ZHAO XU
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Same question, different answers - Chinadaily.com.cn (opens the original)
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He ate only so much as to make eating pleasant, and came to his meals in such a condition that appetite was his best sauce. Every kind of drink was pleasant to him, because he drank only when he was thirsty. And whenever he accepted an invitation to dinner, he easily resisted what most people find very difficult — eating beyond the point of satisfaction." In The Memorabilia, an extended defense and portrayal of Socrates — whom many regard as the first Western moral philosopher — Xenophon (c. 430
When adornments became symbols of love and loss - Chinadaily.com.cn (opens the original)
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Long before she became a wife, she first became a bride. On a fourth-century BC Attic vase displayed at the Shaanxi History Museum, a young woman sits at the center of the Epaulia — the celebration held the day after a wedding. Around her, female companions gather as fairies and doves present gifts: a diadem, a bracelet and a necklace. She wears a myrtle wreath, earrings and bracelets, while delicate buttons adorn her garment. Rendered in gilded applied clay, these ornaments shimmer not merely a
When adornments became symbols of love and loss (opens the original)
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By ZHAO XU | China Daily | Updated: 2026-08-22 09:56 Long before she became a wife, she first became a bride. On a fourth-century BC Attic vase displayed at the Shaanxi History Museum, a young woman sits at the center of the Epaulia — the celebration held the day after a wedding. Around her, female companions gather as fairies and doves present gifts: a diadem, a bracelet and a necklace. She wears a myrtle wreath, earrings and bracelets, while delicate buttons adorn her garment. Rendered in gild
The golden thread of social exchange (opens the original)
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By Zhao Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2026-08-22 09:47 When Alexander the Great's armies swept eastward in the fourth century BC, they carried far more than military power. Across the vast world that emerged — from the Adriatic to Afghanistan — people, languages, beliefs, and artistic traditions circulated on an unprecedented scale. The kingdoms founded by Alexander's successors forged a shared cultural idiom linking cities such as Alexandria, Antioch and Pergamon, while local traditions remained
The golden thread of social exchange - Chinadaily.com.cn (opens the original)
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When Alexander the Great's armies swept eastward in the fourth century BC, they carried far more than military power. Across the vast world that emerged — from the Adriatic to Afghanistan — people, languages, beliefs, and artistic traditions circulated on an unprecedented scale. The kingdoms founded by Alexander's successors forged a shared cultural idiom linking cities such as Alexandria, Antioch and Pergamon, while local traditions remained remarkably resilient. In this first great experiment
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