Chinese thought

consider Buddhism a threat. Some people thought that Buddhism poisoned their culture, while others thought it was the greatest thing in Chinese history. The people in China respond in different ways to the Buddhism. While, some Chinese scholars praised and defended the belief because it offered comfort and justified sorrow (Doc 1 & 2). Confucian scholars sided with the emperor in rejecting the belief and saw it as barbarian cult that would hurt the Chinese society (Doc 4 & 6). Others tried to…

Chinese Immigration-Report INTRODUCTION Modern Day Australia has become a vast multicultural society complete with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. This aspect has developed over a time period of immigration to the great extent that people of different cultures can now call Australia their home. Immigrants in the past years have become a crucial part of Australia as they have benefited the community by assisting and introducing the development of an inclusive and accepting nation. GOLD…

friends or acquaintances that are from China or that have Chinese heritage. In all honesty, I only considered Chinese culture in relation to food or restaurants. Apart from its Americanized food, I haven’t before exchanged thoughts and ideas with a person of Chinese descendancy. Therefore, the experience of connecting with other unknown cultures made me more interested and enthusiastic about what I could learn from it. Specifically, the Chinese culture has always been looked down by Americans,…

about a girl named Amy who felt ashamed of her Chinese culture. She felt strange that she was Chinese because everyone around her was American. Robert, Amy’s crush, came and that made her feel more self-conscious about her Chinese culture. Amy felt that the Chinese food that they ate was bizarre, she started thinking that their Chinese manners were disgusting to the Americans and she started acting fishy and different from her normal. She thought the food that her mom made would make the…

5PM - 5:50PM Section Doc Writing Assignment 2 In 1849, Chinese immigrants started arriving in America for sanctuary from the war, higher salaries, and other personal reasons. From the very first glance of the Chinese, the whites developed hegemonic ideas of who the Chinese people were. From this, a racial formation of the Chinese was born. Ronald Takaki analyzes and explains to the readers how racial formation affected the Chinese and how intersectionality can be used to connect gender, race…

Chinese strategic culture It is very hard to define the meaning of strategic culture. According to Andrew Scobell, it is a persistent system of values held in common by the leaders or group of leaders of a state concerning the use of military force (Scobell 1999). Strategic culture consists of common beliefs, cultural assumptions, and behavior of individuals, based on shared experience and collective identification of a group’s relationship (Delios and Henisz, 2003). Research by Nisbett…

Living Between Two Worlds Dayton Kwok Introduction As an American born Chinese, I’ve always had to switch between using English and Chinese. This is especially exacerbated since I lived in San Francisco, a city dominated by immigrants hailing from Southern China and Hong Kong. One moment I’m using English to talk to my friends, and the next moment I’m using Cantonese to talk to my family. My native language was English, but I also learned to speak Cantonese around the same time I learned to…

The Exploration of Confucianism and Legalism in Ancient China Cultivated in a nation with a rich, five-thousand-year history, ancient Chinese philosophy has long been debated by humanity, especially with regards to the noble myth – human nature. As Chan declared in his book, A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, “It can be readily seen that Legalism is entirely incompatible with other schools, especially Confucianism, which is bitterly attacked” (Chan, p.251). It is generally accepted that the…

to reconcile with their Chinese heritage when surrounded with western influences. Even though…

Chinese painting has changed and evolved throughout Chinese history. An noticeable example is calligraphy. Calligraphy is a style of Chinese painting using fine penmanship and ink work. Originally calligraphy was once its art work alone. It wasn 't until later one the evolution of painting where you can see calligraphy used tied together with other styles and techniques of painting. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Han Dynasty The Han…