Comparing Zhengming's And Tang Yin

Cheng Tang was the founder and first ruler of the Shang dynasty, but before that he was a tribal chieftain of the Tzu clan from the Shandong Peninsula.

Qin Shi Huangdi is sitting next to Alexander the Great and Julius Cæser as all three were empire builders, and thus have a lot in common. Huangdi and Alexander both unified vast amounts of territory that had been independant states before their rule. Cæser is sitting with Huangdi, because both set the stage for a major part of their civilization’s existence. I Chose not to sit Genghis Khan next to Huangdi, because Genghis’ descendants took over China, and instituted their own dynasty. Julius Cæser is sitting between Qin Shi Huangdi and Genghis Khan.

Chinese Buddhism reached its highest point of popularity and influence during Han Yu’s lifetime, and this matter as a Confucian greatly concerned him.

According to Reid, a few of the major “Confucianism” ethos and practices involve ‘Ren’, ‘yi’ and ‘li’ which represents the concept of ‘altruism’ along with clear depiction of the humanness for other individuals (Reid 29-66).

After the fall of Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty scholar-officials sought to re-discover the self through the paintings of Northern Song Dynasty painters, such as Su Shi, define the desire of scholar-officials to find peace and harmony in the rural retreat from urban life at the royal court. For instance, Su Shi’s “Ancient tree and Rock” is a famous work of the Northern Song period, which breaks with academic or courtly traditions in art by applying simple brush strokes as a form of silent dissent against the authority of the Emperor. In this context, the concealed dissent of Su Shi’s painting is defined in the resistance to

Confucianism is one of the main influential ideologies on the Chinese culture. The founder of this religion is Confucius; he was a Chinese teacher. He taught traditional disciplines at that time, and believed that he could change the order of the Chinese society. He has different principals in life. First, Li: “It is the medium within which to talk about the entire body of the mores, or more precisely, have the authentic tradition and reasonable conversations of society” . In other words, li is the social rituals between people and they are divided into different categorized relationships like father and son, filial piety, between brothers, husband and wife; Ruler and subjects, and between friends. The Second principal was Jen, which is humaneness; it describes the inner personality of a person and that people should practice respect to one another. Li and Jen are values that complete each other to create the superior man, according to the Confucius. Also, Confucius believed in the spirits but keeping them at a distance. There are Five Classics and the Four Books are regarded as a reference for Confucianism.

We have covered the general accounts of human nature found in Confucianism and Taoism in light of the historical backdrop of the Period of Warring States. Use your responses to the following general questions below as an opportunity to refer either to the Smith text and accompanying assigned scriptures(s), Smith video(s) on China, Confucianism, and Taoism, or any additional material covered in class. Look ahead to the next question on the chun tzu in order to plan on avoiding repetition of answers verbatim within each essay if there are areas of potential overlap.

Confucianism is regarded as one of the primary religions that have profoundly influenced Chinese beliefs and ideologies. While Kongzi, or Confucius, is the founder of Confucianism, he is not the only philosopher who has contributed to such a significant impact on China. Similarly, the Analects of Confucius is not the single text that represents Confucianism. In fact, during different time periods throughout the history, there are a number of eminent representatives of Confucian thoughts, such as Mengzi and Xunzi. Because Confucianism aims at eliminating chaos and maintaining order in a harmonious society , they all agree that the guidance and education of virtuous Confucian pioneers are of extreme importance to achieve this

Wang Yangming says, “When I see a child about to fall into a well [and have a feeling of commiseration], there must be the principle of commiseration. Is this principle of commiseration actually in the person of the child or is it in the innate knowledge of my mind? Perhaps one cannot follow the child into the well [to rescue it]. Perhaps one can rescue it by seizing it with the hand. All this involves principle. Is it in the person of the child or does it emanate from the innate knowledge in my mind? What is true here is true of all things and event. From this we know the mistake of separating the mind and principle into two.” (Bary n.d., 849) [Chuanxilu, in Wang Yangming quanshu (SBBY) 2:4b-5a-WTC] This is a really important passage because

Zhang Zeduan’s masterpiece depicts the landscape of his hometown, Kaifeng and the life of its people during the Song dynasty. Nearly 500 years later, Qiu Ying portrayed his hometown Suzhou in a similar way, but in his version, the scenes are different to the original version. Compared to Zhang, Qiu Ying added more blue-and-green landscape patterns, and the feeling of the artisan is not strong in this work. The most important thing is that both artists show different visual perspectives of the culture and customs of the city.

One that is mentioned in Huang, Su, and Yang’s article was a study created in northern Taiwan to see how meditation effected a student’s psychological and physical health while performing it and students who were not. Freshman was selected from six different classes to participate and then separated into two groups, controlled and experimental. The students were given questions over positive coping strategies, physical and mental distress, and negative coping strategies, and were then intervened to perform meditation. They were asked to sit in a cross legged position, to close their eyes, breath, and allow their mind and body to become balanced. The meditation had positive effects on the students and the students who performed meditation had

Yun Shouping (also known as Yun Nantian or Yün Shou-p’ing) was born in 1633 in the Jiangsu province and died in 1690, he lived for 57 years during the Ming period(1368-1644). As a young boy, he was separated from his father and was adopted by a wealthy family after the fall of the Ming dynasty. After the MIng dynasty collapsed, the Manchus started to rule the land and restored wealth to his real father into Buddhist monastery. Shouping was never loyal to the Manchus but instead focused himself to learn the art of poetry, calligraphy and painting. Shouping received a traditional artistic education, he trained to obey the rules of copying the work of earlier art masters. His artwork were freehand which meant he didn’t trace anything, he just saw the subject and “eyeball” it out. This takes years of

As two renowned figures in modern Chinese literature, Lu Xun and Eileen Chang share the similarity of integrating their criticisms of patriarchal society into their works through the depiction of antiheroes. The portrayal of antiheroes in both stories emphasizes how partriarchay leads women into a position of dependency. Yet, due to the difference both in the time period they are in and the purpose of writing their novels, Lu Xun depicts an antihero as a victim and endows it with some merits whereas Eileen Chang portrays it more as a outright villain. While Lu Xun uses his antihero to emphasize how patriarchal society suppressed women and enlighten readers to pursue gender equality, Eileen Chang has little interest in depicting the society—she

In the next room I came across a very unique and interesting collection of pieces. If you especially like or have any interest in calligraphy, then you are going to love what Hongmo Ren has done. Calling it REN-script, Ren has created what he calls a calligraphy and linguistic “experimentale.” Consisting of seven English and six French pieces, he has combined the art and beauty of calligraphy with writing of equal stature. In ten of his pieces he elaborates on the beauty of nature during various seasons and includes a complete verse from the Book of Genesis. The rest of the pieces are large single word depictions again in calligraphy with intricate detail.

Shanghai Tang has been in the business of selling high quality retail items for men and women, clothing and accessories, since 1994. Their designs have been based upon Chinese cultural influence while also being modern and wearable in markets around the world. Although business has gone well under the leadership of Rafael Le Manse, the company is experiencing some new internal and external issues. Shanghai Tang’s competition is about to establish a market presence in China and in order to stay ahead in the game; Le Manse needs to figure out how to expand the existing customer base. Also, Le Manse’s long time creative partner, Joanne Ooi, is leaving