Filial piety developed from Confucianism‚ it is an elements that affects Chinese culture and tradition. Filial piety also established a family system‚ which has influences on most Chinese families. Because from the cultural concept‚ most families has the social value for each family numbers‚ such as‚ man should be the center of the family‚ the children of the family should be always obey their parents. Women’s social status and family status was lower than men‚ because from the Confucianism ideology
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answered in Confucian writings‚ these scholars also believed that through Buddha you would find happiness and love.[1] (Doc #3) Zhi Dun a Buddhist Chinese scholar and confidant declared that at the end of one’s life‚ if they had followed the teaching of Buddhism‚ they will reach total enlightenment or “Nirvana”. All of these scholars believed that Buddhism held the key to end suffering. In order to support the positive opinions of Buddhism‚ historians would need the diary of an elite Confucian woman
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Geert Hofstede was born in 1928 in the Netherlands. He had an interesting life pretty much filled with cultural shocks. Around his twentieth birthday‚ he decided to leave his native Netherlands and go to explore other places in the world. He went to do an internship as an assistant ship’s engineer in Indonesia; this was his first time out of the country and it proved to be his first cultural shock. Being immersed in a completely different culture‚ he was keen to observe and compare the cultural differences
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the immortal stories‚ there are many gods who were greatest educator or philosophers as well. Such as the founder of the theory of Taoism‚ Lao Zi‚ he is the highest-level god in the religion. Moreover‚ great educators and historical people like Confucian and Mencius or the hero Yue Fei or Guan Gong‚ they are also the gods in the religion. Taoists are seeking immortality. From the foundation of Taoism in 2 AD‚ Taoists have been seeking the best way to longer their lives. Taoists don’t care about
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South Korea is unprecedented in its rapid growth in Christianity in the last century. After major introduction in the late 19th century‚ Christianity has grown from being 1.7 percent of the population in 1914 to 27.6 percent in 2016; growth being especially notable after the Korean War. Protestant worshipers are particularly prominent in South Korea‚ making it the country with the highest percentage of population identifying as Protestant in Asia. This leaves South Korea with the unique position
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The Han Empire was one of the strongest classical empires. It prevailed long before many others have fallen. The Han has achieved many things but for many reasons did not last. “all great things must come to an end”‚ and for the Han being such a great empire its reasons were lack of leadership‚ rebellions or civil wars‚ unstable religion‚ and being unable to protect themselves from outsiders. It started when emperors Zhao‚ Xuan‚ and Yuan started to lose their powers in state affairs. [travelchinaguide
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Chinese Confucian art spread west on the Silk Road‚ south down to southern China and then onto Southeast Asia‚ and east through northern China on to Japan and Korea. Notable elements of this art are the calligraphy of Confucian writings and thoughts‚ often contained within Confucian temples and schools‚ as well as ceramics and pottery related to Confucian religious and educational practices. The famous Chinese poet Du Fu from the
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governments be similar? We start off with the idea of Wu Wei in both religions‚ especially in government. From the Confucian Analects‚ we recall a common passage: The Master said‚ "Is Shun not an example of someone who ruled by means of Wu Wei? What did he do? He made himself reverent and took his proper [ritual] position facing south‚ that is all." (Passage 15.5 in the Confucian Analects)3 Confucians put a great deal of importance on the concept of Wu-Wei. A ruler‚ who is virtuous‚ has only to face
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Sui. Emperors like Wen Di supported Buddhism by building temples but kept Confucianism alive by the examination system. Wen Di created schools that were learning centers of the Confucian classics and examinations based on these classics screened men for government positions. Thus the government was still run by Confucian scholars. Daoism‚ also a popular religion before the arrival of the Sui‚ had consistent followers but did not prosper like Buddhism due to lack of government endorsement. During
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The Daoism and the Confucianism in Han Dynasty Yang Yu History 135: Imperial Chinese History Professor: Robert J. Culp Paper I March 4th‚ 2011 The Daoism and the Confucianism in Han Dynasty As the dominant philosophical school for around two thousand years in Chinese imperial history‚ Confucianism is always regarded as the most representative ideology of China‚ associated with numerous books‚ poems‚ artworks and stories that glorify Confucianism’s permeation into every corner of Chinese
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