{"id":2009,"date":"2019-01-04T06:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:16:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:16:24","slug":"a-nice-note-from-sergeant-zuo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/04\/a-nice-note-from-sergeant-zuo\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice note from Sergeant Zuo&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a nice surprise this morning&#8230;a nice note (complete with great photos) from Sergeant Zuo, our ride leader on the 2016 RX3 adventure ride across China.\u00a0 Zuo and I became friends immediately on that trip.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a retired Chinese Army senior NCO, and I was a lieutenant many years ago in the US Army. \u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the note from Zuo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u8205\uff1a<br \/>\n\u8bf7\u539f\u8c05\u6211\u7ed9\u60a8\u8fdf\u5230\u7684\u95ee\u5019\uff1a\u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<br \/>\n\u53bb\u5e7412\u670831\u65e5\u6211\u4eec\u7518\u8083\u8d5b\u79d1\u9f99\u4ff1\u4e50\u90e8\u641e\u5e74\u4f1a\u6bd4\u8f83\u5fd9\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u53ca\u65f6\u60f3\u60a8\u65b0\u5e74\u7684\u795d\u798f\uff0c\u5b9e\u5728\u62b1\u6b49\u3002<br \/>\n\u770b\u60a8\u548c\u4e8c\u8205\u641e\u7684\u8bba\u575b\u662f\u6211\u6700\u5927\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e50\u8da3\uff0c\u80fd\u4ece\u60a8\u7684\u6587\u7ae0\u91cc\u770b\u5230\u4f60\u662f\u6211\u6700\u9ad8\u5174\u7684\u4e8b\u60c5\u3002\u6211\u53ef\u4ee5\u501f\u52a9\u7ffb\u8bd1\u8f6f\u4ef6\u8bfb\u61c2\u60a8\u7684\u6587\u7ae0\u3002<br \/>\n\u60a8\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u90a3\u6bb5\u65f6\u95f4\u6211\u4eec\u5efa\u7acb\u8d77\u6765\u7684\u611f\u60c5\u4e0d\u4f1a\u56e0\u4e3a\u5c71\u9ad8\u8def\u8fdc\u800c\u524a\u5f31\uff0c\u90a3\u4e9b\u70b9\u70b9\u6ef4\u6ef4\u662f\u6211\u4e00\u8f88\u5b50\u503c\u5f97\u73cd\u60dc\u7684\u3002\u597d\u51e0\u6b21\u5728\u68a6\u91cc\u90fd\u56de\u5230\u4e86\u6211\u4eec\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\u9a91\u884c\u7684\u65e5\u5b50\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e5f\u8bb8\u5c31\u662f\u4eba\u4eec\u5e38\u8bf4\u7684\u201c\u795e\u4ea4\u201d\u5427\u3002<br \/>\n2018\u5e745\u6708\u4efd\u6211\u548c\u4ff1\u4e50\u90e8\u7684\u51e0\u4e2a\u8f66\u53cb\u53c2\u52a0\u4e86\u5b97\u7533\u5728\u65b0\u7586\u641e\u7684\u201c\u9f99\u884c\u73af\u5854\u6d3b\u52a8\u201d\u2014\u2014\u5b97\u7533\u8f66\u961f\u53c2\u52a0\u4e2d\u56fd\u73af\u5854\u62c9\u529b\u8d5b\u9080\u8bf7\u6211\u4eecRX3\u8f66\u4e3b\u53bb\u505a\u4eb2\u53cb\u56e2\uff0c\u4e4b\u540e\u5c31\u4e00\u76f4\u4e0a\u73ed\uff0c\u5728\u6ca1\u6709\u5927\u7684\u9a91\u884c\u6d3b\u52a8\u3002<br \/>\n\u6700\u540e\u795d\u60a8\u548c\u7231\u4eba\u8eab\u4f53\u5065\u5eb7\u3002<br \/>\n\u9001\u60a8\u51e0\u5f20\u4eca\u5e74\u9a91\u884c\u7684\u7167\u7247\u3002<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014 \u5de6\u632f\u4e49 2019\u5e741\u67083\u65e5\u4e8e\u4e2d\u56fd\u5170\u5dde<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13826\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49196493_10156070504536801_1491993298426920960_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49196493_10156070504536801_1491993298426920960_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49196493_10156070504536801_1491993298426920960_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13827\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49811014_10156070504756801_7120684816147677184_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49811014_10156070504756801_7120684816147677184_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/49811014_10156070504756801_7120684816147677184_n-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13828\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50072411_10156070504556801_2317403343187607552_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50072411_10156070504556801_2317403343187607552_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50072411_10156070504556801_2317403343187607552_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In first photo above, Zuo is the guy on the left. \u00a0 What&#8217;s that?\u00a0 You don&#8217;t speak Chinese? \u00a0 Okay, here you go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dajiu:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Please forgive me for your late greetings: Happy New Year!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>On December 31 last year, our Gansu Secco Club was busy with the annual meeting. I didn\u2019t send your New Year\u2019s greetings in time. I am really sorry.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It is my greatest pleasure to see the forums you and that the two of you are engaged in it. It is my happiest thing to see you from your article. I can read your article with translation software.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The feelings we built up during the time in China will not be weakened by the high mountains and high roads. Those bits and pieces are worth cherishing for my whole life. On several occasions, I returned to the days when we were riding together in our dreams. This may be what people often say about &#8220;God Exchange.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In May 2018, I and several club riders of the club participated in the &#8220;Dragon Line Ring Tower&#8221; held by Zongshen in Xinjiang. Zongshen Racing Team participated in the China Ring Rally and invited our RX3 owners and their\u00a0 friends and relatives. It is a big cycling activity.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Finally, I wish you and your friend good health.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Send you a few photos of this year&#8217;s ride.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014\u2014 Zuo Zhenyi January 3, 2019 in Lanzhou, China<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know,<em> Dajiu<\/em> is my Chinese name, bestowed upon me by the Chinese riders during our 5,000-mile Western America Adventure Ride.\u00a0 It means Big Uncle.\u00a0 Gresh and I were both on that ride; his similarly-bestowed Chinese name is <em>Arjiu<\/em>, or Little Uncle.\u00a0 You can read all about that, and more, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Riding-China-Joe-Berk\/dp\/1537414895\/\"><em>Riding China<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 (You should buy several copies.\u00a0 They make great gifts.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Riding-China-Joe-Berk\/dp\/1537414895\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/images\/Books\/RidingChinaCover650W&amp;D.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zuo, my friend, it&#8217;s always great to hear from you.\u00a0 Ride safe. \u00a0 When you&#8217;re ready to visit the US, we&#8217;ll have a cold beer and a warm welcome waiting for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a nice surprise this morning&#8230;a nice note (complete with great photos) from Sergeant Zuo, our ride leader on the 2016 RX3 adventure ride across China.\u00a0 Zuo and I became friends immediately on that trip.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a retired Chinese Army senior NCO, and I was a lieutenant many years ago in the US Army. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/04\/a-nice-note-from-sergeant-zuo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A nice note from Sergeant Zuo&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,96,89,369],"tags":[162,480,479],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-feel-good-stuff","category-motorcycle-adventure-ride","category-zongshen","tag-china","tag-western-america-adventure-ride","tag-zuo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13830,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions\/13830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}