Hans Vaihinger

Throughout history, Chinese philosophies have referred to various perspectives and values followed among their people. All of these philosophies have a long history of several and many years. Out of the three well-known philosophies, Confucianism and Legalism have polar opposite values and morals. The philosophy that began from Confucius believed in returning good ethics in order for society to have good conduct opposed to bad people. Whereas Legalism believed that the disorder of society would…

Qin Shi Huang was born in the state of Qin in 259BCE as heir to the throne and when he was thirteen, his father died, leaving him to be declared emperor of the state. Having planned on restoring peace and order in his country and organising and strengthening the new empire, he was driven mad by power. Qin Shi Huang is now known to be infamous and a cruel and heartless tyrant who was unjust to the people of Ancient China and obsessed with his death. This Case study will discuss the negative…

which has been greatly transformed and has many people living in it. autonomous region (512)- An autonomous region is a province that has been given political and cultural independence, to some extent. In China, these groups are generally contain non-Han people and are considered to have their own quasi-government. This presence of this type of region in China, shows…

This primary source includes excerpts from Analects which were written by the disciples of Confucius and the book of the Way and its Power by Lao (Laozi). Both authors are Ancient Chinese Philosophers who had different views and ideas about the foundations of government. The source shows the different views that both philosophers had and how their contending lessons offered territorial Chinese rulers a decision in political methods of insight. Confucius was a renowned wise and social scholar of…

Tristan Sigurdsson LA 6 | Period 6-7 | Is The Japanese Creation Myth Relevant? Some people believe that ancient myths do not affect the modern world, but others may think that they do affect the modern world. The Japanese creation myth or Tenchikaibyaku is the story of how the world might have been created. The story starts as the earth being a muddy sea, then a god appears and makes more gods because this one god is alone, and the other gods then turn into different things like the sun,…

back into relevance and making them a prestigious country. Their father warned them that Hitler was leading Germany into a path of destruction and that trouble was going come from the corruption of the government. There was no immediate revelation in Hans and Sophie, but their father's words eventually got around to them, so they felt the need to share their feelings with close friends. Little did they know The White Rose was to be formed by them, giving the world a lesson in the world of…

to the fall of the Tang Dynasty fell because of social unrest rebellion weak emperor powerful regional governors It’s fall mirrored the fall of the Han Dynasty that came before it, as well as the fall of the Roman Empire. In all three, social unrest led to regional powers taking power from a weak emperor. Natural disasters during the end of the Han and Tang dynasty would accelerate their fall. All three emperors also struggled to fight off nomads and…

In the early modern era, as with Europe and the Protestant Reformation, China and India would go through cultural changes. Prior to the changes, China predominantly followed Confucian ideals which it mostly still did by the early modern era. However, it now had influences from Buddhism and Daoism which formed Neo-Confucianism. Religious people such as Buddhists attempted to get more people to convert by telling them they could achieve enlightenment by conducting similar rituals as monks. Certain…

First, as an introduction into Confucius’ life of cultivation we wish to contrast Confucianism and Daoism. It’s important the reader understands the fundamental facts of these two coexisting ideas/practices, which influenced Asia and to a lesser degree people throughout the world. It was best said by an unknown author: “Daoism and Confucianism are like night and day, two basic philosophies that have ruled over Chinese culture and mindset over thousands of years, giving its adherents, the largest…

The Han Dynasty of China was built on the backbones of the Qin Dynasty. During there was a huge revival of Chinese art. This was seen in their most prevalent forms of art, which were; pottery, jade carvings, silk weavings, bronze casting, and paintings. Paintings became popular in China because of the invention of paper, which replaced silk as the canvas. Each of these different mediums were used to create different pieces that served a certain purpose. An example of a ceramic, or terracotta,…