The Chinese teachings
The Plum of the Tree
The eastern blossom on the tree, the plum that opens in winter — the zodiac, the five elements, the Book of Changes, the asking-arts, feng shui and tea.
The Plum of the Tree
The plum opens on a bare branch in the cold, and a whole way of reading the moment opens with it.
02Twelve Ways to Cross the Same Cold Water
The twelve animals, the Great Race that set their order, and the sixty-year cycle that names your year.
03Five Ways the Year Turns
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and the two cycles that move between them.
04The Book of Moving Water
How the oldest book of changes reads a moment by stacking lines, and why nothing it shows you is fixed.
05The Asking-Arts of Old China
A family of small rituals from China for putting one clear question to the world and reading how it answers.
06The Room Breathes, The Leaf Wakes
Two slow Chinese arts, feng shui and the way of tea, taught as one practice: paying close attention to where you live and what you drink.
Going deeper