One day in October 1942, Hongyi, the master monk who realized he was reaching the end of his life, wrote down his last words: beixin jiaoji (a mixture of sadness and relief). The twin brush arts of ...

It’s best to allow yourself one hour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, maybe a cup of coffee in the café, then another hour, maximum. If you stay too long you get a stomach ache from overseeing and a ...