After reading Lu Xun and Gogol’s "Diary of a Madman"‚ it is apparent that the writing style and the choice of themes treated in Lu Xun’s "Diary of a Madman" are influenced by Gogol’s "Diary of a Madman"‚ but Lu Xun presents the story in a more penetrating and elaborate way to accentuate the themes. Before revealing how Lu Xun incorporates Gogol’s ideas into his work‚ we first examine the contacts between Lu Xun and Gogol. Lu Xun’s writing career began from his indignation and poignancy toward China’s
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Week 2 Discussion 1 The Daoism (Taoism) Legalism and the Confucianism all came from the same belief of peace and accord in the society of the Chinese. Legalism wanted a strong political body for a solution of the troubles in contemporartt society. But Confucianism and Daoism (Taoism) a strong political entity was not what they had in mind. They were opposed to that idea. Whereas legalism had believed with having striated laws and also punishments were preconditions in having a strong
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Chinese Attitudes toward Nature‚ Time‚ Good and Evil As for the attitude of Chinese people toward nature‚ it is undisputed that it is marked by a strong feeling of harmony‚ for example‚ oneness of nature and man. According to Dong Zhongshu‚ who was the most important philosopher of the Western Han‚ Heaven had its will and purpose. It was Heaven that made the sun‚ the moon‚ and the stars move‚ the four seasons change‚ and all animals and plants grow and die. Heaven was kindhearted‚ so it made
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When did he live and what was his historical significance? Mozi‚ also pronounce as Mo Di‚ was a philosopher born in Tengzhou‚ Shandong Province of China from 470-400 BCE. He founded the school of Mohism‚ which rivaled arguably to Confucianism and Daoism. While there is much mystery to his life and origins‚ speculations points that Mozi was schooled in Confucianism in his early years. He thought Confucianism emphasize too much contribution to celebrations and funerals which he felt were unfavorable
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The Not So Good Earth For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families famishing in comfort on the 25-inch screen and even Uncle Billy whose eyesight’s going fast by hunching up real close to the convex glass could just about make them out--the riot scene in the capital city for example he saw that better than anything‚ using the contrast knob to bring them up dark--all those screaming faces and bodies going under the horses’ hooves--he did a terrific job on that bit‚ not so successful
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper‚ middle‚ and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family‚ scholar bureaucrats‚ and landowners. Below them were peasants‚ artisans‚ and merchants‚ and the last class were slaves‚ indentured servants‚ and beggars. Interestingly‚ the merchants were considered the least valuable of the middle class because the Ming and Qing Confucian principles
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Essential Questions Foundations of Classical Civilizations Questions China India Rome Greece 1. How is the social structure set up? Qin Dynasty - peasants no longer were loyal to landowners - established bureaucracy Han Dynasty - highly patriarchal society - large merchant class - scholar - bureaucrats Maurya Empire - efficient bureaucracy with secret police Gupta Empire - relied on local authorities to maintain order and to collect tributes Republic - tensions between patrician
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Mencius and Xunzi on Human Nature Mencius and Xunzi both follow Confucian philosophy yet have a dramatically different understanding of human nature. Additionally‚ the two philosophers make their arguments in strikingly different literary methods. Mencius believes that the “goodness of human nature is like the downward course of water” (147) in that people are naturally inclined to be good‚ and he makes this argument through conversations among friends and public figures. In contrast‚ Xunzi staunchly
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Taoism is a philosophical and religious tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the “Dao” or “Tao”. Tao‚ the core concept of Taoism‚ stands for “way”‚ the way of everything‚ the way shows how our universe run‚ the way how individuals can improve their soles better. In Zhou dynasty‚ there were many different philosophers talking about Tao/Dao. Gradually‚ the main definition of Taoism became ambiguous. Taoism‚ known by a religion‚ is very ancient in China. Taoism is about multi-gods. Besides
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In ancient time‚ in order to expand their empires and accumulate properties‚ many successful emperors or leaders usually conquered other places through strong military forces. Someone then concludes that “the most successful ancient empires were able to maintain hegemony over conquered peoples with little or no thought to anything besides military power.” However‚ a successful emperor‚ such as Alexander the Great‚ Ashoka‚ and Han Wudi‚ did not gain the political control of the conquered regions through
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