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28 Apr 2009 1844H

Doing no harm

Interestingly — I may have said this on another blog — “do no harm” appears nowhere in the Hippocratic Oath. It is believed that the words stem from the Epidemics of Hippocrates:
“The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future - must mediate these things, and have two [...]

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19 Apr 2009 0724H

from “Beijing Modern”

‘‘Too often contemporary Chinese art is rooted in Western traditions,’’ he says. ‘‘Even my education was Western.’’ (Shao’s parents, acclaimed painters, began giving him painting lessons when he was 3.) ‘‘True contemporary Chinese art must evolve from Chinese traditions,’’ he says. ‘‘It must have a Chinese soul.’’
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