Chinese thought

Confucianism and Confucianism, is the main system of thought in China; It was developed from the teachings of Confucius and his disciples, and had to do with the principles of good practice, the empirical wisdom and the own social relations. Confucianism has influenced the Chinese attitude toward the existence, setting the life patterns and patterns of social value, and providing the basis of political theories and Chinese institutions. From China it spread to Korea, Japan and Viet Nam, and in…

Asian immigrants come to Australia in the 19th century. The purpose of Chinese people came to Australia in many numbers was to strike gold in there. Most of them are forced to dig the gold that is there because they have been contracted with sponsored their voyages all this time, but they did not forgot to gave what they’ve got in Australia to their families in their hometown in China. There many Chinese people in Australia that has exceeded the limit, so Australia made a White Australian policy…

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…

Amy Tan she gives her own personal experience of how she was embarrassed of her Chinese culture. Robert, protagonist’s crush, and his family get invited to a dinner and she feels embarrassed of what they will witness. Amy Tan, protagonist, sides more with American culture, shaming her Chinese roots. Her mother goes out and makes a traditional Chinese dinner. Amy’s mother tries to aware Amy of the significance of Chinese culture. Furthermore, Amy conforming more with American Culture results in…

The Chinese immigrants What do you think about when you hear Chinese Immigrants, when I think about them I think about them having moved to the United States while racism was going on around that time. Many of the chinese immigrants went to America where money was everywhere, at least that is what they thought. A lot of that stuff happened, and the outcomes for them did not turn out as well as you would think it would. An interesting question of how this all started. What was pushing the…

when dealing with conflict than Chinese people. Americans are more likely to hold the person accountable for the conflict. Thus, American people have higher concern for self and lower concern for others which leads to low degree to incorporate the other’s conflict interest. Americans value individual goals and needs over the responsibilities and obligations of the group, so they may use direct behavior to achieve their own goals and ignore the needs of others.…

in the Philippines. Since their professions required them to move to China, they spoke Filipino at home. Both of his parents spoke only limited Chinese, but were apprehensive that their limited mastery of the language would teach their son the language incorrectly. Instead of speaking Chinese at home, Tony grew up speaking Filipino and learned Chinese through school. A dual-language upbringing offered him experience of learning a new language while…

The Origins of Daoism It is explained in three different theories listed below. Attitudinal Daoism I: Anarchism Attitudinal Daoism II: Authoritarian Intuitionism Pre-Laozi Daoist Theory Much of the thrust of Daoism, as we have seen, naturally motivates a reaction against the moralistic and elitist inclinations of Confucianism. Confucianism stood for a rigid, detailed, traditional pattern of hierarchical social behavior. Duties were assigned to all of one's social roles—and a person typically…

The Nineteen Old Poems play an essential role in ancient Chinese literature. There are nineteen poems involved. Each of the poems expresses a unique theme. The first poem I picked is “Nineteen Old Poems XIX” . The poet describes the moonlight at the beginning of the poem. The description of the moonlight begins the whole poem and drives the whole content of the poem. There is only the poet himself in an unfamiliar city. The bright moonlight makes him miss for his hometown and relatives,…

patronize the arts in a peaceful sheltered existence. The setting of the novel is the woman’s domain, but it centrally depicts the idyllic male lover (Genji), thereby inserting a man into the woman’s situation. Murasaki Shikibu presents what is thought to be an authentic assessment of sexual desire and court deception in the sequestered Heian palace. The novel portrays highly complex relational dynamics between its characters, especially in the context of gender roles and societal position in…