Latest News:  

English>>Life & Culture

Hobbies of Chinese masters

(Guangming Online)

09:24, May 22, 2013

Zhang Taiyan

Masters always have great knowledge on academy. However, they also have some funny hobbies that are interesting.

Feng Youlan wrote that Pan Guang, a famed Chinese scholar, was curious man. Pan Guang never eats rats' meat until one day he let his family to catch rats at home and cook the rats to feed his curiosity.

Pan Guang's brother in Chongqing was a banker. When he heard his brother's story, he thought Pan Guang was lack of money. So he sent money to Pan Guang and told him never do that again.

Zhang Taiyan, Chinese Nationalism in the Late Qing Dynasty, was fond of eating smelly food. One day, a painter took some smelly food to Zhang which made he very happy and promised the painter's request of wrote calligraphy for him. After that, the painter brought other smelly food to Zhang to ask his calligraphy. Zhang never refused.

Zhang Taiyan's another weird hobby is playing a role as a doctor. He made prescriptions to Zou Rong and Sun Yat-sen. However, as he lacking of clinical experience, his prescription usually did not work for his patient. Besides, he use many expensive medicine which made people could not afford.


【1】 【2】 【3】



We recommend:

Audi Fashion Festival opens in Singapore

Dare to ride terrifying roller coasters?

Dancers perform 'Mirror and Music' in Taipei

Foggy Xin'an River in Jiande, E China

A taste of Russia at Harbin's Volga Manor

Zhang Ziyi poses at Cannes Film Festival

Those weird people in McDonald

Celebrating 'mother of Chinese opera'

Top 10 Hurun best-selling Chinese artists

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:YeXin、Chen Lidan)

Related Reading

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Chinese navy's landing ships in training

  2. Electronic warfare unit in drill

  3. Tornadoes hit U.S. state of Oklahoma

  4. Reality of migrant workers' sexual needs

  5. China’s weekly story (2013.5.11-5.17)

  6. Explosion kills 13 in China's Shandong

  7. Creative house made of paper boxes

  8. THR's International Artist of the Year

  9. 12 Asian business women

  10. Surplus workers in rural areas will be 'zero'

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Preserving culture hurts
  2. Chinese premier's India trip to evince Beijing's unwavering pursuit of better ties
  3. AP probe embodies tension between US govt, media
  4. Protectionism no painkiller for Europe
  5. Culture key to sustainable development
  6. Ten white papers, road to human rights protection
  7. Teen's tragedy reveals child abuse problems
  8. People with depression show disrupted brain 'clock'
  9. iPad obsession hurting child's development
  10. Positive signs in Europe hard won

What’s happening in China

China’s weekly story
(2013.5.11-5.17)

  1. Love hunters hired by China's richest bachelors
  2. Netizens question official's 'rocket promotion'
  3. Wrongly jailed man wants more compensation
  4. Tobacco ads on new media light up debate
  5. Earthquake may force new census of panda