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    Confucianism and Taoism have very little in common. Confucianism stresses action, it says that action and ethics are the same. One of Taoism’s most valued precepts is the Wu Wei - doing nothing to do something. Where Confucianism orders the world, and creates it in society’s image, Taoism delights in accepting the seeming disorder, and finding the order in it. Confucianists practice, and Taoists think. Confucianists stress work and governance; Taoists stress relaxation and pensiveness. What they…

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    through eras of father and son emperors, and sheds light on why the famous building looks the way it does today. The Colosseum is officially known as the Flavian Amphitheatre since it was the work of Emperor Vespasian who was a part of the Flavian dynasty era in Rome. Around 70-72 A.D., Vespasian constituted the Colosseum be designed and built as a gift to the people of Rome (“Colosseum”, 2009). Construction on this masterpiece took just about a decade but unfortunately, Vespasian died before…

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    The Former Han Dynasty

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    Each individual dynasty has their own unique traits, but it is possible to relate the course of a dynasty’s life to a specific pattern. At its peak, the Former Han dynasty took up most of the Southern and Western parts of China. During this time, the dynasty was located just East of Lo-lang right along the Gobi desert to the just west of Kashia, and then the territory looped back around right west of Lanzhou, and then down merely south of Hanoi. The former Han dynasty existed from 206 B.C.E, to…

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    The important thing about china is that it was ruled by dynasties. Another thing was that China’s first dynasty was the Qin dynasty. China ruled with the feudal system in its early years. Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, were the main three religions in china. China’s main enemies were the mongols. But the most important thing about china is that they were ruled by dynasties. The important thing about reformation is that it started in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the…

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    Torture, starvation, and lack of sleep are all things some people have to face every day. For years the Chinese have allowed for thousands of people to lose their human rights and suffer in labor camps. These labor camps are part of the re-education through labor act. They are meant to house the guilty but often hold the innocent. These camps violate several human rights: freedom from torture, right to rest and leisure, right to a fair public hearing, and the right to belief and religion. The…

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    Young and Restless in China In the documentary Young and Restless in China, Wei Zhanyan is a young Chinese migrant worker who left her home in rural China at 13 to work at an industrial park near Beijing. In the film, Zhanyan explains that she was sent away by her parents to help support her family and pay for her brother's education. Working and living so far away from her family gives Zhanyan a sense independence but also causes a great deal of sadness and anxiety. Despite the sadness she…

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    Summary: The story was about Jin Wang, who was a American born Chinese growing in the Chinatown of San Francisco. During his childhood at Mayflower Elementary School, he encountered lots of identity problems. For example, classmates made fun of him because they assumed all Chinese ate dogs. He did not know how to respond to this racial stereotype. However, his teacher did nothing to help him out of this struggling myth. She said maybe Jin’s family had stopped eating dogs before going to the US.…

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    East Han Dynasty

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    Eastern Han Dynasty long line of not achieving how it should be a long line of do nothing…

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    Confucianism Dbq

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    China Philosophy Essay The characteristics of the ideal ruler according to Confucius is to lead the people with governmental measures, laws, Virtue and rules of propriety. There is proof that this thesis is correct in document 2 of our DBQ. The document says that the ruler can avoid wrongdoing in the people and they will have no sense of honor and shame and set themselves right. If a ruler knows what is right and wrong and is a good person his people will follow him and do what he wants…

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    the Hans had varying outlooks on technology as the Hans respected it and tied that into their commoners needs and the Roman had an outlook that working with your hands was vulgar and minimized the importance of tech and people who used it. The Han dynasty had a respect for technology and utilized it to improve society. On top of that, they believed it was the government’s responsibility to ensure technology was accessible to everyone. This difference in opinion came from economic differences.…

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