About This Site
The Author
Name: Yibing Wu (???)
Birth Place: Beijing, China
Educations:
Beijing No. 4 Middle School (????)
China University of Science and Technology (??????)
University of Maryland, College Park
Career:
From 1993 - 2005: Software Engineer. Still run a consulting shop.
Sept. 2005 - Present: Graduate Student, International Studies. Henry M. Jackson School, University of Washington.
Here is a short essay from my school application.
… and a further simplied version.
Contact:
Mail: yibing.wu at gmail.com
Blog: http://www.wuyibing.com
The Title
The title derives from a Song poem:
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The author, Su Dong-Po (???), is my favorite poet and this poem, to me, is one of the most endearing.
I always admire Su’s wit, intelligence and sensibility. He stood out among his contemporaries for being a what we today would call “existentialist”. He constantly explored human emotions and sensibilities, but never dwelled on them. Instead, from his works, one finds a profound appreciation of “being alive”.
