With a bow in hand, what's so scary about a fiery sun? Hou Yi shot nine of them out of the sky with his unerring arrows, didn't he?
This is only a little stone, about the size of an egg. The special thing about it is, there's another little "egg inside the egg." By drawing a picture of the legendary archer Hou Yi on the stone, I've turned this little egg into a big, blazing sun. As for the cliffs and hills, well, use your imagination.
When I think about Hou Yi's magnificent feat of shooting down nine suns, I have to say, this was one amazing guy!
Statesmanship Needed for Cross-Strait Peace
Amidst mounting tension in cross-strait relations of late, I read with much anxiety your interview about "Strategic Thinking and Cross-Strait Relations" in the August issue of Sinorama. My perplexities are: (1) What happens to the principle of "Chinese not attacking fellow Chinese" now? (2) Who benefits most from the armsrace between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait? Would it not be better if the huge expenditure on armaments were used on development and advancement of living standards for the people of the two sides? (3) In the most unfortunate event of a "misfire" in a prolonged military confrontation, an unprecedented calamity of self-destruction of the same race cannot possibly be avoided. How disastrous would it become for that country?
As a matter of fact, a reunified great China is undoubtedly the key to the renaissance of the Chinese race, and also the common aspiration of the Chinese people worldwide. It is hoped that the leaders of both sides of the strait can muster up their political wisdom to come up with an early solution of peaceful reunification, instead of military strategies that would hasten the outbreak of a civil war!
(Lau Tai Onn, Malaysia)
