ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
샤오란 슈에 (ShaoLan Hsueh): 십이지신을 설명합니다.
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West. Full bio
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by your Chinese friend,
질문을 받아본 적 있나요?
있다고 생각하지 마세요.
60살임을 압니다.
of asking your age.
정중한 방식입니다.
you are also being evaluated.
평가도 받고 있는 것입니다.
about your fortune or misfortune,
일어날지 판단하죠.
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
마음 속으로 그려 볼 거예요.
in the Chinese zodiac.
믿지 않을지도 모르겠습니다.
is influenced by it,
그 영향을 받고 있으므로
해보는 것도 현명한 생각입니다.
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
12궁도를 떠올립니다.
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
여러분은 '토끼'입니다.
a very complicated theoretical framework
이론 체계를 세웠습니다.
and the 12 zodiac animals.
토대를 두고 있습니다.
people's major decisions,
결정을 내릴 때 영향을 주었습니다.
and attitude towards each other.
태도 같은 것들이죠.
are quite amazing.
매우 놀랍습니다.
get on better than the others.
더 잘 된다고 믿습니다.
to give birth to babies,
고르는 부모들도 있죠.
by the right combination of animals
준다고 믿기 때문이죠.
when entering into romantic relations.
띠를 참고합니다.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
호랑이, 양, 토끼와 해야 합니다.
are natural enemies.
상극이라고 믿습니다.
to be careful with a Snake.
조심할 필요가 있습니다.
손들어 보세요.
are luckier than the others,
행운이 따른다고 믿기도 합니다.
for power, strength and wealth.
힘과 부의 상징입니다.
to have a Dragon baby.
모든 이들의 꿈입니다.
must have been very proud.
무척 자랑스러웠을 것입니다.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
더 태어났다는 거죠.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
120대 100이었습니다.
competition in love and job markets.
경쟁을 맞게 될 것입니다.
government's press release,
of Cesarean sections.
정점에 달했습니다.
for the Year of the Horse.
좋아해서가 아니라
having unlucky Goat babies.
낳지 않으려 하기 때문입니다.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
zodiac in reverse,
할 것 같습니다.
will face much less competition.
훨씬 더 경쟁이 적을 것입니다.
top 300 richest people in the world,
300명을 살펴 보았습니다.
the Goat and Tiger,
양과 호랑이가
to have less competition.
their investment decisions
of the zodiac sign
in making major decisions
띠를 사용하는 추세는
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
내전을 견뎌내느라고요.
have the time, wealth and technology
시간, 부, 기술을 갖게 되었습니다.
they've always wanted.
만들어낼 수 있게 되었죠.
made by 1.3 billion people
and demand on everything,
수요가 변동합니다.
to property and consumer goods.
소비 제품에 이르기까지 말이죠.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
매우 중요한 역할을 하고 있습니다.
and other Chinese traditions
중국의 여러 전통은
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
창의적이고, 짖궂습니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneurShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.
Why you should listen
ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.
In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.
ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.
Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language.
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com