lu yang, the pen name of yang zhen, a senior journalist of the japanese-language version of people's china magazine, has worked in foreign publishing, communications and cultural exchanges for more than 20 years. he has written many articles on chinese history and culture, as well as china's reform and opening-up, and has won worldwide acclaim from readers both at home and abroad. some articles have been collected into books and some have received awards. in recent years, he has focused his interests on th conditions of foreigners living in china, and so was invited to be the leading writer of the book living in china and dreaming big in china.
buddha said." when two strangers face each other while passing on a road, yuan is the indescribable sensation for one of them to "turn around and seek the other." this moment of bliss is built with the encounters of the past 500years. isn't it a wonder that i can catch sight of you, out of the myriad of people, at a significant moment?
then i asked buddha: according to the saying, if the yuan built with the prayers and practices of 1 o0 years can bring two people to the same ferryboat, and if the yuan built with those of l, 000 years can make them a couple, how many times must one feel the sensation to "turn around and seek the other" in order to amount to a single significant encounter today?
buddha smiled and didn't reply.
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