Zhu Xi

The philosophy of Zhu Xi China is a country with long history, which at the same time comes with a complex philosophy system. Date back to the Warring States period, the rising of Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, and some other schools captured the attention of the society. These schools created their different and special philosophies, which in some way guided the trend of the society development. With several hundreds years of inherited and people applied their own thoughts to the original philosophy

The Tang and the Song Dynasties were considered the Golden Age of China. These two dynasties came just after the Han, which is another very successful Dynasty, but somehow these two seem to top it. It was due to many reasons that the Tang and the Song were considered the Golden Age, one main reason being the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a transcontinental trade network connecting China to the Empires living in the Western part of Asia, Africa, and Europe. It was an extremely successful part of

Neo-Confucian self-cultivation and free speech Introduction In the western civilizations, especially in the United States, people pay a lot of attention to the freedom of speech and expression. We see americans refer to the freedom of speech in TV series, news media, courts and many other places. Such a freedom has been strongly protected from government restrictions by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution since 1791. And the idea of the free speech has been interiorized into the

2.1 The “Yellow House” Found within the yellow house were incriminating evidence including traces of blood and syringes, proving more than 400 missing post-Kosovo war victims were subject to organ harvesting by the KLA (Lewis, 2008). After Although inquiries were made into the KLA’s involvement regarding organ trade, they were mostly ignored. The syndicate’ heinous act would be “exporting” prisoners across the borders and hiding them in a variety of derelict buildings. Figure 1 illustrates the

In “The Journey to the West,” the monk was accompanied by Pigsy, the Sha Monk, the Handsome Monkey King, and the horse. Each of these supporting characters possess a certain magical ability that assisted the monk on his journey, additionally they had their own flaws. This contrasts the monk, which has no magical ability and was devoted buddhism. The strengths, weaknesses, and backgrounds of these supporting characters encapsulate the idea of buddhism throughout the novel, and by including them and

Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century that tells a story of Xuanzang or Tripitaka’s journey to retrieve original Buddhist sutras for China. The influence of Journey to the West has become insurmountable in Asian cultures and has managed to help both Taoism and Buddhism to surge in popularity and stay relevant today. Being one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West has been successfully adapted into various forms of media and is

Background Xi Jinping is a native of Fuping County in Shaanxi province but was born in Beijing on 15 June 1953. Xi’s father, Xi Zhongxun, was a renowned revolutionary and a political leader of the country who was serving as the director of the Central Propaganda Department in Beijing when his son was born. Xi Zhongxun’s legacy looms large in CCP history, his contributions include the establishment of communist guerrilla bases in the northwestern China in the 1930s, fighting against the Japanese and

Xi Jinping’s cult of personality poses a threat to the stability of the Chinese nation as it both echoes Mao’s godlike reverence and masks Xi’s greater consolidation of power as he cracks down on corrupt officials, human rights, and the Chinese media. We were at a 7/11 in Hong Kong when I asked my girlfriend why she was staring at the news-racks. “He’s not smiling like he does in the mainland. He seems so serious … even a bit scary.” Having come from Beijing, the only images of Xi my girlfriend

Since I am interested in China, I decided to find out a little more about it. One of the first things I would like to find out is some basic information about the country. Another thing I would like to find out is what happened in China’s history. Furthermore, it would also be interesting to learn about the country’s current leader. In addition, I would like to find out about popular attractions that are located in China. Finally, I want to learn about a famous person who was born in China.

Jimmy Ji AAS 390 “How would you rate Xi Jinping’s visit to the US (Sept.24 & 25) on a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is ‘utter failure’ and 10 is an ‘unqualified success’? Provide detailed reasons in support of your answer“ On September 25th, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a state visit to the United States in a gesture meant to reciprocate United States President Barack Obama’s trip to Beijing last November in 2014. The visit served as an opportunity to bolster US-China relations and cooperation