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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 1d

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Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social · 21h

My new book is coming out in August 2026.
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How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650-850

Between the late seventh and early ninth centuries, Japan changed from a land largely without Buddhism to a country where Buddhist ideas, images, and practices were everywhere. The introduction of …

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 4d

Occasional translation of a poem from the Tang

王梵志 Wang Fanzhi (a.k.a. Wang the Brahmacarin, or Wang the Zealot)

觀影元非有

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 4d

Glad to hear it will make sense to at least one person 😎

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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 5d

I usually don't join bandwagons but I'm jumping on this one. 🔧🎸
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The Original Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

First ever release of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan as it was originally conceived, including four tracks that were withdrawn before the album came out: Rocks And Gravel, Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Ramb...

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 5d

Does anyone have any sources for the theme/legend of
#Bodhidharma Subduing/riding the #Tiger, Dámó fúhǔ 達摩伏虎

(as distinct from the various Lohan riding/subduing a tiger Luóhàn fúhǔ 羅漢伏虎)

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 6d

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 8d

Guess ultimately we are talking about a writing system that was brush based with a variety of calligraphy styles. Translating the brush to typeface (digital or other) needs to keep that in mind. To add to the aesthetic nuances, many typefaces arouse from carved imitation of the brush and vice versa

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 8d

The Japanese have retained the older 12/13 brush stroke version from Trad. CN, LiSong Pro, also retains the 12 stroke version. It's only modern simplified Chinese inspired fonts that seem to have the 11 brush-stroke version, there should be two unicode id to distinguish them, but we only have 904e

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 8d

eg below would seem to suggest that fonts/typefaces designed primarily for display of simplified Chinese use the 11 stroke version, but ones designed for trad. CN use the 12 stroke
but the problem is really down to the fact that there is only one unicode id 904e
fonts.google.com?preview.text...

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 8d

I do think it comes down to font sets that a platform uses, when I copy paste the 12 stroke into Wenlin it becomes 11 stroke because of the fonts embedded in Wenlin, Pleco does the same, the Unicode has only one code for the two versions, and will display whatever font the platform happens to use

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

An eg of a variant in situ that has just popped up, it is from a Ming woodblock edition of the Changes (in 5 vols. from our QPArchive), it has the enter 入 variant, & uses the 4 stroke 辶, thus 13 strokes in all.

Things one leafs through at end of day to dispel thoughts and find dreams 入夢過…

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

This can be confusing when looking up hanzi by total stroke count, as pending the font used by the dictionary the radical 辶can count as either 3 or 4 strokes…

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

me needs post-editor... two many whiskyes laddy...

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

Here we are talking about "steps" or "footprints" left by the heel if you like. When written with a "knife" in seal carving, the 2 steps are always present, pending calligraphy style with the brush, there can be either 2 in clerical & standard, 1 in semi-cursive, or none in grass/cursive. E.g. 道dào

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

Dotting your i's, and crossing your t's: In Chinese ⁉️

so here is a funny one, Rad. 162 辵 chuò, walking, is abbreviated to 辶 , but often loses one of the steps.
Fonts vary, some give it 2 steps some 1, thus the mdbg dic. you get the display font showing 2 steps, but the stroke order only shows 1 ‼️

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

Just rub in some bloody Salt in it and take it like publisher !

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

As a 60s/70s kid we used to sneak in and play with the guardian…
He'd would chase…
We would scamper in different directions…
Even managed to sneak in some underground chambers a couple of time… scared the living daylight out of me…Disgraziati… mo vi piglio ! he'd yell
We made pernacchie & ran & ran…

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

To keep it short we could pretend that the 12 stroke font version is either JP/TW inspired or designed because they retain the original strokes, but CN inspired or designed fonts use 11 stroke abbreviated/evolved version
But Unicode has only assigned: 904e

I'm not obsessive… really! … Well…過 time

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Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

🤦‍♂️should have looked up the calligraphy dic. first !

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

Last but not least…
My calligraphy dic. definitely gives the hanzi as 12 strokes total, not 11, with a right leaning crochet, also the seal character is adamant about it…
Now it is my Monday afternoon, I thank thee for the extra distraction ! (I was obviously looking to 入 a side-attraction)🤹‍♂️

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

the 漢語大字典 (p. 2219 of the single vol. miniaturized edition) however does list the right lean version as a variant (but without the lower 口 [there is also 𨒵 it would seem (in Wenlin with hanzi set to max)] ‼️ along with 𨓺 and the "simplified form".
¿ variants pre 1st Emperor standardized things ⁉️😎

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

brush-wise only the first form makes sense since the other form would require 2 stroke instead of a single 3rd stroke

Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social · 9d

Mid-morning Monday and our CEO😎 is looking for easily found distractions outside our headquarters office window [i.e. the front garden]...
Coffee time...

Front garden with blooms of grevillea longistyla in the foreground

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Olivier Burckhardt @obfuchai.bsky.social · 11d

The perfection of imperfection

Japanese charred cedar drop lid
Yakesugi otoshibuta
焼杉落としぶた

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