| An-Yi: |
Isn't it arrogant for non-Chinese to write about China? |
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| Bhäraté: |
If you think of writing as a way of exploring an issue instead of
a final pronouncement about it, then writing is never arrogant . . . it's simply an ongoing enquiry. |
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| An-Yi: |
Well, how much does the author really know about China? |
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| Bhäraté: |
How much can anyone know about a nation with over one billion people,
at least five thousand years history, and hundreds of ethnic groups? We see through a just a few windows darkly. |
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| Chariya: |
Mmm. Our knowledge is like a spider's web: a flimsy construction the breeze.
Still, it is worth spinning as long as we remember each conjecture is merely one of many possible constructions.
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| An-Yi: |
That doesn't answer much. |
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| Chariya: |
Why not let these pages speak for themselves without answering anything?
There's really no need to 'answer' anything in life anyway. Life goes on magnificently despite our answers.
Most problems, in fact, arise from clinging to so-called 'answers' too rigidly. |
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| Bhäraté: |
Some questions should not be dismissed, but I'll temporarily hold them back. |
| Daiki: |
[sucking in air] I don't know if I'm that patient . . . . |
