATION
Clarkesw0rld is responding to this dubious and bad reality, just not in a productive way
Clarkesw0rld is responding to this dubious and bad reality, just not in a productive way
Debating muting the word "AI" because it's probably the worst form of Bluesky discourse. Who is the audience for this tweet? Where is the author who is privileged enough to have a skilled translator but who chooses "AI" anyway? Show me even one such case.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Debating muting the word "AI" because it's probably the worst form of Bluesky discourse. Who is the audience for this tweet? Where is the author who is privileged enough to have a skilled translator but who chooses "AI" anyway? Show me even one such case.