花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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China’s great historians, part I

“A man has only one death. That death may be as weighty as Mount Tai, or it may be as light as a goose feather. It all depends upon the way he uses it.”

Sima Qian, China’s most famous historian, and one of the greatest historians the world has ever known, wrote these words in [...]

January 6th, 2007 | Category: Chinese History | One comment - (Comments are closed)

If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute…

I’m in New Hampshire this week visiting family. Last saturday it was snowing: a full on late December snow squall that covered the whole state in white.

Today it was 69 degrees (21 celsius) at Manchester Airport. In New Hampshire. In January. I swear I saw a polar bear treading water in the Merrimack River.

Now I am [...]

January 6th, 2007 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)