RATIONALISING ‘天’ (TIAN1) IN MODERN CHINA The lecturer is correct about the Chinese ideogram ‘天’ (Tian1) but it is not as simple as he suggests.
Tag: ancient China
Master Mou’s ‘Li Huo Lun’ (牟子理惑论) – China’s First Buddhist Manual? – A Brief Introduction
(Research and Translation by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Maozi said: Even to mention the Way (道 – Dao) is to demonstrate the profound direction of movement.
On Being Chinese…
The Chinese diaspora should make more of an effort to relate to China – the historical and cultural home of their ethnicity. A certain type of White person will not like this (and will cast aspersions of ‘disloyalty’), but this kind of White people tells you to go back to China anyway – so why listen to these racist morons?
Hegel and the Yijing (I Ching)
Although I have not accessed a contemporary English translation of this extract, on the face of it, Hegel’s opinion of this ancient Chinese ‘wisdom’ text, seems to be both succinct and precise.
Demystify the Origins of the Yijing [易經]! (10.1.2017)
Hunting, herding, fishing, gathering plants, going on long journeys (by land and water), going to war, consulting a wise or powerful person, or arranging marriages are mentioned far more regularly than planting or growing crops (which although mentioned in a relatively few cases, do not occupy a position of central concern within the Zhou society of its time).
Mystery of the Human Head Burial Mounds from Ancient China
Thousands of these young men from ancient China were either executed after losing a battle, or died on the battlefield. Whatever the case, all were beheaded and their heads placed in huge burial mounds.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 