Welcome!

Thank you for your patience and support! Please read the information on this page carefully!

I know some of you have waited patiently for well over a year to continue our joint studies in reading the Chinese medicine classics at this advanced level. I am so grateful for your patience, continued interest, gentle coaxing, and commitment to this task as a process of life-long learning for all of us. Let’s get to work already! While I get to create the workbook for our first term now, you will have to wait, for now. BUT I am offering a review session on August 24 on 虛詞 “empty particles” to keep us engaged and studying, so mark your calendars for that. AND you get the discussion forum to post any questions or possibly even read some texts with each other….

Important things:

1. Dates: Fall term (8/24 review, 10/5, 10/26, 11/30): Suwen 1-3. Winter term (1/25, 2/22, 3/28): Nanjing. Spring term (5/2, 5/23, 6/27): Most likely formulary literature on attuning the blood.

2. Check your email inbox for an automated invitation and the log-in details to access our KARTRA membership site. I am sure you remember. As an active Peach Blossom Spring member, you also have access to my ongoing Mentorship on Reading the Chinese Medicine Classics, hosted on the same platform. Please jump in to participate in the weekly challenges.

3. Discussion forum: Look out for a separate email from me with instructions on how to join our special Peach Blossom Spring Collective discussion forum. Those of you who took the Medical Medley this spring will be familiar with how it works already. For everybody else, Eric Grey has once again graciously offered to host us on his Whole Life Practitioner online community. READ MORE HERE and consider joining that as well. But most importantly, check out our discussion forum and make sure it is working for you. This is where you will post questions on homework, share comments and suggestions on anything “peachy,” and READ MY ANSWERS. This is an essential tool in helping you prepare for our working sessions!

4. Four suggestions for getting ready and reviewing:

   1. If you missed our text readings for the past three months, I highly recommend reviewing them as an excellent chance to get back in the groove. We studied Suwen 4 in the illustrious company of Allen Tsaur and Oxford professor Elisabeth Hsu. Get out your Neijing, draft your own translation, and then watch the videos.

   2. Join the discussion forum and post any sample translations you feel like sharing. I personally think Laozi would be an excellent choice for the summer.

   3. Go back over the Triple Crown material and post any questions in the discussion forum.

   4. Join us on August 24 for the review on 所 and 者 and 也. And to get ready for that, open up your personal favorite text (in Chinese!) and find some examples with these particles. Share them, and your proposed translations, in the discussion forum.

If you have any questions, always feel free to contact me, either through the contact link at the bottom of the HOME page or by clicking the envelope symbol in the side bar on the left, under the picture of me. Or just email me to info@imperialtutor.com.