I will be happy for you if somehow Dr. Pei can establish that you are related to him. There is a Chinese saying, " 500 years ago, we were all a family ".

Your surname Pei is not common, but it not that uncommon either. There were many famous politicans, scholars named Pei in Chinese history. I am sure Dr. Pei can name a few to you. Many Cantonese Opera fans know about this surname because there is one famous opera 再 世 紅 梅 記 , the hero of the story is surnamed Pei. So you see, your family is very famous to us Cantonese.

I am not 100% sure I understand your request. I try it here anyway.

Love is 愛

Life is 生 命

Christie's and Sotheby's are two largest auctionhouses in the world. They put out beautifullyprinted catalogs of their autions. So far as Iam aware, they do not have web sites as yet. But intime...

As a matter of policy, I do not include materials fromcommercial art galleries and auction houses, or individualartists'. There are too many of them, and I, all bymyself, just cannot do justice to them. So I draw a line here - no commercials.

I do have links to public museums that have web sitesshowing Chinese paintings.

Christie remarks that Chinese paintings do not sell athigher prices as Islamic arts, and thinks that theChinese ought to be more "art-loving" to bring up theprice of Chinese art. He seems to imply that weought to bid up the price.

I understand his remarks, but do not agree with hissolutions.

If fewer Chinese are smuggled out of China, and mostare cared for in the local Chinese museums, I wouldbe much happier. (Incidentally, the prices overseasmay go up also.)Art should be enjoyed by the public, not a few richpeople. Museum is the solution. Sadly, the Chinesepeople do not support their museums as people in theWestern countries. We should work to change that.

Glad you are moving to the Norfolk area. I understandit is close to the Triangle area of three universities,where there are a lot of activities on Internet andChinese.

For people living outside China, there is no need touse the Chinese edition of Windows, which is expensive.

The standard (U.S.) edition of Microsoft Windows has thecapability to handle Chinese! It's just that the Chineselanguage fonts (as well as a lot of other language fonts)are not included in the box when you buy it. But youcan download it from Microsoft for free. Once added,your copy of Windows will read Chinese as well asEnglish.

I have very detailed explanation at China the Beautiful.Just look for it.

I am sure we all envy you with your cable modem!

Where did you get it, and how much do you pay per month?

I wrote the following replay a few days ago, but put awrong "Subject" on it. So I am re-posting it.

I shall be happy to assist you in your Deaf Education efforts.

I do not quite understand you comment about a "large paper." Will you clarify?

In my previous discussion here, I pointed out that the Chinese painters are often poets,and poets painters. One often see paintings with inscribed poetry in them.

So your idea of "seeing" a poem is certanly quite harmonious with Chinese poets.

There is large collection of Chinese poems in this website. Click on the "poetry" button onthe homepage will bring you to them. I have even provided sound tracks for a few of thepoems, so you can play and hear the readings of poems as well.

I am not too sure about your comment that the materials on the internet is "in the air."With a printer, every page can be printed out, you know.Keep up posted with your work progress. If you need help, I am sure that there are manyof us here willing to lend a hand.

• The theory consists of three major priciples, which are minsun, minquanand minzhu. Because all
• three terms begins with "min", thus there are collectively referred toas "3 min" or "san min" priciples.
• In this context, yi is part of "zhuyi" which means "principle." Standingalone, yi means "honor" of
• course. The word "minzhu" is "democracy". But that is not the right interpretationhere.

Dear Ming, thank you - you are so right: I did the comment in a hurryand - having posted it noticed my mistake.
I will mend the graphic as soon as possible.
This is *Chinese* : The old word people 'min' in modern language cannotstand alone (renmin), yet in this context ('San Min') it doesn't referto 'people', but - as Prof. Pei pointed out - to the above mentioned terms (it's here one of the manyabbreviations in Chinese - like e.g. Zhong Da for Zhong-Shan Daxue/SunYat-sen University (Zhong-Shan 中山 being the japanese pseudonym of Dr.Sun).

The political theory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is "Sanmin Zhuyi",or "Three Peoples Principle", or "Three Min Principle."

The theory consists of three major priciples, whichare minsun, minquan and minzhu. Because all threeterms begins with "min", thus there are collectivelyreferred to as "3 min" or "san min" priciples.
In this context, yi is part of "zhuyi" which means"principle." Standing alone, yi means "honor" ofcourse.

The word "minzhu" is "democracy". But that is notthe right interpretation here.

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Luis, the character you are looking for is pronounced yi4 義 , as inthe sentence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen: "San minzhu yi". I put it right here foryou (the sentence is read from left to right).

The character yi4 is really goodlooking - I have been fascinated byit since my childhood.

Best wishes