Ray Brown scripsit:
> But while I've heard of the Seven Sages of the ancient Greeks, I know not
> the 'Bamboo Grove'. I seek illumination. Who are the sages and which one
> am I?
From bamboogrove.com:
# The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Chinese scholars
# and poets of the mid-3rd century AD who banded together to escape from
# the hypocrisy and danger of the official world to a life of drinking
# wine and writing verse in the country. Their retreat was typical of the
# Taoist-oriented ch'ing-t'an ("pure conversation") movement that advocated
# freedom of individual expression and hedonistic escape from extremely
# corrupt politics. Their ideal consisted in following their impulses and
# acting spontaneously. Their outstanding collective characteristic was
# their sensitivity to the beauties of nature.
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and the Way of the Black Wheel. jcowan@reutershealth.com
I could not. --Great-Souled Sam http://www.ccil.org/~cowan