He( Li)felt relatively free to dissect the tradition, to accept or reject its various parts, and to use what he accepted as he saw fit.

他比较自由地分解传统，以便接受其精华或扬弃其糟粕，并且采用他认为适合的东西。

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A question from Taiwan: Chung Li wants to know why his face turns red when he drinks alcohol.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

First, he persuaded Li to approve his classes and to provide the classrooms.

CNN: On-line in Yunnan

According to court documents in Miami, Wei admitted to agents after Li's arrest that he knew about Li's smuggling and had purchased rhinoceros carvings from Li that apparently had been smuggled from the United States.

WSJ: 3 charged in smuggling horns of endangered rhinos

Prof Andrew Graves, head of the University's School of Management, told Li he could resubmit the 12, 000-word essay, appeal against the mark or accept it and withdraw from the course.

BBC: Yang Li