fading away from lexicon. Chinese‚ one of the oldest languages in the world‚ still possesses this dynamism. Language serves as a tool of communication and interaction‚ thus it reflects the social changes‚ and meanwhile social changes find their expressions in language‚ which leads to the advent of neologisms. The appearances of new inventions‚ new technologies‚ new ideas and new social phenomena are capable of bringing neologisms into languages. In the twentieth century‚ Chinese neologism has undergone
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His belief was that if one respects and provides for other’s parents‚ they will provide for yours in return. Your parents will then have more material benefits than if you were the only one taking care of them. In Mouzi’s Disposing of Error‚ the Chinese objected to Buddhism because they felt it promoted unfilial behavior. The Confucians held that the body is the gift of one’s parents and that to harm it is to be disrespectful toward them. Mouzi defended this argument by saying that we do what is
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Death and the Arrow Chris Priestley Tom Marlowe is a typical and average fifteen year old who is an apprentice at his father’s printing shop‚ in London‚ England‚ in the year 1715. One day he finds out that his best friend‚ Will Piggot‚ has been murdered‚ after a series of mysterious murders in the city‚ and Tom is determined to find his friend’s killer. Death and the Arrow‚ by Chris Priestley‚ is a suspenseful and adventurous novel. Who murdered Will? Who has been murdering some of the people
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Charlotte Gilman’s short story‚ “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and Margaret Atwood story‚ “Death by Landscape” depicts the mental health of two women. Although the stories represent different points of origin‚ both the wife and Lois demonstrate common themes of depression. While the wife in “the Yellow Wall-Paper” seems to have no certainty of an illness or cause for such disorder‚ she is subjected to isolation and false treatment by her husband to cure her anxieties. Lois on the other hand‚ has experienced
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Similar Theme in Fences and Death of a Salesman In his play Fences‚ author August Wilson tells the story of African American Troy Maxson‚ who struggles to support his family during the Civil Rights Era‚ which was a time in America’s history where blacks were institutionally segregated from whites (Kirszner and Mandell 1834). Similarly‚ in his play Death of a Salesman‚ author Arthur Miller develops a story about a traveling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ who struggles to live the American dream. Miller wrote
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Chinese seal carving was one of the four traditional arts of ancient China‚ along with painting‚ calligraphy‚ and poetry. Seal carving was an art of deep cultural roots of the Chinese generations. The first record of a seal in China was from 544 BC‚ during the Spring and Autumn period; right after Chinese ancestors could make potteries and owned properties. When the first dynasty was established‚ the emperor began to use seals. These seals were created for the purpose of making marks on people’s
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CHINESE CIVILIZATION http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China Wikipedia: China http://library.thinkquest.org Thinkquest: Discovering China & Beauty: The Land of China http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/China/ Part I INTRODUCTION The land here is broad and diverse. Among this immense piece of earth‚ one can find both farmer and businessman; mountain and plain; drought and rainfall; wasteland and farmland. It is vast‚ it is multifaceted. And yet these collections of disparate
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Who did Mao blame for the faltering of the Chinese revolution? Mao blamed ruling elites within the communist party and government bureaucrats who were interested only in maintaining their power. What two steps were involved in Mao’s plan to tear down the old world? The two steps were to have the Red Guard attack the “Four Olds” and to eliminate the “Five Black Elements”. What evidence did British sociologist Peter Worsley offer to show that Mao’s effort at social change was successful? The
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1. INTRODUCTION “ While parents are alive‚ one must not travel afar. If one must‚ one’s whereabouts should always be made known” - Analects‚ Book II: Li Ren 19 The idea of filial piety has always remained as a significant part of Chinese tradition from ancient China and even till today’s times. It stands not only as a mere concept but more so‚ something that was an “absolute‚ metaphysical entity‚ something so exalted in (ancient Chinese’s) minds” (Holzman‚ 1998). Perhaps the idea of filial piety
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The Protagonist in Death by Scrabble‚ by Charlie Fish‚ is a cold-blooded husband who is eager to kill his wife. The 42 year old husband detests his wife and has nothing positive to say about his wife. He blames his wife for his dull life and ends up dreaming about possible escapades. As the story progresses‚ he becomes obsessed with murder. Although the wife’s characteristics aren’t revealed in the beginning‚ the twist in the end reveals her true colors. She is full of hatred and relishes the moment
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