In both Chinese and Western cultures, there is a belief in the Mandate of Heaven and the existence …
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The Importance of Family Teaching and Discipline in Chinese Culture
by Mikel Davisby Mikel DavisSince ancient times, the Chinese have paid special attention to family discipline and family education. Famous scholars in …
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This is a story about devout thought from the compilations in Liezi, an ancient Chinese philosophical text. An elderly …
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Are you as clever as these people from ancient China? The following stories raise some perplexing questions. See …
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Traditional Confucian values — “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust” — sound like rather staid notions, more suitable for a …
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The Huizhou Merchants and Their Way of Doing Business
by Hermann Rohrby Hermann RohrThe Huizhou merchants, also known as Hui merchants, were one of the merchant societies in the six counties …
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The ancient story Silence Is Cultivation comes from Treasured Tales of China Vol. 1 This book is filled with …
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This is a true story that happened in a Japanese-run prisoner-of-war (POW) concentration camp during World War II …
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When Confucius questions two magistrates, they perceive gain and loss very differently. Kong Mie was a nephew of Confucius, …
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The 8 Cardinal Virtues refer to 忠 (zhōng), 孝 (xiào), 仁 (rén), 愛 (ài), 信 (xìn), 義 (yì), …