I'm Fei Huang. This is where my essays, moments, and work live. New writing goes out on Substack first; a few come home here.
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Why We Read Kant
Kant stands as the most profound thinker I have ever encountered. His Groundwork of the Metaphysics...
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov
I recently listened to The Brothers Karamazov as an audiobook. Back in the day during the Zhengzhou...
Active Love: Grounded as a Mountain
Lately I have been pressing the idea of active love. But when it comes down to practice, how do we actually live it out? Many readers find the farming arc of *Vagabond* tedious, but the more I return to it, the more I am convinced it is the soul of the whole work...
Sublime Suffering
I often feel I am climbing a heavenly ladder. People tend to assume that the higher the intelligence, the better, but this is not so. Most high-IQ people live their whole lives tangled in misunderstanding and pain. Cheap happiness, or sublime suffering: which will you choose?...
Dumbledore's Woolen Socks
Every now and then I think of Dumbledore's woolen socks. When Harry asked Dumbledore what he saw in...
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