tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post4010499752277712223..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2005 Menghai Pengcheng "Yuanyexiang"Hobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-77478047921030632912012-12-04T00:26:20.960+00:002012-12-04T00:26:20.960+00:00This factory apparently just closed.This factory apparently just closed.shah8https://www.blogger.com/profile/04537529816304128000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-17768012134821074962009-07-02T09:50:05.140+01:002009-07-02T09:50:05.140+01:00A story about drowning in guano sounds very much i...A story about drowning in guano sounds very much in the spirit of Zhuangzi. :)<br /><br /><br />Toodlepip,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-76996907724594985862009-07-01T16:20:56.871+01:002009-07-01T16:20:56.871+01:00My professor in university translated lots of Chin...My professor in university translated lots of Chinese ghost stories and stories of the supernatural. <br /><br />One test, he had us translate a story of one author's speculation of what happens underneath the path of the Peng's magnificent flight. Suffice it to say, the great bird dropped a feather whose quill was wide enough to ride a horse through. It also dropped something a lot lessLaoChaGuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088458603246488712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-47463743210571652652009-07-01T15:02:49.744+01:002009-07-01T15:02:49.744+01:00Well, I won't try to clutter up this space fur...Well, I won't try to clutter up this space further, let's talk on email :)MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-81504640284330322362009-07-01T13:54:00.677+01:002009-07-01T13:54:00.677+01:00Just ignore that clause and read the rest of the a...Just ignore that clause and read the rest of the article, then ;)<br /><br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-27786922946875294502009-07-01T13:51:28.267+01:002009-07-01T13:51:28.267+01:00Thanks for the link. It's hard to find things...Thanks for the link. It's hard to find things sometimes on puerhshop.<br /><br />A lot can change for a tea in four years, so I'm just not sure if it's fair to say a tea is not as "clean and fresh" when you're comparing it with a tea that came off the mountain a few months ago.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-30425189437462970272009-07-01T06:32:24.682+01:002009-07-01T06:32:24.682+01:00...unless you're referring to my comparison wi......unless you're referring to my comparison with the 2009 Nadacha Bulang!<br /><br />This Pengcheng tea is just plain bad - empty and rough - and it is on that basis that I compare it with another cake (the 2009 Nadacha cake, in this case). This is cheap tea, made poorly, and strikes me as "filler" - while the Nadacha, even though from a different year, is a recent example in Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-5015113537914301702009-07-01T06:21:22.733+01:002009-07-01T06:21:22.733+01:00Dear MarshalN,
While the link lasts, the vendor...Dear MarshalN,<br /><br /> While the link lasts, the vendor page for the 2005 tea that I wrote about in this article may be found <a href="http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55_60&products_id=338" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />You mention a comparison with a 2009, but I don't see comparison anywhere in my article - neither 05-09 or 05-05. WhereforeHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-57580184038647737612009-07-01T05:15:08.089+01:002009-07-01T05:15:08.089+01:00I'm not saying, btw, that this tea might have ...I'm not saying, btw, that this tea might have been a lovely, wonderful, etc tea in 05. Rather, I'm just saying that an 05-05 comparison (or even an 05-06 comparison) might be a bit more equitable.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-88935198548975575892009-07-01T05:13:17.390+01:002009-07-01T05:13:17.390+01:00I don't seem to find the cake on the puerhshop...I don't seem to find the cake on the puerhshop website -- is it gone?<br /><br />Comparing anything 05 with an 09 tea is going to be an unfair comparison though -- an 05 tea will most likely have lost its initial fragrance and not having enough time to age -- it's that awkward phase of 4-5 years old tea that really is not very good for consumption.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-65185316373223972872009-06-30T07:06:05.212+01:002009-06-30T07:06:05.212+01:00JenB - Good spotting!
Good knowledge - thanks, Ji...JenB - Good spotting!<br /><br />Good knowledge - thanks, Jim!<br /><br />Zero - I recall Daoists of his era were all in favour of wine-and-the-moon, so I bet they were great company :)<br /><br /><br />Toodlepip,<br /><br />HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-50333335522815559662009-06-30T04:21:58.871+01:002009-06-30T04:21:58.871+01:00Hooray for the Zhuangzi, my favorite book ever!
...Hooray for the Zhuangzi, my favorite book ever! <br /><br />"A state in which 'this' and 'that' no longer find their opposites is called the hinge of the Way." <br /><br />I think I could hang out with that guy!Zero the Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514904802153982067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-73142809057985513022009-06-29T23:03:37.111+01:002009-06-29T23:03:37.111+01:00Hi, Hobbes;
A great review as always.
FYI, Pengc...Hi, Hobbes;<br /><br />A great review as always.<br /><br />FYI, Pengcheng Tea factory was considered as a spin-off, as it was operated by an ex-manager, Du and a few ex-key-employees of Menghai Tea Factory, like many small tea factories in the area, eg. 6FMT, Guoyang, Haiwan and etc.<br /><br />I agree none of these factories has the power to overturn mighty Menghai Tea Factory.PuerhShophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04895815002492463179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-8599974076739957092009-06-29T17:51:43.746+01:002009-06-29T17:51:43.746+01:00Molar conversion! Awesome.
*back to lurking*Molar conversion! Awesome.<br /><br />*back to lurking*JenBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838413937781714488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-5346446505749564722009-06-29T17:08:47.922+01:002009-06-29T17:08:47.922+01:00Paradoxically, the same book goes on to plot the n...Paradoxically, the same book goes on to plot the number of individual characters used in an increasingly large corpus of "daily" Chinese text.<br /><br />The curve is amazing: learn the most common 500 Chinese characters, and you have covered approx. 2/3rds of the corpus of "daily" text surveyed, leaving 1/3rd of the characters unknown. <br /><br />Learn the next-most common Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-31906368986687882632009-06-29T17:02:58.822+01:002009-06-29T17:02:58.822+01:00I guarantee that everyone who ever studied Chinese...I guarantee that everyone who ever studied Chinese in the history of the world for a period of at least one week knows more compounds than I do, for the record ;)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-23018251343919684112009-06-29T16:55:10.821+01:002009-06-29T16:55:10.821+01:00Ask not how many characters a person knows in Chin...<em>Ask not how many characters a person knows in Chinese, but how many compounds.</em><br /><br />Thanks, I needed that! And thanks also for alerting me to Peng Cheng - who knows, they may eventually amount to something...Lew Perinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843222191460729180noreply@blogger.com