Hans Vaihinger

Even though the economic effects of silver trading from the mid-1500s to the early 1700s seem to perceived in a similar fashion to different countries, such as Spain and Portugal viewing the silver as beneficial, the effects socially are more biased because of the source’s point of view. Documents 4 and 5 show that silver was the preferred means of pay taxes or for other everyday items even though the sources were from different points-of-views, however; documents 2 and 7 prove that the Spanish…

One of Japan’s largest cultural influences was its neighbor across the ocean, China. Chinese lifestyles were observed and appealed to Japanese, so with the extra push of rulers promoting them, were incorporated into Japanese society. A major impact of China on Japan is Buddhism. Siddharta Gautama was born in India, and was the center of Buddhism. The religion is based off of his teachings. It was spreading across Asia and eventually came to China. Japanese citizens liked Buddhism, but it caused…

Shinto is an ethnic, Japanese religion. Shinto is also referred to as Kam-no-Michi: “the way of Gods.” It is an assortment of beliefs and ritual practices focused on creating a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Early Shinto practices were first recorded in the 8th century, but these writings did not refer to Shinto necessarily as “organized religion” but rather a collection of beliefs and mythology. Shintos believes that nature is exact with the divine. Shinto…

The dragon is one of the four mythical creatures in China which include the Phoenix, tiger, and tortoise. Since ancient times the dragon has been a symbol of power and goodness and has been used by the emperors. Chinese dragons are powerful and benign symbols in Chinese culture and are said to have control over the weather and water. It is even believed that they can summon rain during a drought. Chinese dragons are seen in contrast to the evil fire-breathing dragons in most Western stories.The…

Jialiang Tian Professor: Perez ENG105B 27 November,2017 The Misrepresentation Of Chinese Culture After learning about the misrepresentation of Native Americans in Miranda’s article, I felt that there’re also some misrepresentations of my own culture groups. Nowadays, some Chinese culture misrepresented by people in other countries. In the essay, I will talk about three kinds of misrepresentation of Chinese culture. Due to the movie montage and some exaggerated shooting techniques, some…

statesman of the Han dynasty. The essay’s purpose was to explain to readers that the fall of the Qin dynasty was because of Chen She, who was the leader at the time of the fall. In the essay Jia Yi explains that Chen She is untalented and that he lacked humanness as well as rightness. These are qualities that he felt good leaders should have. Overall Yi felt that the fall of the Qin dynasty occurred because of Chen she’ lack of good leadership. Although, he is a statesman of the Han dynasty,…

The term Ghost has a Germanic origin which means Spirit or Soul. The term ‘Soul’ is complicated because various established and widely followed spiritual doctrines like Buddhism neglect the existence of soul in anybody. But it is strange that Chinese Buddhism has a concept of Hungry Ghost; quite similar to the term ‘Preta’ in Indian Buddhism and Hinduism. So Buddhism will not accept Ghost as somebody’s soul which is appearing on earthly realm to fulfill his desires indeed Ghost is used as…

The cultural plunge project is meant to expose myself to other cultures and their lives. For this specific purpose, I choose to go to Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. I don’t have 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…

from the teachings of Chuang Tzu (370 — 287 BCE). Confucianism was the child of Confucius (551 – 479 BCE), a political philosopher and educator who founded School of Scholars (儒家, Rújiā), sometimes referred to as the Ru School. Legalism was founded by Han Feizi (279–233 BCE), a Chinese philosopher who founded the School of Law (法家, Fǎjiā). In its most inner core, these schools, as Chuang Tzu puts it, were attempting to answer one question: “How is a man to live in a world dominated by chaos,…

Throughout the long history of China, there are many extraordinary thoughts created by a lot of famous philosophers. Although there are many different schools of teachings and most of them are in opposition to each other, they still share some similarities. In the textbook, Kongzi and Laozi’s teachings serve as a good example. In the Analects, Kongzi emphasizes on ren and xiao which mean benevolence and filial piety, respectively. He believes that filial piety and benevolence are interconnected…