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  • Often such passages will contrast the goal of the Noble Person with that of the way people too often act in the world, the latter captured in the term hsiao jen, petty person.

    Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: 'Tis The Season -- With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011

  • Often such passages will contrast the goal of the Noble Person with that of the way people too often act in the world, the latter captured in the term hsiao jen, petty person.

    Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: 'Tis The Season -- With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011

  • That term is hsiao, what we translate as filial piety.

    Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: 'Family Values' -- Confucian Style Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011

  • Filial piety, hsiao, is the quintessential family value.

    Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: 'Family Values' -- Confucian Style Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011

  • Around the turn of this century, an enterprising Japanese named Koga brought in scores of seasonal workers, food and supplies each year to develop Tiao-yu, Huang wei and Nan-hsiao the three Senkaku islands-- MT.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Michael Turton 2008

  • Taipei resident Yuan-hsiao Yen says that when she cooks the dish, she likes to end with a good bit of sauce left in the pan, for mixing with rice.

    The Dish: Three-Cup Chicken 2008

  • Hsieh hsieh ni, Clement Street de hsiao long bao, duo bao zhong!

    Cupcake Rachel Cohn 2007

  • Hsieh hsieh ni, Clement Street de hsiao long bao, duo bao zhong!

    Cupcake Rachel Cohn 2007

  • "We received a tip-off that Kaohsiung County Council Speaker Hsu Fu-sen (許福森), who is seeking re-election, was involved in vote-buying and we investigated the matter," Kaohsiung District Prosecutors' Office Spokesman Chung Chung-hsiao (鍾忠孝) said yesterday.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Michael Turton 2006

  • Several of us objected that hun meant to idle, to goof off, but Jeff said that they hun like the hsiao hun hun, the local hustlers.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Michael Turton 2006

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