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 video link: The original book’s PDF: https://manc.hu/zh/tools/reader/text/4483/00-gabtan-i-jorin   Manchu Modern Chinese (translated based on Manchu) English (translated based on Manchu) gvnin be unenggi oburengge, 使心意变真诚， Make one’s intentions sincere gvnin serengge mujilen ci tucikengge,  心意是从内心出来的， Intentions come from the heart. unenggi serengge juwederakv suwaliyaganjarakv sere gisun,  真诚是不三心二意、不混杂的言语， Sincerity means being free from double-mindedness and mixed words. gabtara nergin de,  射箭的时候， When shooting an arrow, damu goibuki sere gvnin be tebume,  只要存在想要射中的心意， As long as there is the intention to hit the target, ereci tulgiyen heni heturi suwaliyata akv ohode,  同时此外如果没有一点旁出的混杂的事情的话， and if there is nothing else mixed in or distracting from it, mujilen hing seme emu ofi,  那么内心才是纯一的， then the heart is truly pure and unified. unenggi yargiyan dolo fihefi, 然后将诚恳填充进去， Then, fill it with sincerity. canjurara gocishvdara arbun tule tuyembumb...

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Video link: Intro Sometimes, reading maps can be a really interesting experience, because we often discover surprising things that we might not have noticed before. Take this building, for example—I found it quite unexpected. When I started trying to figure out what it was, I realised it was really worth sharing. So, in this short video, let’s talk about this building in old Shanghai. Greater Shanghai Plan The story starts from a city plan. The Greater Shanghai Plan was a new urban development initiative launched in 1929. The reason why the government at the time decided to move forward with this project was likely because the old government offices were located quite far from the downtown area, which in the 1920s centered around the foreign concessions. In addition, the traditional Chinese district—also known as the Old City of Shanghai—was not large enough and had become increasingly overcrowded. To address this, the government aimed to select a new area as an expansion zone for the ...

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 video link: Intro 6 months ago we talked about a traditional and old snap lock gun in Asia. Why in the intro part I want to mention this point? Because the guns in today’s topic are very close to it in relationships and we will be using many of the knowledge points we mentioned before.  Compared with the other guns that we talked about before, another special part is how I found the old guns. They are not the collections on the web pages of museums and auction houses but they are from an old goods online group. This Online Group First of all, let’s talk about what is this online group? Actually it’s not mysterious at all. It’s just a common group on Facebook and its group name is very clear as well, BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE ANTIQUES. At the same time since this is a public group, now there are more than 16,000 members. Although today we talk about the antique firearms in this group, we should know that this is indeed a very common Facebook group for antiques exchanging. Plus, as w...