Taoism

Major Art history and visual arts 1. What aspect of the Columbia community, outside of the classroom, would you most want to impact and why? (150 words or less) I want to get involved in the Columbia University Badminton Club. As the president of the Badminton Club in my high school myself, the club won the award for the Best Club; badminton is always the sport I have great passion for. Columbia has a well-developed badminton club with weekly exercise and professional games. If I can get in…

The religion Confucianism was first discovered in the sixth century before the common era, or also known as B.C.E, and it was lead by its founder Confucius. This, religion, however did not really begin with Confucius discovering, but how he preserved his belief as a transmitter that could bring the old things in life and renovate it into something new. In the beginning, “ Confucius was born in 551 BCE in the small feudal state of Lu in what is now Shantung Province.” ( Religionfacts).…

Why Chinese cultures are so different from Germany and western countries? In my opinion, the culture values of a nation are cultivated in a very long period of time concerning the historical reasons. The ancient China had undergone a very long period of agricultural economics, even until now the agriculture industry counts around 15%. So in ancient China, with the self-sufficient economic model and agriculture civilization, people gradually form the conservative minds and stable, not willing to…

I believe that marijuana should be legal. Why, because as just coming from me, I think marijuana is a benefit drug to mostly everyone. It helps/helped plenty of people going through things, it can be a relaxing stimulate, it can be used to treat certain symptoms, it help creative thinkers, and it can also make you laugh. Marijuana is just being seen as a “bad” drug because how it is used threw certain people. If the drug was introduced properly as a benefit drug for only medications, it would…

China is the oldest civilized nation in the world and most Chinese is religious and practice and follow the rule of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Believing in luck will bring the good fortune and avoiding in bad luck will protest, the family and negative event in the future. Kingston was an author of “No Name Woman” she disclosed the story of her aunt that got pregnant when her husband was away from town for more than a year. She did not know much of her aunt beyond the broad detail of the…

Introduction Commonly called, “The Heart of Japan” Kyoto was the center of Japan’s culture, literature, Japanese Imperial Court, and arts during it’s hayday. Looking at Japan’s long history, it was first introduced 1200 years ago as Japan’s capital during the Heian Period (794 to 1185 C.E.) as Heian-kyō meaning, "tranquility and peace capital.” The four centuries of the Heian Golden Age changed the course of Japan’s history because of the emergence of the intertwining elements such as…

the old gu shi (古诗) style, which featured irregular lines, unlimited length, no verbal parallelism and freedom from compulsory tones that allowed his poems to get an ecstatic feel. This kind of freedom could also be seen as a link to his interest Taoism, which also features the concepts of ultimate freedom. Li Bai‘s poem „Hard Roads to Shu“ embody the bumpy roads and high peaks of Sichuan with their irregular verse length. This kind of playfullness…

Did you know that Costa Rica has some of the most bizarre food that really looks good? I found out about the food because of the awesome research that I did. I found out about demographics, Geography, Climate, health issues and visiting Costa Rica. The capital of Costa Rica is San Jose. The currency is Costa Rican colon is what the use in Costa Rica. The Population there is4.872 million people. The president of Costa Rica is Luis Guillermo Solis. There official language is Spanish. Costa Rica…

Using the Iceberg concept of culture, culture is commonly divided into 2 categories: surface culture and deep culture. Deep culture, just like an iceberg where the majority of the ice is found below sea level, is the majority of culture. To lay down the difference between those 2 in the simplest of terms, deep culture consists of beliefs, values, assumptions, and thought processes which are much harder to detect and identify, while surface culture, on the other hand, consists of behaviours,…

Confucianism played a significant role in shaping the political and social structure of the traditional Chinese society of the imperial period of Chinese history. It is not easy to define Confucianism because there are noticeable differences and sometimes contradictions among the phases of Confucianism. Rather than to say Confucianism arose unexpectedly, it arose in response to the status quo of society. At different periods of time, Confucianism established relative order, unified the minds of…