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Mark Zhang is 10% done with Chronicles of the First Crusade (Penguin Classics)
Crusade! A word that evokes such a mixture of feelings from wonder to antipathy and horror. There’s a certain sense of adventurism at the frontiers of different cultures which makes the Outremer so unique.

In 1095 at the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II will famously declare the start of an armed pilgrimage to reclaim the Holy Lands. Thus begins the Chronicles of the First Crusade.
Jul 19, 2023 10:47PM 1 comment
Chronicles of the First Crusade (Penguin Classics)

Mark Zhang
Mark Zhang is 50% done with Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Serve your lord with absolute zeal - to the death without flinching (synopsis of Book 1)

Very very metal philosophy
Jul 19, 2023 02:31PM Add a comment
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Mark Zhang
Mark Zhang is 25% done with Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Wow what an interesting worldview. Edo Bakufu philosophy “Hagakure” strikes like a boomer complaining about the changing of times, lost in a zeitgeist of the golden ages.

“The Way of the Warrior is to be found in dying.” Comes off as awfully stoic as well - although rapidly dials up to death cult mentality.

Definitely recommend!
Jul 04, 2023 06:30PM Add a comment
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

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