CONTACT
gregbrundage@live.com
director@silkroadresearchcenter.org
editor@silkroadvirtualuniversity.org
Please contact me for corrections, to list your club, let me know about upcoming events, or just let me know what you think about the site.
As an advocate for a world without war, some think me a bit strange. That's OK. One day, my dream will come true, God Willing.
I was a competition fighter for almost 15 years, but never a warrior. Why not?
I've never been in any army, and never worked for any government. I prefer the independent life, autonomy and self-determination.
I abhor killing, and know from observing others: There is always a price to pay for certain kinds of uncivil actions.
I work to preserve life... and never take it.
Among other things, I edit medical research articles mostly coming from China to aid their publication in mostly American medical journals. https://www.silkroadvirtualuniversity.org/edit.html
Yes, there are many areas of contention, but there are still many areas of cooperation and that's where I live and work.
Build bridges please, don't blow them up.
Peace and love for all.
"G" - Stone Dragon (石龙) - Abdul Rashid
My Martial Art Resume - 石龙 - 武术简历 (In English and Chinese - 中英文)
Me teaching part of a Wushu class in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Summer 2018. Thanks to Master Tofik for wonderful students and time!
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2016 Tbilisi Georgia (Between Azerbaijan and Turkey) That's me in the middle. Many thanks to Georgian International Taekwondo Federation President Mr. Levan Tsaretashvili (right)!
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Summary of Silk Roads Kung Fu Friendship Tour
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Silk Road Taekwondo Quest
Taklamakan Desert in Southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China
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I made the above video about my Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship tour a couple of years ago for a Chinese audience. The captions are in Chinese, but the photos tell the story and the music is almost all American. It starts with my martial arts background, and then launches across Asia from China through 16 Silk Road countries. It started in 2015, and I'm still on this journey, currently touring all around Thailand.
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ABOUT this Silk Road Traveler - 关于这位丝绸之路旅行者
Mr. Brundage also known as 石龙 and Abdul Rashid bin Abdullah, has lived in/traveled through 37 countries starting at the age of 6; he had to fight a lot as a child going to schools in different countries and began formal martial art training at the age of 12; he started writing professionally in 1980. His former careers include newspaper delivery boy, potato farmer, dish washer, cook, construction worker, mason tender, landscaper, pizza delivery guy, counselor, Karate instructor, family therapist, reporter for the African American Press in the U.S. international journalist all around Asia, legal secretary, medical researcher, university lecturer (South Korea) and high school teacher (South Korea and Beijing, China). (His C.V. is posted below. (他的简历 在下面发布)
Between getting his Undergraduate Degree and four years of Graduate School, he did independent research in neuro-physiology (Zoology Department) titled: "Extrajunctional Supersensitivity to Acetylcholine in Partially Denervated Gastrocnemious Muscle of the Frog." Why? He wondered how Taichi and other internal style martial artists who relax pathologically for decades could throw someone across a room.
During the last time he was in the U.S. (1996-2001) he spent four years as a volunteer worker with the American Red Cross "Disaster Action Team," he also worked as a market researcher interviewing IT managers at some of the largest corporations in the U.S. He also worked at Child Protective Services (two years) and two law firms (two years).
Mr. Brundage also known as 石龙 and Abdul Rashid bin Abdullah, has lived in/traveled through 37 countries starting at the age of 6; he had to fight a lot as a child going to schools in different countries and began formal martial art training at the age of 12; he started writing professionally in 1980. His former careers include newspaper delivery boy, potato farmer, dish washer, cook, construction worker, mason tender, landscaper, pizza delivery guy, counselor, Karate instructor, family therapist, reporter for the African American Press in the U.S. international journalist all around Asia, legal secretary, medical researcher, university lecturer (South Korea) and high school teacher (South Korea and Beijing, China). (His C.V. is posted below. (他的简历 在下面发布)
Between getting his Undergraduate Degree and four years of Graduate School, he did independent research in neuro-physiology (Zoology Department) titled: "Extrajunctional Supersensitivity to Acetylcholine in Partially Denervated Gastrocnemious Muscle of the Frog." Why? He wondered how Taichi and other internal style martial artists who relax pathologically for decades could throw someone across a room.
During the last time he was in the U.S. (1996-2001) he spent four years as a volunteer worker with the American Red Cross "Disaster Action Team," he also worked as a market researcher interviewing IT managers at some of the largest corporations in the U.S. He also worked at Child Protective Services (two years) and two law firms (two years).
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That's me on the left with Sudanese friend at the Culture Fest at Petroleum University in China - Summer 2019
Yep, me with Grandmaster Bambang Anggono, Vice Chairman of The Executive Board of Indonesian Pencak Silat Association, Summer 2019
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And, yes that's me on the left - man of a thousand faces - with Turkmenistan friend at the same Culture Festival
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Yep, one of the super Pencat Silat teams in Indonesia, Summer 2019
National Museum of Thailand - With one of my more unusual friends
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Sole survivor at North Shaolin.
Photo taken at midnight,
New Years, Year of the Dragon
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Shang's North Shaolin Gong Fu
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Besides Rebuilding the North Shaolin Monastery, Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour, and Silk Road Taekwondo Quest (published in Taekwondo Times Magazine, USA) series of articles, I also publish other related stories.
Here are some of my other stories in Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine:
January 2014 - North Shaolin Kung Fu - Historical background and an interview with 7th Generation - Master Shāng Mián Huī, from Panshan, in Jixian, northeastern China (Print Edition) Jan/Feb 2012 New Star in the Universe of International Wushu Competitions (Kung Fu Tai Chi magazine - Print Edition) About the 1st Beijing International Wushu Culture Exchange and International Kung Fu Championships Sponsored by Global Kung Fu of the Beijing Shaolin and Wushu Association of China "A Visit to Chin Wu Athletic Association Headquarters in Shanghai" 上海精武体育会 http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1074 Visiting the Home of the Monkey King (Sun Wu-Kong) (Published February 2013) http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1084 The Broad-based Roles of Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Other Martial Arts in Education - A Brief Literature Review (March, 2013) http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1085 In the Shoes of the Masters: Search for the Ultimate Kung Fu Shoe in China (August, 2013) http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1120 Also in China:
Global Times (Beijing, China) 北京 采访 大使 January 7, 2010 Diplomat and Optimist – Interview with Ambassador of Belgium to China, Patrick Nijs (专访比利时大使) Some web publications too: http://npochina.weebly.com/ http://chinafashion.weebly.com/ http://triathlonchina.weebly.com/ http://chinamed.weebly.com/ |
Large character: "Wu" Martial Arts
Small characters: "Respect martial arts spirit" Sign located in Jing Wu School - Shanghai
April 4, 2015 - Just fooling around. Not real fighting technique. Play occasionally however, has its uses.
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Some of my older web publications include:
* http://gregorybrundage.tripod.com/koreanswords (Interviews with Korea's most famous swordsmiths)
* http://www.eric.ed.gov/ (Do a search using my complete name: Gregory Brundage)
* http://goldstonepencil.tripod.com/koreanfashion
MARTIAL ARTS 武术
I started Judo training at age 12, then Taekowndo, several styles of Karate, several styles of Chinese Wushu, Kendo, Fencing, Archery and other martial arts. I fought in more than 300 martial art tournaments in the 1970s and 1980s, winning among other things a Gold Medal in Wisconsin Junior Olympics in Judo 1973, earned 2nd Dan rank in Kempo Goju Karate (1981, Milwaukee) and 2nd Dan rank Taekwondo (2004, South Korea). These days I train at whatever Martial Art schools I happen to visit along the Silk Roads and east Africa.
JOURNALISM 新闻记者
I started professional writing in 1980 working for the American Geographical Society. Specifically I wrote book reviews. In the mid-eighties I started writing freelance stories for an African American newspaper - The Milwaukee Community Journal. Soon after I started working there as a full-time reporter. In 1992 I moved to Malaysia and worked as a freelance journalist publishing mainly in New Straits Times and the Sunday Star, as well as several magazines. During those years I traveled around South Asia extensively. Returning to the U.S. in 1996 I worked for Child Protective Services and two law firms, and then moved to South Korea (2001) where I worked as a teacher, though I continued freelance writing as a hobby focusing on martial arts related stories and a few interviews with foreign ambassadors. I had my high school students there do most of the interviews. In 2009 I moved to Beijing.
韩国 Freelance feature writer 记者
The Korea Times newspaper 时报
May 4, 2002 Thoughts of the Times (Ed. Op.)
Bullies, big and little
Sept. 25, 2005 Thoughts of the Times (Ed/Op)
Should Korea make one day a week English day?
DIPLOMACY
July 31, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使比利时
Korea and Belgium have more in common than meets the eye - Interview with
Ambassador Koenraad Rouvroy
August 7, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使
Italy, Korea Share Common Passions - Interview with Ambassador Franchesco Raussi
August 14, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使
Building Human Bridges Across Pacific Interview with Ambassador David Taylor
The Korea Herald newspaper 时报 记者
July 4, 2007 EFL teachers report 'moderate' stress in Jeonju survey
Black Belt Magazine (USA) 武术 杂志
Feb. 2006 Hwarang History (Vol. 44 No. 2, 42)
May 2010 Buddhist Martial Art of South Korea
(Vol. 48 No. 3, 86-89)
Taekwando Times Magazine (USA) 跆拳道 杂志
March 2007 Zen & Sunmudo; Martial Art Training at Golgulsa Temple (Vol. 27, No. 2, 20)
May 2008 Kuk-gung - Korean Traditional Archery 射箭 (Special Korean culture issue)
Vol. 28, N. 3 Issue number 163 pp. 36-38
August 17, 2008 Two Historical Events at the 10th World Taekwondo Festival & Korea Classic Open, July 1 – 6
http://www.taekwondotimes.com/index.php?PAGE_ID=436
November, 2008 Korea’s MMA is Spirit MC
Vol. 28 (6) pp. 58-61
May, 2009 Buncheong Pottery
Vol. 29, (3) pp. 41-44
May, 2010 Taekwondo Scene in Beijing pp. 78-81
Kendo World (Japan) 剑道杂志 (日本)
June, 2007 Living Your Art - An Interview with Park Yong Chon- Korean Sword Master 韩国剑道 师傅
(Vol. 3.4)
Conference Proceedings of the Korean Sociolinguistics Publication and Cognitive Linguistics Society
April 14, 2007 Conference 语言学
Self Reported Courage and Modesty as Predictors of English Language Phonemic Ability in
South Korean University Students
November, 2008
http://www.eric.ed.gov ED502354
EFL Foreign Teacher Stress in Korea: Causes and Coping Mechanisms 心理学
* http://gregorybrundage.tripod.com/koreanswords (Interviews with Korea's most famous swordsmiths)
* http://www.eric.ed.gov/ (Do a search using my complete name: Gregory Brundage)
* http://goldstonepencil.tripod.com/koreanfashion
MARTIAL ARTS 武术
I started Judo training at age 12, then Taekowndo, several styles of Karate, several styles of Chinese Wushu, Kendo, Fencing, Archery and other martial arts. I fought in more than 300 martial art tournaments in the 1970s and 1980s, winning among other things a Gold Medal in Wisconsin Junior Olympics in Judo 1973, earned 2nd Dan rank in Kempo Goju Karate (1981, Milwaukee) and 2nd Dan rank Taekwondo (2004, South Korea). These days I train at whatever Martial Art schools I happen to visit along the Silk Roads and east Africa.
JOURNALISM 新闻记者
I started professional writing in 1980 working for the American Geographical Society. Specifically I wrote book reviews. In the mid-eighties I started writing freelance stories for an African American newspaper - The Milwaukee Community Journal. Soon after I started working there as a full-time reporter. In 1992 I moved to Malaysia and worked as a freelance journalist publishing mainly in New Straits Times and the Sunday Star, as well as several magazines. During those years I traveled around South Asia extensively. Returning to the U.S. in 1996 I worked for Child Protective Services and two law firms, and then moved to South Korea (2001) where I worked as a teacher, though I continued freelance writing as a hobby focusing on martial arts related stories and a few interviews with foreign ambassadors. I had my high school students there do most of the interviews. In 2009 I moved to Beijing.
韩国 Freelance feature writer 记者
The Korea Times newspaper 时报
May 4, 2002 Thoughts of the Times (Ed. Op.)
Bullies, big and little
Sept. 25, 2005 Thoughts of the Times (Ed/Op)
Should Korea make one day a week English day?
DIPLOMACY
July 31, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使比利时
Korea and Belgium have more in common than meets the eye - Interview with
Ambassador Koenraad Rouvroy
August 7, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使
Italy, Korea Share Common Passions - Interview with Ambassador Franchesco Raussi
August 14, 2003
Embassy Row 采访大使
Building Human Bridges Across Pacific Interview with Ambassador David Taylor
The Korea Herald newspaper 时报 记者
July 4, 2007 EFL teachers report 'moderate' stress in Jeonju survey
Black Belt Magazine (USA) 武术 杂志
Feb. 2006 Hwarang History (Vol. 44 No. 2, 42)
May 2010 Buddhist Martial Art of South Korea
(Vol. 48 No. 3, 86-89)
Taekwando Times Magazine (USA) 跆拳道 杂志
March 2007 Zen & Sunmudo; Martial Art Training at Golgulsa Temple (Vol. 27, No. 2, 20)
May 2008 Kuk-gung - Korean Traditional Archery 射箭 (Special Korean culture issue)
Vol. 28, N. 3 Issue number 163 pp. 36-38
August 17, 2008 Two Historical Events at the 10th World Taekwondo Festival & Korea Classic Open, July 1 – 6
http://www.taekwondotimes.com/index.php?PAGE_ID=436
November, 2008 Korea’s MMA is Spirit MC
Vol. 28 (6) pp. 58-61
May, 2009 Buncheong Pottery
Vol. 29, (3) pp. 41-44
May, 2010 Taekwondo Scene in Beijing pp. 78-81
Kendo World (Japan) 剑道杂志 (日本)
June, 2007 Living Your Art - An Interview with Park Yong Chon- Korean Sword Master 韩国剑道 师傅
(Vol. 3.4)
Conference Proceedings of the Korean Sociolinguistics Publication and Cognitive Linguistics Society
April 14, 2007 Conference 语言学
Self Reported Courage and Modesty as Predictors of English Language Phonemic Ability in
South Korean University Students
November, 2008
http://www.eric.ed.gov ED502354
EFL Foreign Teacher Stress in Korea: Causes and Coping Mechanisms 心理学
Other countries
One of my interests is world peace, though I know this sounds like a joke to a lot of people (people who've never been in a war). To learn more about international diplomacy I've published series of interviews with Ambassadors in different countries, and many other kinds of stories:
MALAYSIA
‘92-‘95: * New Straits Times (Malaysia) Stringer and freelance reporter
+ Four part Child Abuse Prevention series (July – Aug. 1992)
+ Kashmir war series (January 1994)
+ Interviews with Afghan refugees (January 1994)
* Sunday Star (Malaysia) Freelance reporter
+ Interviews with foreign Ambassadors to
Malaysia (May – December 1994)
DIPLOMACY
Ambassador at Large Series – Sunday Star Newspaper, Malaysia
大使
05/30/93 Ambassador of Pakistan 巴基斯坦
05/23/93 Ambassador of Britain 联合王国
06/06/93 Ambassador of Finland 芬兰
06/27/93 Ambassador of Brazil 巴西
06/20/93 Ambassador of Palestine 巴勒斯坦
07/04/93 Ambassador of Romania 罗马尼亚
07/11/93 Ambassador of Denmark 丹麦
07/18/93 Ambassador of Kuwait 科威特
07/25/93 Ambassador of Sudan 苏丹
08/01/93 Ambassador of India 印度
09/26/93 Ambassador of Argentina 阿根廷
10/17/93 Ambassador of Thailand 泰国
01/09/94 Ambassador of Mexico 墨西哥
- and others, for example, I clearly remember interviewing the Ambassador of Papua New Guinea and more, but I travel too much and haven't been able to keep perfect records...
One of my interests is world peace, though I know this sounds like a joke to a lot of people (people who've never been in a war). To learn more about international diplomacy I've published series of interviews with Ambassadors in different countries, and many other kinds of stories:
MALAYSIA
‘92-‘95: * New Straits Times (Malaysia) Stringer and freelance reporter
+ Four part Child Abuse Prevention series (July – Aug. 1992)
+ Kashmir war series (January 1994)
+ Interviews with Afghan refugees (January 1994)
* Sunday Star (Malaysia) Freelance reporter
+ Interviews with foreign Ambassadors to
Malaysia (May – December 1994)
DIPLOMACY
Ambassador at Large Series – Sunday Star Newspaper, Malaysia
大使
05/30/93 Ambassador of Pakistan 巴基斯坦
05/23/93 Ambassador of Britain 联合王国
06/06/93 Ambassador of Finland 芬兰
06/27/93 Ambassador of Brazil 巴西
06/20/93 Ambassador of Palestine 巴勒斯坦
07/04/93 Ambassador of Romania 罗马尼亚
07/11/93 Ambassador of Denmark 丹麦
07/18/93 Ambassador of Kuwait 科威特
07/25/93 Ambassador of Sudan 苏丹
08/01/93 Ambassador of India 印度
09/26/93 Ambassador of Argentina 阿根廷
10/17/93 Ambassador of Thailand 泰国
01/09/94 Ambassador of Mexico 墨西哥
- and others, for example, I clearly remember interviewing the Ambassador of Papua New Guinea and more, but I travel too much and haven't been able to keep perfect records...
FRIENDS HERE AND THERE:
I often say "a place is just a place, it's friends that make it special." Below are some photos from here and there.
I often say "a place is just a place, it's friends that make it special." Below are some photos from here and there.
SOUTH KOREA
Some of my Taekwondo buddies in South Korea. The guy on the far left is named Sun Tzu and I had a lot of fun sparring with him.
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Kumdo (Korean language for Kendo)
Kendo Master Park Yong Chung and I in South Korea. He's a real 8th Dan, great teacher and great guy. He didn't even let me pay for classes, so great is his love for the art.
Korean traditional archery
The archery scene in South Korea was relaxed and enjoyable, and the people were always open and easy going. I regularly went to several clubs and participated in many competitions. It was all good.
MMA training in Korea
That's me on the left - sparring with a really excellent boxer.
Working making a sword the traditional way with Master DoKumJang in South Korea
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Having a bad hair day back in 2005
Me on the right at Golgulsa Zen martial art Buddhist Temple in South Korea
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In BEIJING...
Me with the ITF Taekowndo Club at Beijing University. Great style, great teacher, great club, great workouts, great fun.
BJJ a few years ago
Me with the Beijing Jujitsu team when I first visited China in 2008
Be strong to last long...
Photo from a couple of years ago at my gym. Thanks to good buddy "Da Wang" ("Big Wang") there's some good kicking/punching bags and he's always around for good conversation and hard training. Da Wang is unquestionably one of the - best of the best - strength, and fitness trainers in the world. His Jujitsu ability is quickly becomming unstoppable too!
Baji Quan International Training Center in Mengcun Village, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province
That's me on the left and Wu Sheng Hui (Age 19) 10th generation BajiChuan on the right.
It was a rare opportunity and privilege to meet and work-out with these truly extraordinary, kind and friendly people.
Thanks to all!
Photo taken October 2nd, 2011
It was a rare opportunity and privilege to meet and work-out with these truly extraordinary, kind and friendly people.
Thanks to all!
Photo taken October 2nd, 2011
2011 Beijing International Youth Wushu Festival
October 13 to 18th, 2011
Left to right Li Yi Qin, writer G Brundage & Zhao Dan
Small WUSHU Class
While living in the U.S. I got my 1st and 2nd Dan at Sabir's Kempo-Goju Karate School. These days I teach a small club at my school in Beijing just for fun.
This pics were taken Thursday November 17th, 2011.
This pics were taken Thursday November 17th, 2011.
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Ancient history aside, my feeling is that you're only as good as your last workout. So, I train three or four times a week these days. Nothing annoys me more than guys who sit around brag about what they "used to do." That's pathetic. "Do it" as Nike advises, or "just shut up," is my philosophy. Never stop training!
Abbot Seol Jeog-Un of Golgulsa Buddhist Martial Art Temple and I in South Korea
Shaolin monk Shi Heng Gui and I at lake near Baitasi Branch Shaolin Temple in Jixian, February 2013
Shooting at Beijing Wushu tournament July 2013
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Sanda teacher from TaGuo Shaolin School and I in Lhasa, Tibet 2012
Interviewing American team at World Military TKD Tournament
Songshan Shaolin Temple Summer 2012
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Learning Taolu... Spring 2014 ... with Shi Yan Kong, Patient Shifu and friend
Stretching out at small Kung Fu class in Kabul, Feb. 2015
Young Master Mohammad Fahim, owner of the Fahim Wushu Club, District 17, Kabul Afghanistan, Feb. 2015
April 3, 2016 - Playing ping pong with Shaolin friend and apprentice near North Shaolin Monastery.
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JingWu Association, Shanghai
It was an honor to meet and work with these great individuals
That's me with the current greatest masters of North Shaolin Kung Fu in China: From Left to right Zhang Shuai, Li Kai Yuan, Zhang Feng Qi, Master Shang Mian Hui, Writer G. Brundage and Geng Zhi Yuan Photo taken September 2013
Special Hi to Ramil Allahverdiyev and all the good brothers from the super-champion Azerbaijan Sanda Team.
A great honor to meet with and interview Grandmaster Abdul Rahim Yosufi - "Rahim Kung Fu" in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 2015
That's me @ Wushu Federation Club of Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat, February 2016; In green is Master Yazmyrat Annamyradov
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Something to meditate on:
“And if two parties among the believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them both.” Quran 49.9 (可兰经)
"Narated By Um Kulthum bint Uqba: That she heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.'"Sahih Bukhari Volume 003, Book 049, Hadith Number 857.
"Narated By Um Kulthum bint Uqba: That she heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.'"Sahih Bukhari Volume 003, Book 049, Hadith Number 857.
- If every one in the world will love universally; states not attacking one another; houses not disturbing one another; thieves and robbers becoming extinct; emperor and ministers, fathers and sons, all being affectionate and filial -- if all this comes to pass the world will be orderly. Therefore, how can the wise man who has charge of governing the empire fail to restrain hate and encourage love? So, when there is universal love in the world it will be orderly, and when there is mutual hate in the world it will be disorderly. Philosophy of Mozi 墨子 - Book 4; Universal Love I (470 BC – c. 391 BC)
- Simultaneously I gotta admit, nations and individuals that desire peace should prepare for war. Weakness invites disaster.
- So, Love Peace, and be Strong!