Religion in China

Western world and China by attempting to introduce Christianity to the Chinese people. Matteo Ricci is a pioneer because he took Western lifestyle to China. Chinese scholars were very intrigued by the knowledge introduced to them from Renaissance Europe and so they explored this new information. By showing the extravagance of western civilization and religion Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits became cultural mediators, and they created a foothold for Western ideals and commerce to expand in China.…

There are vast amount of things within our daily lives that have been a result of cultural diffusion. These can range from food, religion, economics, and even technology. Buddhism is a good example of religion cultural diffusion. It reached China, due to cultural diffusion as it was favoured by the merchants along the silk roads, and therefore, was able to extend into China. Buddhism would be met with its patrons, as well harsh critics. Some viewed Buddhism as an outside force that had no place…

four, to show see how Ancient India, Ancient China, and Ancient Greece are different and how they are the same. In chapter two we learn about Ancient India, which was and still is a land of diversity (pg. 38). The early civilizations in India arose in river valleys and were shaped by their environment (pg. 38). India was home to many different languages and cultures. Although there were many different languages and cultures, there were two main religions, Hinduism and Buddhism. India, however…

the Silk Roads is that it connected the world. The trade route connected Central Asia, the Mediterranean, China, and Japan. This allowed for the exchange of ideas and technologies. Another advantage is that it had an economic impact on many countries. As the Silk road grew, more people started working as merchants and they started making money. The Silk Road also led to the spread of religions, since the merchants would tell other merchants or customers…

their roots. Geography, people, agriculture, and religion all had an effect on the culture of early groups. Language, derived from thousands of years of oral evolvement, distinguishes the people all over the world to this day. This wide variety of components formed two of the early civilizations, Rome and China. However, specific impacts, religion, formed from respect for a supernatural, immortal deity, and religious ideology, the process of basing religion off of politics, left colossal…

leaders more control over the population. We see many different approaches to maintaining this control throughout the classical period civilizations. The Classical period Han and Mauryan dynasty sought and achieved political control through both religion and social hierarchy. Both civilizations ingeniously wove people's beliefs with politics, giving the people moral reason to obey and respect the political decisions made by the heads of their governments.…

The Silk Road is the most well-know trading route in Eurasia that mixed products and religions across a wide range of cultures and people. Around the first century BCE many trade routes stretching from China to Central Asia merged into one large interconnected route. It allowed other countries to experience new things from different cultures. The Silk Road was the major route of the new wave of religion. It opened long-distance economic relations between civilizations. The silk road did not…

The Tang Dynasty is an important aspect of Chinese history. Lasting from 618 AD to 907 AD, under the control of many great emperors, the Tang Dynasty received the nickname “The Golden Age of Ancient China” because it was a very prosperous time. They are well known for their poetry, painting, tricolored glazed pottery, and woodblock printing. It followed the Sui Dynasty, which failed under Emperor Yang. He was a tyrant and because of this, the people rebelled and the Sui Dynasty was overthrown…

language, religion, and rulers of their nations. First, China and Egypt were different with respect to their belief systems. China’s culture was based on Chinese philosophy. These philosophies affected the Chinese people’s behavior. Confucius wanted to preserve the teachings of the ancient philosophers. He wanted to emphasize…

Communication and Business Manner Dimensions in China Communication in China, given the status of the country being somewhat of a collectivists school of thought, will differ greatly in comparison to its American counterpart. For starters, China, like other Far East or South East Asian nations, is considered a high-context culture. According to Hall (1976), as cited by Kim, Pan, and Park (1998), high-context culture is one in which people are deeply involved with each other. In other words,…