林道彧

Thanks for the warm welcome, both of you! 松兄弟； 能在这里认识你算是我三生有幸！看来你的中文已经很不错了！ 你能在短短两年时间内达到如此高的水平是很不容易。 我已经离开杭州了，我现在在英国伦敦。 你在中国读书，还是工作？你要记得，、珍惜每一分钟，因为中国实在是美丽无比。 我很羡慕你！ Anyway, yes, we could do some Chinese classes, exchange Chinese texts/links or something. The Chinese video sharing website tudou.com has a whole load of interesting martial arts/taoist videos - and a lot more authentic than some of the stuff that crops up on youtube, that's for sure.

Hello everybody. I'm a student of fulu Taosim (符箓派), having studied for a time at the Baopu Daoguan in Hangzhou, China. As such I know a little about Ge Hong, Taoist incantations, fu (Taoist 'characters' imbued with magic), and such like. I'm also a practitioner of Chen style Taiji sword (I have a neat peachwood sword!); and have done some research into the Yijing. It took me about five years, but I now read, write and speak fluent Chinese - something which is absolutely necessary to my study of Taoism. If anyone has any questions about something in Chinese, or wants my help translating something, I'd be happy to help. I have a quite extensive library of Chinese books on Taoism (but not the Daozang, ha); with some interesting manuals on Taoist hand gestures and various fu. I'm looking forward to some interesting discussions! Regards, Duncan (Lin Daoyu)