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{PDF EPUB} Five Lost Classics Tao Huang-Lao and Yin-Yang in Han China by Robin D.S
Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Five Lost Classics Tao Huang-lao and Yin-yang in Han China by Robin D.S. Yates Learn - Explore | Bibliographical notes for the Ma Wang Dui texts. Mawang Dui 馬王堆 - the Horse King Mound - is an archaeological site located in Changsha, China. It is the site of three tombs belonging to the first Marquis of Dai, his wife, and a male who is believed to be their son. The site was excavated from 1972 to 1974. Most of the artifacts from Mawangdui are displayed at the Hunan Provincial Museum. This discovery was monumental, one of the most significant of the 20th century and has changed our view of the history of medicine and Daoism in China. The tomb contained various medical texts, including depictions of qigong (dao yin) exercises. For our purposes we will mainly focus on these philosophical and medical texts, but the tombs contained political and historical texts as well. the texts. These text were “written to advise ruling Han dynasty authorities on how to attune themselves to the cosmos at a time of rapidly changing political and social climate.” From the sleeve of Yates' Five Lost Classics : “In 1973, among the many unique documents discovered in the richly furnished tomb of a Han-dynasty aristocrat, were five books written on silk, primary texts of Huang-lao Daoism and Yin-yang philosophy that had been lost to mankind for more than 2,000 years. A discovery as important in China as the unearthing of the Dead Sea Scrolls was in the West, the Mawangdui texts created a sensation when they were first published, even leading to the foundation of a new religion on Taiwan… The recovery of the five lost classics sheds new light on a critical transitional period of Chinese political and intellectual history. -
The Paradigm of Hakka Women in History
DOI: 10.4312/as.2021.9.1.31-64 31 The Paradigm of Hakka Women in History Sabrina ARDIZZONI* Abstract Hakka studies rely strongly on history and historiography. However, despite the fact that in rural Hakka communities women play a central role, in the main historical sources women are almost absent. They do not appear in genealogy books, if not for their being mothers or wives, although they do appear in some legends, as founders of villages or heroines who distinguished themselves in defending the villages in the absence of men. They appear in modern Hakka historiography—Hakka historiography is a very recent discipline, beginning at the end of the 19th century—for their moral value, not only for adhering to Confucian traditional values, but also for their endorsement of specifically Hakka cultural values. In this paper we will analyse the cultural paradigm that allows women to become part of Hakka history. We will show how ethical values are reflected in Hakka historiography through the reading of the earliest Hakka historians as they depict- ed Hakka women. Grounded on these sources, we will see how the narration of women in Hakka history has developed until the present day. In doing so, it is necessary to deal with some relevant historical features in the construc- tion of Hakka group awareness, namely migration, education, and women narratives, as a pivotal foundation of Hakka collective social and individual consciousness. Keywords: Hakka studies, Hakka woman, women practices, West Fujian Paradigma žensk Hakka v zgodovini Izvleček Študije skupnosti Hakka se močno opirajo na zgodovino in zgodovinopisje. -
An Ancient Mosque in Ningbo, China “Historical and Architectural Study”
JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE P-ISSN: 2086-2636 E-ISSN: 2356-4644 Journal Home Page: http://ejournal.uin-malang.ac.id/index.php/JIA AN ANCIENT MOSQUE IN NINGBO, CHINA “HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL STUDY” |Received December 13th 2016 | Accepted April 4th 2017| Available online June 15th 2017| | DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v4i3.3851 | Hamada M. Hagras ABSTRACT Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt With the rise of Tang dynasty (618–907), Ningbo was an important [email protected] commercial city on the Chinese eastern coast. Arab merchants had an important role in trade relations between China and the West. Ningbo mosque was initially built in 1003 during Northern Song period by Muslims traders who had migrated from Arab lands to settle in China. Through ongoing research of representative Muslim architecture, such as Chinese Mosques, this paper seeks to shed light on the artistic features of this mosque. Many of the key characteristics of this distinctive ethnic heritage are based on commonly held religious beliefs and on the relationship between culture and religion. This paper aims to study the characteristics of Chinese mosques architecture, through studying one of the most important planning patterns of the traditional courtyards plan Known as Siheyuan, and it will also make a practical study on Ningbo Yuehu Mosque. The result of this study shows that the Ningbo Yuehu mosque is like Chinese mosques which follows essentially the norms of Chinese planning, layout design, and wooden structures. KEYWORDS: Ningbo, Mosque, Plan, Courtyard, Inscriptions INTRODUCTION (626‐649) received an embassy from the last Sassanid rulers Yazdegerd III (631‐651) asking for help against WHY THE SELECTED NINGBO MOSQUE? the invading Arab armies of his country, however, the emperor avoid to help him to ward off problems that Although many Chinese cities contain more may result from it [8][9]. -
Buddhist Growth in China
Piya Tan SD 40b.1 How Buddhism Became Chinese How Buddhism Became Chinese 1 A reflection on the (Ahita) Thera Sutta (A 5.88) by Piya Tan ©2008 (2nd rev), 2009 (3rd rev) Even famous teachers can have wrong views and mislead others. (A 5.88) The (Ahitāya) Thera Sutta (A 5.88) is a vital warning that grounding in right view is imperative especially when we are presenting or representing the Buddha Dharma. The more people respect us, or listen to us, or turn to us for spiritual help, and the more we have the means of mass-propagating our Buddhist views, the more carefully we have to ascertain rightness and moral consequences of our efforts. The point is that status, learning, seniority, fame, wealth, and resources, advantageous as they may be in Buddhist work, are not sufficient standards for truth. While it is true that whatever we express are merely our own opinions, we must have the moral re- sponsibility at least to ensure that such opinions or facts reflect the true Dharma. Much as we have the freedom to publicize the teachings of a particular teacher or group, we must accept the fact that this may not be the only view of the true Dharma. The final test of what we propagate must be Dharma-based. The true teachings always stand above the teacher.1 After the Buddha‘s time, especially as Buddhism grows beyond India, such standards are not always possible, for various reasons. At first, Buddhism appears to change the culture, but in due course it is the culture that changes Buddhism, often turning it into a system vastly different, even contrary to the Dhar- ma of the Buddha. -
Uyghurs Is an Original and Significant Contribution to the Study of the Ethnic Relations Within the People’S Republic of China
bovin on “The Uyghurs is an original and significant contribution to the study of The ethnic relations within the People’s Republic of China. Very few foreign scholars have been able to study Xinjiang in such detail. Gardner Boving- G don’s thoughtful discussion and comprehensive coverage make this must d reading for anyone interested in contemporary China.” Peter C. Perdue,,Yale University, author of China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia The UYGHURS P raiSe For Strangers in Their Own Land THe UYGHURS UYGHURS “The Uyghurs is an-depth case study of the failure of the Chinese gov- For more than half a century, ernment to integrate the Uyghurs, one of China’s fifty-six nationalities, many Uyghurs, members of a Mus- into the so-called great family of the nation. The book offers a unique (CONTINUED FROM FRONT FLAP) lim minority in northwestern China, perspective to understand the difficult and on-going process of Chinese have sought to achieve greater au- insight into the practices of nation nation-state building efforts. It is a must read for anyone who is interested tonomy or outright independence. building and nation challenging, in China’s nationality issues and the rise of ethnic nationalism in the post– Yet the Chinese government has not only in relation to Xinjiang but Cold War world.” consistently resisted these efforts, also in reference to other regions of SuiSheng Zhao, University of Denver, author of A Nation- countering with repression and a conflict. His work highlights the in- State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism sophisticated strategy of state- fluence of international institutions sanctioned propaganda that em- on growing regional autonomy and “Gardner bovingdon brings to this project fluency in both Uyghur and phasizes interethnic harmony and underscores the role of representa- Chinese languages, a deep knowledge of Han and Uyghur society and the Chinese nationalism. -
Doctoral Thesis
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH „1 DECEMBRIE 1918” UNIVERSITY IN ALBA IULIA FACULTY OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY DOCTORAL THESIS The Religions of China (Confucianism, Daoism, Chan and Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism) and Christianity. A Historical Case Study for an Orthodox approach to the Theology of Religions and Comparative Theology: the „Empathic Exclusivism” Model ~ Summary ~ Scientific Coordinator: FR. AND UNIV. PROF. DR. EMIL JURCAN Author: ANDREI EMIL DIRLAU Alba Iulia 2016 Content PART I ARCHAIC CHINESE RELIGION: FROM MONOTHEISM TO DIFFUSED RELIGION INTRODUCTION: CONFUCIANISM – A DIFFUSED MONOTHEISM CHAPTER 1: THE ARCHAIC CHINESE MONOTHEISM. THE RICCI–LEGGE–GILES–CHRISTENSEN HERMENEUTICAL LINE 1.1. The archaic period 1.2. The books of the Chinese Classical Canon 1.3. The Religious Dimension of Confucianism 1.3.1. Confucianism is a religion, not merely an ethical-philosofical secular humanism 1.3.2. The religious paradigm of ancient China 1.4. The virtue of Legendary Sovereigns. Ideographic Epiphanies 1.5. Monotheism and the network of Rú-ist concepts 1.5.1. The fundamental religious concepts 1.5.1.1. Tian 1.5.1.2. Shang Di 1.5.1.3. Dao; Tian Dao 1.5.1.4. De 1.5.1.5. Tian Xia 1.5.2. Ren and the other Confucianist concepts 1.6. The descending dynamics of the fall from Dao: spiritual entropy and moral atrophy 1.7. After Babel 1.8. The last „good kings” and the first dynasties CHAPTER 2: RÚ-ISM AND A DISGUISED TEOCRACY 2.1. A periodization of the Confucianist schools 2.2. The Heaven’s Mandate 2.3. -
Hebei Women's Normal Education Pioneers
Hebei Women’s Normal Education Pioneers Hebei Women’s Normal Education Pioneers: One Century’s Fragrant Trace of Wisdom By Jianbing Dai and Yongyan Wang Translated by Sumin Zhang Hebei Women’s Normal Education Pioneers: One Century’s Fragrant Trace of Wisdom By Jianbing Dai and Yongyan Wang Translated by Sumin Zhang This book first published 2019 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2019 by Jianbing Dai and Yongyan Wang All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-2209-1 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-2209-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ....................................................................................................... vii Chapter One ................................................................................................. 1 Chinese Traditional Women 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Assisting One’s Husband 1.3 Educating One’s Children 1.4 Bearing Filial Piety to One’s Parents-in-Law Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 31 Modern Chinese Women’s Education 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Development of Modern Women’s Education 2.3 Hebei Women’s Normal Education -
CHINESE LEGAL THOUGHT in the HAN-TANG TRANSITION: Liu Song’S (D
UCLA UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal Title Chinese Legal Thought in the Han-Tang Transition Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73g462r0 Journal UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 35(2) Author Ho, Norman P. Publication Date 2018 DOI 10.5070/P8352039070 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Liu Song’s Theory of Adjudication CHINESE LEGAL THOUGHT IN THE HAN-TANG TRANSITION: Liu Song’s (d. 300) Theory of Adjudication Norman P. Ho* This article explores and analyzes the fourth century Chinese legal official and legal scholar Liu Song’s (d. 300) theory of adjudication through a full translation into English (the first translation of its kind) of his famous “Memorial on Adjudication,” which urged judicial and legal reforms during the reign of Emperor Hui (r. 290–306) of the Western Jin dynasty (265–316). This article argues that Liu believed that written law should reign supreme over other factors (e.g., societal needs, public opin- ion) in adjudicating cases. He was also one of the first major Chinese legal thinkers to explicitly set forth what we would today call the “legality prin- ciple.” But while Liu’s theory of adjudication was centered on written law, it was also motivated by a desire to control the power and discretion of judicial officials and preserve the authority of the emperor. Liu’s theory of adjudication is significant in the history of Chinese legal thought as it runs counter to the so-called “qing-li-fa” (QLF) theory of adjudication, which has strongly influenced contemporary theoretical accounts and descriptions of traditional Chinese law as a whole. -
UC GAIA Chen Schaberg CS5.5-Text.Indd
Idle Talk New PersPectives oN chiNese culture aNd society A series sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies and made possible through a grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 1. Joan Judge and Hu Ying, eds., Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women’s Biography in Chinese History 2. David A. Palmer and Xun Liu, eds., Daoism in the Twentieth Century: Between Eternity and Modernity 3. Joshua A. Fogel, ed., The Role of Japan in Modern Chinese Art 4. Thomas S. Mullaney, James Leibold, Stéphane Gros, and Eric Vanden Bussche, eds., Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation, and Identity of China’s Majority 5. Jack W. Chen and David Schaberg, eds., Idle Talk: Gossip and Anecdote in Traditional China Idle Talk Gossip and Anecdote in Traditional China edited by Jack w. cheN aNd david schaberg Global, Area, and International Archive University of California Press berkeley los Angeles loNdoN The Global, Area, and International Archive (GAIA) is an initiative of the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the University of California Press, the California Digital Library, and international research programs across the University of California system. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. -
Ban Zhao: Scholar of Han Dynasty China
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/9.1/lee.html From World History Connected Vol. 9, Issue 1. Viewed August 24, 2016 14:17 EDT Ban Zhao: Scholar of Han Dynasty China Yuen Ting Lee A woman (ought to) have four qualifications: (1) womanly virtue; (2) womanly words; (3) womanly bearing; and (4) womanly work. Now what is called womanly virtue need not be brilliant ability, exceptionally different from others. Womanly words need be neither clever in debate nor keen in conversation. Womanly appearance requires neither a pretty nor a perfect face and form. Womanly work need not be work done more skilfully than that of others. (Ban Zhao, Lessons for Women, chapter IV; translated by Nancy Swann) Ban Zhao (c. 45–120) was the first woman historian of China. She is known for her contributions to a masterpiece of Chinese historical writing, Han Shu (History of the Former Han Dynasty) and to an extant classic of Chinese women's education, Nü Jie (Lessons for Women or Admonitions for Women). Her works became standard reference for the education of daughters from Han China through the Qing period and, along with her other literary and educational accomplishments, won her the respectful traditional title of the "Venerable Madame Cao."1 Despite her scholarly contributions to Han China and to succeeding dynasties, Ban Zhao has not attracted much attention from Western scholars. Nancy Lee Swann wrote a much reprinted biography of Ban Zhao in 1932, but only recently has her career found its way into several publications in English.2 According to Paul Goldin, this revival of interest is attributable to the increasing importance of Chinese gender studies as a field of academic inquiry in general.3 If so, this current wave of interest is typical of the fluctuations in appreciation of her work over the centuries. -
Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Encyclopedia of Buddhism J: AF Encyclopedia of Buddhism Encyclopedia of Catholicism Encyclopedia of Hinduism Encyclopedia of Islam Encyclopedia of Judaism Encyclopedia of Protestantism Encyclopedia of World Religions nnnnnnnnnnn Encyclopedia of Buddhism J: AF Edward A. Irons J. Gordon Melton, Series Editor Encyclopedia of Buddhism Copyright © 2008 by Edward A. Irons All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the pub- lisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Irons, Edward A. Encyclopedia of Buddhism / Edward A. Irons. p. cm. — (Encyclopedia of world religions) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8160-5459-6 (alk. paper) 1. Buddhism—Encyclopedias. I. Title. BQ128.I76 2007 294.303—dc22 2007004503 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quanti- ties for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Spe- cial Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.factsonfile.com Text design by Erika Arroyo Cover design by Cathy Rincon Maps by Dale Williams Printed in the United States of America VB FOF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper and contains 30% post-consumer recycled content. -
Imperialism 15
Prepared by: Patty Fekete; Media Specialist China (1200’s Medieval China) 2 Japan 4 Age of Exploration and Isolation 6 The Age of Enlightenment or Reason 7 Rise of Nations 9 Industrial Revolution 1700-1900 10 The Rise of Democracy 13 Imperialism 15 WWI 17 WWII 19 Russian Revolution 21 Rise of New Nations and end of colonies 22 World Literature (general) 23 World History(general) 24 1 China (1200’s Medieval China) The Song Dynasties (northern and southern) were marked by an interest in culture and in the intellectual. It is a period known as the “Chinese Renaissance;” a time when many books; encyclopedias and monographs were written. Timeline History of China http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html Song Dynasty (907-1279) Song Neo-Confucian philosophers: Zhu Xi Yuan Dynasty (1270-1368) History of China http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html China: A Country Study http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html Chinaknowledge: A Universal Guide for China Studies http://www.chinaknowledge.de/ The Canonical Books of Confucianism http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbcanonru-u.html#translations China-Related Resources http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/china.html The Analects of Confucius http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/contao/analects.htm Chinese Literature http://www.connect.net/ron/chineseliterature.html “The greatest Chinese poetry was created during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The Tang period produced a new poetic form called the tz'u, which reached its greatest popularity during the Song (Sung) dynasty (960-1279). Su Tung-po, was the best- known tz'u poet of China.” “Storytelling became a popular form and was printed in storybooks, called hua-pen, which later inspired the longer novels of China.” Chinese Literature: Styles of Literature http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0857314.html “It is generally agreed that China's greatest poetry was written in the T'ang dynasty.