In the world of martial arts — also known as kung fu, wushu, and quanfa in China — the Chinese martial arts styles are generally regarded as the ones that have had the most influence over the past century. Styles like Wing Chun, Shaolin Kung Fu, and so on have found millions of admirers and ...
The U.S. was relatively ignorant of Eastern martial arts traditions until after World War II when a few American soldiers who were stationed in Japan came back who had trained in Judo. But what really sparked U.S. interest in martial arts was Bruce Lee. The Chinese martial arts master was skilled in the traditional Kung ...
The Chinese character for book, letter, written document, or writings is 書 (shū). 書 is an ideogrammic compound, or associative compound, a type of Chinese character consisting of two or more parts with similar or different meanings combined to create new characters. The character 書 comprises two parts. On the top is 聿 (yù), the ...
The Chinese character for law or way is 法 (fǎ). It is composed of two parts: 氵(shuǐ) and 去 (qù). 氵is a variant of 水 (shuǐ), the radical for water, while 去 means to go or to remove or do away with. The original form of the character 法 was 灋, which has the same ...
The Chinese character for heal 治 (zhì) can be traced back to the time of Dayu (大禹) (2200-2100 B.C.), or the Great King Yu, and how he managed the ancient floods. In Shui Jing Zhu (水經註) (Commentary on the Waterways) written by Li Daoyuan, this character is used to specifically describe how Dayu controlled the waters ...
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and kung fu master from the 1970s, remains the pride and joy of Asians up to this day. Recently, a Japanese boy became the talk of netizens for his resemblance to Bruce Lee. The 7-year-old, Ryusei Imai, with his distinctive yellow jumpsuit, skill with nunchucks, and the way he ...
A video of U.S President Trump’s granddaughter Arabella Kushner reciting ancient Chinese poetry and singing Chinese songs in fluent Mandarin caused a sensation among Chinese worldwide. Chinese netizens have called her adorable and hope she can continue to contribute to amicable exchanges between China and the United States. Arabella Kushner joins many others, such as ...
Let’s do an easy word this time – The Chinese character for jade! 玉 (yù) is another word based on the ideogram for king, 王 (wáng). The only difference is that there’s a tiny dot on its lower right side, which resembles an amulet on the king’s gown. The oldest form of 玉 displays a ...
Zengzi, a Chinese philosopher and student (scholar) of Confucius, was well known and often quoted in connection with one of the most famous Chinese phrases: Zengzi kills the pig. This is a story about teaching children to be honest and trustworthy. One day, Zengzi’s wife was about to go shopping when her little son grabbed ...
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