#Baotian

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My Journey in Learning Bagua Zhang

In the traditional martial arts world, especially in Tai Chi, it is expected to use Laozi's Tao Te Ching phrase "The highest good is like water" to describe the inclusive and transformative nature of martial arts power. In fact, if we apply the philosophy of water to any form of Chinese martial arts, it makes sense. For example:

• Baji Quan is like a thunderstorm,

• Pigua Zhang is like a windstorm,

• Praying Mantis Quan is like a sudden rainstorm,

• So, what about Bagua Zhang? It is like a dense fog!

My experience with Bagua Zhang comes from my grandmaster, Liu Yunqiao. Before that, I had also learned about the 64 palms of Bagua Zhang elsewhere. At that time, I did not understand it, and after learning it, I forgot almost everything. I still remember the first time I learned Bagua Zhang, from the initial excitement and joy before learning it to the later disappointment and frustration. This significant psychological shift made me resent "Bagua" for many years. I thought Bagua Zhang was just about spinning in circles to confuse the enemy (actually, it was me who got confused), a fancy, complicated, and impractical martial art. One day after I joined Wutan, the martial arts center in Taipei, Grandmaster Liu saw me practicing Baji Quan and suddenly said, "You should learn Bagua Zhang; it will absolutely help you." My first reaction was, "Oh no, not this again!" But I dared not disobey my master. I thought, "It's okay. It's just spinning in circles again." However, when I encountered this unusual Bagua Zhang passed down from our grandmaster Gong Baotian, I was utterly convinced and finally understood what Bagua Zhang truly is. This feeling reminded me of when I first came to the United States to study in 1974. My Italian American roommate asked if I had ever eaten pizza. I replied that I had, but it wasn't delicious. He said he would show me authentic Italian pizza. True to his word, after I tried the pizza he introduced, I completely changed my view and fell in love with traditional Italian pizza. My passion for Bagua Zhang grew in the same way.

Bagua Zhang seems shrouded in a mysterious veil or like a dense fog to outsiders. Compared to some ancient martial arts with hundreds or thousands of years of history, Bagua Zhang is merely a baby in traditional martial arts. However, it should not be underestimated; it inherits the core philosophy of Chinese martial arts culture. It possesses the finest martial arts DNA, absorbing the essence of various martial arts styles. Years of practicing, teaching, and researching Bagua Zhang have made me deeply respect the experience and wisdom of the Bagua Zhang predecessors.

Next time, I will begin to write about the principles and techniques of our school’s Bagua Zhang.

我學八卦掌的心路歷程

傳統武術界尤其是太極拳喜歡用老子道德經的 ”上善若水”來形容武術的勁道如水一般的包容與變化，其實如果我們將水的哲學應用到任何一種中國拳術都講得通，例如：

八極是雷雨，劈掛是風雨，螳螂是驟雨等等那麼八卦是什麼呢？它是濃霧!

我的八卦掌是來自師爺劉公雲樵。在這以前也曾在別處學過八卦64掌。 學時不知所云，學後遺忘殆盡。猶記得第一次學八卦掌，由學之前的激動與喜悅，到後來的灰心失望，那種心理大幅度的轉變，使我多年望“卦”生厭.認為八卦掌不過是轉轉圈，讓敵人昏頭 (其實是我昏頭) 一種花俏，複雜又不切實際的武術。加入武壇後有一天師爺看我練習八極拳，突然說道：“你應該學學八卦掌，那對你有絕對的幫助.”。我當時第一個反應是“天啦，怎麼又是它！” 但師命不敢不從， 我心想：“沒事，不過是再回到轉圈而已”。 那知道當我接觸到本門傳自宮師祖寶田的八卦掌後我徹底地心服口服，才開始知道什麼是八卦掌。那種感覺使我想起1974年當我初來美國留學時，我的意大利後裔室友曾問我吃過披薩嗎？ 我的回答是吃過但不怎麼好吃。他說我帶你見識真正的意大利式披薩。誠不我欺， 我吃過他介紹我的那家披薩後，從此對披薩改觀。 進而愛上傳統的意大利披薩。我對八卦掌的愛戀亦復如此。

外人看八卦掌像是蒙了���層神秘的面紗 或是看不清楚前方的濃霧， 其實，八卦掌是比起一些動徹就是幾百幾千年歷史的老拳種，它不過是個傳武中的小嬰兒，然而絕不能小看它，它繼承了中國武術文化的中心思想。 它有著最優良的武術DNA, 吸取了各家武術的營養。多少年來對八卦掌的練習，教學與專研，使我我深深地敬佩八卦先輩們的經驗與智慧。

下囘我會開始寫寫本門八卦掌的原理與技術。

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Hi do you know of any Chinese actors and actresses in their 70s - 80s? Please and thank you 🙏🍉

Men:

Wang Deshun (1936) Chinese.

Ma Dehua (1945) Chinese.

Bao Guo'an (1946) Chinese.

Li Baotian (1946) Chinese.

Law Kar-ying (1946) Chinese.

Li Guang Fu (1946) Chinese.

Hou Tong Jiang (1946) Chinese.

Feng Enhe (1948) Chinese.

Zhang Yimou (1950) Chinese.

Tang Guoqiang (1952) Chinese.

Zhang Shuang Li (1953) Chinese.

Li Xuejian (1954) Chinese.

Women:

Tsai Chin (1933) Chinese.

Yu Miu-Lin (1937) Chinese.

Wu Yanshu (1938) Chinese.

Lü Zhong (1940) Chinese.

Zhao Shu Zhen (1942) Chinese.

Cao Cui Fen (1944) Chinese.

Li Guyi (1944) Chinese.

Wang Fuli (1946) Chinese.

Li Mingqi (1946) Chinese.

Liza Wang (1947) Chinese.

Wu Jing (1950) Chinese.

I hope this helps you out, anon!

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3/29/24

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Merchants start to sell young people's emotions. Will they suffer a loss if they can't buy it for 10 yuan

In recent years, a consumption model has become popular on e-commerce platforms, namely emotional consumption, which to some extent reflects people's potential psychological and emotional appeals. So, how does the emotional consumption business appear on the Internet? What impact will the development of artificial intelligence technology have on HE Tuber the emotional consumption business?

Emotional consumption is a new consumption model that has emerged on e-commerce platforms in recent years. Although this does not mean that people can directly buy happiness or sadness, it just reflects that young people have strong emotional appeals in psychological and social aspects.

Emotional consumption products include both physical products and virtual products. The former include good luck sprays, good luck phone cases, and good luck knots. The latter include tree hole talking services, virtual mosquitoes, and the popular "lonely frog" that became popular in the past few years. . Consumers place orders for these "emotional" products, on the one hand, to respond to Internet hot spots and have fun, and on the other hand, to achieve a little solace in their souls and spirits.

1. Will you suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan?

"Tianyu Shudong" is one of the e-commerce stores that provides emotional consumption. It has been in business for half a year. It mainly provides services such as chatting and talking in the tree hole, with monthly sales of more than 30,000 orders. Ordinary stores may look like "nobody", but they are actually "crouching tigers, hidden dragons." "We have requirements for the quality, conduct, and academic qualifications of our store employees. In terms of academic qualifications, they are basically at least a bachelor's degree, including overseas students, and even Ph.D. and professional psychological counselors." Store manager Meng You told the "IT Times" reporter.

In the store, merchants have "tailor-made" service menus, and consumers can choose the type of service according to different needs. The service methods are divided into two types: "Wenyu" (text and voice) and "Lianmai", and the prices are divided into multiple levels according to different methods, different lengths of time, and different experience of clerks. On the menu, the lowest price is the 30-minute "Wenyu" in the form of a blind box, and the highest price is the "highest level" package of "Lianmai" service, which is 20 yuan and 990 yuan respectively.

In terms of "goods", it mainly includes tree hole chatting and talking, companionship and emotional marriage and love guidance with a basic price of 10 yuan, as well as sleeping and talking and counseling services with a basic price of 150 yuan.

Meng You introduced that with the popularity of the movie "The Lost Girl", the topic of "love brain" has aroused heated discussions. On social platforms, netizens commented that "watching "The Lost Girl" will cure the love brain." The popularity of the topic has also spawned many hot searches such as "I placed an order for my best friend and scolded her for being in love", "My best friend who is in love was scolded by customer service and woke up". In the store, this service has also become a "hot item".

In terms of pricing model, each store is similar, but the price of the same type of service varies greatly. Taking the "Baotian" service as an example, one store charges a maximum of 800 yuan for the "Wenyu" method of "changing colors with Qiushui", and a maximum charge of 1,314 yuan for the "Lianmai" method. Another store charges a maximum of 1,314 yuan for "How are you, big brother" The maximum fee for the "Wenyu" method is 480 yuan, and the maximum fee for the "Lianmai" method is 770 yuan. Customer service said that fewer people choose the package package service and more customers buy blind boxes.

Do you really suffer a loss if you can’t buy it for 10 yuan? "IT Times" reporters found in actual tests that many of these stores have low prices to attract users to buy. In the "Hello Big Brother" store, the half-hour "Wenyu" tree hole service is priced at 10 yuan, but you actually have to pay 20 yuan. to obtain relevant services. The same is true for "Sweet Talking Tree Cave".

The reporter observed many explicit or instructive comments in some stores. E-commerce insiders also reminded that if consumers really need psychological assistance, please do not use this method. This type of so-called "emotional consumption" is more biased towards Pure chat services, etc., may have certain relaxation and entertainment attributes and cannot be regarded as professional services. At the same time, consumers must also guard against potential risks such as soft porn and fraud, and e-commerce platforms should also strengthen supervision of such special commodities.

2. Merchants and consumers have mixed feelings

Businesses and consumers are both happy and worried.

Most of the "Tianyushudong" stores are part-time, just like sales, the commission is calculated based on the order, and the commission rate for each clerk is 70%. Meng You lives in Beijing. He worked part-time in the early days, and then switched to full-time. In terms of salary, his current status is to be "self-sufficient."

In the "Big Brother Hello" store, the revenue situation is divided into peak season and off-season. In the peak season, there are about 14 orders per day, and the daily income reaches 500-600 yuan. In the off-season, the number is reduced, and the daily orders and daily income are only two times that of the peak season. one part.

Who is consuming? It is understood that there are also differences in the main consumer groups of different stores. "Tianyushudong" is more inclined to people with higher consumption levels, such as corporate white-collar workers and overseas students. The consumers of "Hello, Big Brother" are mainly between 18 and 40 years old, and they are mostly students and office workers. "Most of the people who come to place orders from us don't have close friends, or they don't have anywhere to express their inner thoughts, so they are willing to talk to strangers." said the customer service "Hello, big brother".

The purchasing behavior of "chat" emotional consumption occurs between people, not between people and goods. Therefore, for businesses, while enjoying the joy of making money and helping people, problems also arise. Meng You shared an experience that made him feel helpless: "The potential risk we face lies in the unpredictable quality and motivation of some consumers. Some will ask our store clerks to borrow money, and some will run out. When applying for a refund after service, some are of low quality and will insult the clerk, and some will give negative reviews in the store comment area after being unable to vent their anger on the clerk. " Faced with "uncontrollable" and "uncontrollable" In this situation, merchants choose to "help themselves" to reduce losses and negative comments. Regularly organized training is one of the plans implemented by "Tianyushudong". The relevant training content covers anti-fraud, borrowing, social etiquette, etc. If necessary, rude customers will be refunded firmly.

Not only businesses, but consumers will also experience "hurt" moments. Ordering the "Lonely Frog" service for a friend was college student Ding Hao's (pseudonym) first emotional consumption experience. At that time, Ding Hao's mentality was "Everyone is playing, and I want to play too," and he wanted to have "fun." The tree cave service was his second experience, but the process was not pleasant. "After paying the money, it is reasonable to say that after adding the clerk's chat method, the timed chat started. But when I sent him my thoughts one after another, after 12 minutes, the other party only replied, 'Come on, I believe you. It's okay! ' To be honest, I think it's perfunctory and unreliable." Having learned from the past, Ding Hao never consumed such virtual products again.

Service quality and privacy are the main issues that consumers care about. "The chat records between us and our customers are absolutely confidential and will be deleted immediately after the chat. If you are not satisfied with the chat or are dissatisfied within 8 minutes, you can apply for a replacement." Or you can get a refund," the store customer service told reporters.

3. Will it be replaced by artificial intelligence?

In Meng You's view, the emotional consumption market will become more diversified as people satisfy their material lives and pursue a rich spiritual life.

Will it form a competitive relationship with practitioners such as psychological experts and psychological counselors? Meng You believes that for consumers, they need more companionship and catharsis in terms of emotional value. The online chat provided by the store is mainly based on their needs and feelings. Different from the serious atmosphere of communicating with a psychological counselor, Shudong's service focuses on "freedom" and "relaxation". In addition, the store is quite different from the related studio in terms of scale, management model and staffing, so it is not a competitive relationship.

Currently, artificial intelligence technology is becoming more and more mature, and chatbots represented by ChatGPT have once again made "whether machines will replace people" a hot topic. For "chat" emotional consumption services such as "Tianyushudong" that focus on "people-to-people" communication, it is both an opportunity and a challenge. Some netizens believe that such services are easily replaced by AI. The purpose of consumers is to find a target to "vent", while AI robots are good at "talking" and may even understand the other person's heart better than real chatters; the opposite view is that real people's Replies and empathy can better resolve consumers’ real unhappiness, while machines are just making seemingly humane mechanical replies.

Reality forces "Men Youmen" to think about: What are the differences in communication between people and between people and machines? If people choose to talk to machines in the future, can the current services still be maintained?

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Keep Cool (1997)

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Shanghai Triad (1995)

摇啊摇，摇到外婆桥 Shanghai Triad (1995)  directed by Zhang Yimou cinematography by  Yue Lü

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Shanghai Triad

directed by Zhang Yimou, 1995

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This film is not as good as Classic Zhang Yimous, but funny and worth to watch (if you have patience for a 45 min dialog, and you understand Chinese)

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北京时间（2015）

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Double Feature Pt. 2: Baota’s Battlemages

Before the current archmage took his seat at Scytheshadow College, the rules were much stricter about what kind of studies could be conducted in the college. Development of new ways had stagnated for decades due to adherence to traditions and old ways. Many magic users became disillusioned with the place.

One of these up-and-coming mages was Zhabor Ito, a half-elf whose work on developing new and better magical foci put him close to the Scytheshadow Staff quite often. As he studied the famed focus, Zhabor came to some ideas about how magic could be used in relation to a focus.

Noting that many magic users don’t employ a focus at all, Ito argued that it was the person’s connection to the focus that gave it its efficacy. At the time, this was a radical idea. A focus was a tool, not an extension of the wizard.

Disagreeing, Ito eventually took his studies and what few acolytes he had and left the college. They were on a boat in the middle of the bay when Baota himself appeared to them.

The god of channeling magic blessed Ito’s work and confirmed that he was absolutely correct. With this encouragement, Ito and his followers founded their own small community separate from the college to develop their new school of thought.

Eventually, this lead to Ito and his students developing arcane weapons, weapons that could channel unique spells through them to cater to the fighter’s existing style. These battlemages trained and honed their skills and drew in more, both from the college and from elsewhere, and their fame grew. To this day, they accept new students, who are then trained in the art of crafting their own weapon and imbuing it with a personal connection. They are some of the most fluid battlemages Muunfel has ever seen.

“When the new archmage took over, he invited us to return to the college. With no hard feelings, I told him that we had formed our own community and settlement. We need room for training, anyway.” - Zhabor Ito, Battlemage of Baota

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Ju Dou

directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang, 1990

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Ni Tian (1855-1919), named Baotian, named Mo Geng, and his father Mo Geng, named Mo Dao Ren, Mo Weng, was born in Jiangdu, Jiangsu Province. Ni was a relatively important painter in the Hai School of Painting.

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Simmons: Miles McKenna

Grif: John Tui

Sarge: Li Baotian

RvB live action fancast

Donut: Will Jay

Feel free to add, I’ll add more as they come to me.

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Getriebeölwechsel 4 Takt Chinaroller JINLUN - Motoröl Bezeichnung

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