NAME--- Vincent Davis A/ P WORLD HISTORY HOMEWORK # _4_‚ Chap. __5___ FIRST>>>>>>Save this file adding your 1st and last name.<<<<<<<<< (Example. SummerHW04Chap05SherryStudent) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS BELOW – Fill in your name above and answers below. Answers are open-ended. Write as much as you want. Then send to Mr. Freitag in a Separate E-Mail. DO NOT respond to mine. 1) In what fundamental ways was the mandate of heaven different from other governmental systems in the ancient world? What were
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Examinations‚ and from birth were treated in a way such that they would learn to be submissive. Boys began their formal education at age seven. From that point on‚ they spent every moment memorizing the Four Books‚ which included the Analects‚ Mencius‚ the Great Learning‚ and the Doctrine of the Mean‚ and the Five Classics‚ which included the Book of Changes‚ the Book of Documents‚ the Book of Poetry‚ the Book of Rites‚ and the Tso Chuan. Young men had the opportunity to take their first Civil
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The blood soaked into soil. The tense silence was punctuated bu bursts of gunfire. Doss use his body to protect his wounded comrade. Japanese started to shot soldiers who still breathed. Doss had no time. Desmond Thomas Doss was an USA Army corporal who saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen atop the Maeda Escarpment without weapon. He used his life to gamble with death. Doss has a kindly soul. He wants to use his power to help‚ not to kill. He refused to kill an enemy soldier or carry a weapon
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3.1 The Incompatibility Argument: Relational Understanding of Self According to Roger Ames‚ “transplanting” human rights to China was doomed to failure because of the incompatibility between Chinese values and the Western human rights concept.36 Historically‚ he argues‚ the concept of rights did not naturally evolve in China‚ which leads him to portray Western human rights efforts as imperialistic. Indeed‚ the Western concepts of “rights” may indeed have posed a problem for Chinese society‚ when
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Chapter 2 Document analysis Source: teachings of the Rival Chinese Schools Author: Confucius‚ Mencius‚ Xunzi‚ Laozi Time period: Purpose: to compare and contrast teachings of different philosophers Tone: teachings Audience: followers of Confucianism and Daoism Point of view: first person Important content: teachings Assessment of validity: valid Chapter 3 Time period Society | china | India | Characteristics of society | | | Political | As the dynasties changed‚ so did the
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Religion in Asian Theatre From 350-1350 c.e. theatre began to die off in the western countries due to Christianity and the fall of Rome. At about this time‚ the performing arts began to emerge on the Eastern hemisphere. The creators of Asian theatre new nothing of the theatre in Rome or Greece so there was no influence during the fabrication of this new form of theatre. Eastern theatre is much more stylized in that they believe in “total theatre‚” which is using every element of theatre be it
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What did young boys have to learn to take the exam? What effects did the exam have on the goals and values of the young people in China? The Chinese civil service exam was created to establish a meritocracy or a rule based on integrity and excellence on certain criteria. However‚ it is based on a hierarchical system that only seems to focus on the children especially a boy child of an upper class. A political system that emerged in the seventh century for the ruler to appoint a qualified leader
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AlanWatts Alan Watts or Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher‚ writer‚ and speaker who popularized and interpreted Eastern Philosophy for the ... Read More Albert Camus A Nobel Prize laureate‚ Albert Camus was the French Algerian philosopher‚ author and journalist‚ much renowned worldwide for his contribution in ... Read More Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer was a German born French theologian‚ organist‚ philosopher‚ physician‚ and medical missionary. His notable work is in founding
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Falkland; "who was so extreme an adorer of truth‚ that he could as effectively have provided for himself leave to take‚ as to disguise." We can’t read Plutarch‚ without a shivering of the blood; and I acknowledge the expression of the Chinese Mencius: "As age is the teacher of a hundred ages. At the point when the behavior of Loo are known about‚ the moronic get to be adroit‚ and the wavering‚ decided." This is the lesson of history; yet it is hard for withdrew men
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natural intentions are to disobey and rebel. Think of a young child‚ they are not taught to be little dick heads‚ they just are until they are guided by an adult to become better. We are evil by nature although we may become good people much like Mencius says‚ but I do not agree. I believe man’s nature is inherently bad‚ however man’s nature can be altered and wants to be altered. Hsun Tzu says man’s nature is evil‚ he states that man is very much influenced by his environment‚ to which I agree. We
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