Jottings from the Granite Studio

Dave asked recently where the name 花崗齋之愚公 (Hua Gang Zhai zhi Yu Gong) comes from. In the old days, it was not uncommon for scholars to name their studio or office where they wrote. Usually the name had some connection with the location or had a classical allusion. I chose Hua Gang (Granite) Zhai (Studio) [...]

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I was checking out Andrew Leonard’s wonderful “How the World Works” column at Salon.com and was shocked to see a mention of the Granite Studio.
Leonard writes:
“The sheer deluge of news, commentary and analysis that swamps the Chinese section of my blogroll every day defies competent comprehension…Striving for a coherent narrative that makes sense of [...]

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