Send us a text This is one of the "lost chapters" intended to appear earlier in the series but was skipped over. Xiaoyao loses his way at evening in the deep mountains, but a chance meeting saves him from a freezing overnight sojourn. The hermit takes the opportunity to try and teach Xiaoyao the arcane secrets of the River Diagram--the 河圖--which communicates its crucial message symbolically, using a structured pattern of black and white dots. The structure itself is based upon a magic squar...
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Send us a text This is one of the "lost chapters" intended to appear earlier in the series but was skipped over. Xiaoyao loses his way at evening in the deep mountains, but a chance meeting saves him from a freezing overnight sojourn. The hermit takes the opportunity to try and teach Xiaoyao the arcane secrets of the River Diagram--the 河圖--which communicates its crucial message symbolically, using a structured pattern of black and white dots. The structure itself is based upon a magic squar...
Chapter Twenty-One: Tea Tales in the Hermit's Cave
Tales of the Fat Monk
28 minutes
1 year ago
Chapter Twenty-One: Tea Tales in the Hermit's Cave
Send us a text The Fat Monk and Xiaoyao visit the Hermit for a quiet talk, but find the Boatman and his friend--who Xiaoyao has never met--already there. Tea is the main topic of the day, but in the course of the discussion, the Fat Monk's peculiar aversion to Zhuangzi is exposed. It turns out the Boatman's friend is well-versed in all things Zhuangzi ... SHOW NOTES: Xiaoyao Xingzhe, the self-styled carefree pilgrim, has lived and worked all over the world, having crossed the Gobi in a dec...
Tales of the Fat Monk
Send us a text This is one of the "lost chapters" intended to appear earlier in the series but was skipped over. Xiaoyao loses his way at evening in the deep mountains, but a chance meeting saves him from a freezing overnight sojourn. The hermit takes the opportunity to try and teach Xiaoyao the arcane secrets of the River Diagram--the 河圖--which communicates its crucial message symbolically, using a structured pattern of black and white dots. The structure itself is based upon a magic squar...
