Siddhārtha Gautama's student, the "Most Venerable Ānanda," came up with the first batch of Buddhist scriptures.

Among the different versions of the "Heart Sutra," by far the most popular one is the version by Xuan Zang.

In contrast to what was portrayed in the "Journey to the West," Master Xuan Zang's journey was, in fact, long and lonely.

The "Heart Sutra" is written in ancient language and contains passages that are difficult for the average reader to understand.

This video examines four famous characters from the "Heart Sutra": "Se Ji Shi Kong."

The "Heart Sutra" encourages one to embrace and adapt to change.

The "Heart Sutra" helps impart a Buddhist world outlook and methodology.

The "Heart Sutra" gives you the tools to face the challenges that life brings.

Which emperor could possibly restrain the "Eastern Heretic," Huang Yaoshi and "Western Venom," Ouyang Feng, as well as a host of other strange-looking fellows from the same era?

Song Huizong was the Chinese emperor with the best taste of them all.

Song Huizong had greater ambitions with his self-created font, "Slender Gold."

Song Huizong assigned very challenging subjects to his painters.

Song Huizong had an uncanny way of making the invisible visible.

The complexity underlying the simplicity of Song Huizong's art is especially evident in the Ru porcelain of his time.

We may not be able to live as extravagantly as the emperors before us, but we can still afford to live life with a bit of elegance.

Yao Chien is a famous lyricist in the Chinese music industry. This interview talks about his other hidden identity as a collector.

Collecting is hard. One must know how to pick out the classics that will last in order to be called a real "collector".

Sometimes you might need to give up what you love but then you can cherish it in another way.

Your collection can be anything that is meaningful to you.

The joy of collecting comes from when someone can resonate with you through his/her work.

Cherish everything that you encountered, because you might never see it again.

If something is meant to be, then what is yours is yours.

Art helps one to understand how other people feel.

Art comes in different forms, shapes, sizes and mediums. In this case, driftwood becomes a beautiful form of art.