Chinese-language surnames

Lindo’s narrative opens illustrating the importance of Chinese culture, saying, ‘I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents’ promise” (Tan, 49), by placing this as the opening sentence Tan is able to convey the prominence of the family in the culture. Lindo’s emic perspective attaches her to her culture and…

There are three Chinese Philosophies in the ancient civilisation. Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism. I will tell you all about all three philosophies and how they work. The first one is Confucianism. It started in 551 to 479 B.C.E. The founder’s name was Confucius and he was born in Lu in eastern China. He deeply respected the Chinese traditions. Confucianism is the golden rule; respect others above you like father and son. Older sibling and younger sibling, friend and friend. It made the…

1 (A) Shu Ting compares time, trees and stars to an assembly line in the poem of the same name. (B) The comparison of nature to an assembly line helps to create the mood of sadness and gloom. Her comparison also shows the audience how nature is dull just like the poets emotions. 2 (A) Shu Tin’s interpretation of Bei Doa’s poem is said to be bleak, gloomy or pessimistic. (B) It seems that the author is making a reference to nature again and how the roots of the positive future to come had…

value it and expect humans to be in harmony with the nature. Their love for nature can been seen in the landscape paintings and in the themes of their poetry, furthermore, in their medicine. The second most influential book that has ever existed in Chinese history and the book that has been translated the most, after the Bible, has been the Daodejing. There as some commitments that come along with Daoism like: naturalness, spontaneity, and freedom. Daoism is seen thorough martial arts,…

In the East, particular within the great ancient Chinese civilizations, two very different kinds of point to view of being Human had come to flourish in the Chinese culture. Which till this very day influences the day by day tasks and challenges faced by many. On one side there is the world renowned teachings of Confucius (Kongzi) which talks of becoming the perfect society via men who become the perfect gentlemen that followed his teachings in his Analects. On the other side we have the life…

The Yin and Yang of Sophocles’ Antigone “A round of yin, then a round of yang, that equals Tao” (Fallon). Just like yin and yang, obligation to one’s people and one’s family must be balanced in order to achieve harmony. This is best seen in Sophocles’ Antigone, where Antigone is the yin with a fatal commitment to her brother and Creon is the yang with a staunch resolve to uphold the laws of his kingdom. Both these characters are lacking a crucial element of the other, and consequently reach a…

As well as for scientific reasons each myth usually falls into align with representing information that collides with “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. The Chinese Myths, Yi the Archer and the Ten Suns” and “The Creation of the Universe “ follow both of these core concepts and also are so closely similar when introducing and explaining chinese mythology. Both these myths follow both the style of explaining the scientific culture of it and how a so called “god” or “hero” did in order to save or…

Between 600 B.C.E. and 600 C.E., old foundational civilizations faced extreme advancement in many areas. Once small civilizations began to conquest and take over other societies, enlarging their territory enough to form what is called an "empire". With expansion causing sizable territories, these empires began constructing newer forms of imperial governments, law codes, religion and philosophy, and most importantly, better and more advanced technology. All of these factors were accountable for…

and before that civilization can advance and become better. The several characteristics that a society must have in order to be considered a civilization. These features would include having a government, culture, religion, form of written language, currency (money/trade), job specialization, cities, and social classes. For example, a civilization need a form of government for the…

from both Confucius and Dao (Allen et al 2000). Penny & Ryden’s (2005) translation of Laozi in Daodejing provides a simpler way to understand the classical language and the meaning of the context. This paper will compare and contrast the ideologies and…