林道彧

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)

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.