ancient times has been rural for the majority. In China‚ the community man is valued. This means that when you suppress your own feelings for the benefit of the community‚ you are a good citizen and role model. This dates back to the teachings of Confucianism where it taught that helping your family and community was the most important thing you can do. There is a small conflict with the index score according to Hofstede. China has an individualism score of 20. This is far too low‚ as in recent
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Whereas Han China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 B.C.E. and the imperial Rome from 31 B.C.E. to 476 C.E. had shared similarities on the territorial boundaries issues‚ the two empires had different political over the huge amount of land. Known as most powerful empires in history‚ Han China and Rome utilized idiosyncractic policy to maintain the sovereignty. However‚ the two states both suffered from the border disputes. To begin with‚ the political systems in Han China and Imperial Rome were different‚ contributing
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welfare of the family‚ including ancestors. Wen has to do with appreciation for education‚ culture‚ and connoisseurship. The Five Great Relationships to adhere to help to tie society in to the cultivation of the ideal person. Essentially‚ the idea of Confucianism is that an excellent or ideal person begets a harmonious society and vice versa. The guideline for this ideal is found within The Five Great Relationships‚ starting with the first relationship: Father-son‚ which is also extended to be parent-child
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trying to overthrow the Dynasty (The Book and the Swords‚ 2010). Jin Yong used a method called cultural nationalism to write this novel; in this story‚ Jin Yong expresses the cultural nationalism in four ways: Martial Arts‚ Imperial Chinese History‚ Confucianism‚ and religious aspects. First‚ we have to understand what is cultural nationalism; cultural nationalism is actually a small part of nationalism‚ which we can simply understand as culture plus nationalism. Culture is a term that has various meanings
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Roman aqueducts‚ the Persians had qantas which were underground canals that transports water into town. Also like the Roman aqueducts‚ the Persian qanats were carefully built‚ by being built underground to prevent evaporation. Similar to the Hans’ Confucianism‚ the Persian had Buddhism‚ which influenced the attitude toward technology. These ways of life both have respect and work for others and balanced relationships as central ideas‚ which influence the amount of appreciation and respect toward technology
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1) Through the Revealing World Religions text I was able to learn the origin of the junzi. In Confucianism‚ the true personality followers should aspire to imitate is the sheng‚ which translates to sage. Because this is hard to obtain‚ Confucius created junzi. Junzi‚ translated as gentleman‚ is more easily obtainable by individuals. Junzi is second only to the sheng (or sage) as defined by Zhu Xi in in the BBC documentary Genius of the Ancient World. The qualities of such a person are plentiful
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ultimate problems. No problem is probed too deep‚ pressed to its logical conclusion. Chinese thought affirms man first and never forgets its commitment to man. Confucianism affirms man in society and Taoism man by himself‚ although Taoism was inclined to belittle his material existence. On the whole Chinese Philosophy is outward looking if Confucianism is considered typically Chinese. 2. Although a few questions about the ultimate nature of Tao were raised‚ the inquiry was not very thorough and everything
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social developments in the deepening of a patriarchal system which belief systems worsened the conditions of women’s rights. China and India’s had different political structure because China’s rigid government rule was justified by Legalism and Confucianism‚ while India was divided by regions and their unifying force was Hinduism. Though the during the Maurya rule‚ Ashoka brought stability to India by governing bureaucratically‚ the majority of India during its civilization was divided and loosely
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The Great Encounter of China and the West 1500-1800 The Chinese and European cultures came together for the first time in the fifteenth century when great Chinese fleets traveled throughout the Indian Ocean and along the coast of Africa. These voyages created much concern for China. They lead to a period of isolation for security reasons. By the time the first Europeans arrived in China there was little to no evidence of these voyages. (Mungello 2005) Fallowing that time the Chinese government
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In the Culture and religion of the Yuan dynasty it is said that Genghis Khan is credited with the title of master to the Quan zhen religion so that he could govern all the national Daoism groups. Every base of religion and culture that Genghis Khan was credited for was actually just based off of what Kublai Khan felt was important during his reign as emperor. Part of the reason that the Yuan was open to more religions was because of the Mongolians‚ they were very smart and open to different things
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