It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, Tian was another reverent term to address the supreme god: Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors (Great Declaration I in the Book of History)...

They found the sites of extinct geysers.

In undertaking such a task, I realise that I am venturing into uncharted waters, or at least waters for which only charts of the ‘here be dragons’ variety exist.

The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.