Master Hsueh T’ai-lai (sheh tie-lie)
Taoist monk
IMAGE SOURCE: Steven R Johnson. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. | QUOTE SOURCE: Bill Porter. Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. Mercury House. 1993.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “In the main shrine hall I met Master Hsueh T’ai-Lai. He was 70 years old and had been living at the summit for 45 years, ever since he became a monk at age 22.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What helps you to reduce your desires and quiet your mind?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Master Hsueh; forty five years on Huashan summit.
IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you stand to be seen as your true self?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and the photo are both from a book made by non-Chinese about Chinese hermits.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide with whom to collaborate in sharing your peoples’ stories?
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