Chinese literature

When a Westerner studies Chinese history or a Chinese language, an understanding of culture is essential to every lesson as Chinese culture differs significantly from any Western culture. Therefore, it must be studied more, in order to gain mastery in social situations and to fully understand China. In my studies, one of the more noteworthy things I have come across in Chinese culture is how inextricable the concept of face is from nearly every quirk and nuance of Chinese culture. Face is the…

to the needs of the population. Despite many efforts, the impression of the population is that the reform has not been successful. Cost inflation has been difficult to control and a huge inequality in access to healthcare seems to be increasing. Chinese healthcare system try to identify the root of the main problems with the current system, and discuss there in relation to immense future challenges such as an aging population, increasing inequalities and a need for private delivery to be added…

The second type of transgression against more conservative, traditional Chinese values is the portrayal of gender fluidity in The Butterfly Lovers. It is no new concept or phenomenon in many other parts of the world. For example, gender variant individuals, known as two-spirit people, are a part of the indigenous Native community. Two-spirit individuals often hold important shaman and ritual roles in their society (Kimmel, 2000). These individuals are born biologically a specific sex, but can…

in the vacant Master of Philosophy in Modern Chinese Language at your institution as advertised on your website. I graduated on the 29th of September 2016 with a Bachelor degree in Chinese and Linguistics and completed with an overall upper second division at the…

of higher positions for princess/etc., but in a broad case both Japanese and Chinese diplomats were cultured ambassadors. Japan believed the…

the Indian subcontinent. During their development and existence, several rulers and dynasties controlled the large civilizations. The Han dynasty of China and the Gupta dynasty of India were two of the most successful and effective rulers of the Chinese and Indian civilizations.…

The chapter The Notion of Qing in Early Chinese Thought’, edited by Halvor Eifering, begins with a definition of qíng as “emotions” or “passions” by most scholar. However, recently, two philosophies have a debate on the meaning of qíng in Chinese fourth through second centuries. First philosophy named Graham believe qíng means “essential qualities” and not “passions” which is supported by a book named Xunzi. Second philosophy, Chad Hansen, believes that qíng means “reality feedback” or “reality…

everyday lives. Why media is so important in Chinese society? Perhaps the media can instruct each individual person of what is going on around the world, it is a very important role that help informs people about news, history, entertainment, music, and politics, which is used as a form of communication and obtaining knowledge from expertise. Certainly, most media are likely to provide accurate information to the people. Over the pass couples of decade Chinese media have gone through a rapid…

In their study, Blythe et al. (2012) presented sentences with new vocabulary to children and adult speakers of Chinese, and recorded their eye movements to analyze whether or not word spacing helped them with vocabulary acquisition. After analyzing their data, results showed that inserting spaces that delimited word boundaries did have a positive effect when learning…

Specifically focusing on the fact that there are no real deities in Taoism. How was Taoism, or Daoism, shaped and influenced by Chinese culture to evolve into a religion that lacks prominent deities. I plan to explore how the teachings of the Dao De Jin, or Tao Te Ching, present the central entity in Taoism, the Tao, or Dao. I will also present how Daoism has formed and prospered in Chinese civilization, and how both Confucianism and Buddhism have influenced Daoism. According to Littlejohn…