Traditional Chinese medicine

Many people think that America is the land of opportunity, but this was not always the case. Immigrants were treated badly when they came to America. For some immigrants coming to America, they had a lot of opportunity but not for all of them. Many immigration laws and policies have been less enforced throughout the years. Many of the millions of immigrants that came to America hoping for a better life were disappointed. They came to America in search of an easier life and prosperity but what…

history of China. The impact of their philosophies on Chinese thought and culture has lasted thousands of years. Confucius and Laos’s philosophies helped to revolutionized a Chinese society in turmoil, bringing about cultural and religious revolution. It has been said that these two philosophical theories are a classic pair of opposites. Overall, it is clear that Confucianism and Daosim are two schools of thought that revolutionized the field of Chinese philosophy and continue to thrive even…

Robert Frost talks about a divergent road in the yellow wood, referring to two different paths that one could take. The two paths that could lead into completely different ideas of the world. Much like the views of Lao-Tzu and Niccolo Machiavelli, one believes in the power of love and the other the power of an iron first. Lao-Tzu takes the role of a classic Gandhi Complex. He almost seems to view the world by separating himself from the world. The defining concept of his ideas is to not be a…

One of China’s first and most important cultures, is the Zhou Dynasty that lasted for almost a century from around 1122 BCE to 256 BCE -in the Neolithic era- succeeding the Shang Dynsaty. Although marked by periods of territorial strength and weakness, it was also a phase of flourishing literary works. The Book of Lord Shang, dating from 338 BCE is undoubtedly one of them. This collection of the works of Lord Shang, composed of approximately 25 sections of which some are lost, have been compiled…

During the mid-1850s, a large number of Chinese traversed the Pacific Ocean to the United States for one reason: an apparent guarantee of gold deposits in the mountains of balmy California. Although the guarantee of gold allured the Chinese to California in huge numbers, they were already somewhat acquainted with the West Coast prior to the Gold Rush. Around 1600, they knew enough about the state’s territory to draw a coastal map. History proposes early Chinese pioneers may have traveled to…

negotiation. American and Chinese business culture have some similarities and differences in regards to communication, business relation, and perspective of time. In business, Americans and Chinese know the importance of communications, but how communication is expressed differently based on each culture. Americans…

story, The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl, she reveals denial and shame towards her parent’s culture to illuminate the importance of having multiple cultures in a person’s life. Though reading this story one can discover her denial towards her Chinese culture was because she just wanted to integrate and be like the rest. The majority of children will be forced into ideas that are presented and taught by the parents. The parent is only passionate to keep the traditions that are passed down…

Within the Chinese culture trust is necessary to build the confidence needed to conduct business with partners. Consequently, in the Chinese culture, you are expected to get to know your business partners and follow appropriate, or traditional etiquette, and socialize in a way you would not expect, or rarely see in America, to build trust (Barrett, D., pg, 230 (2006) . If an…

When a Westerner studies Chinese history or a Chinese language, an understanding of culture is essential to every lesson as Chinese culture differs significantly from any Western culture. Therefore, it must be studied more, in order to gain mastery in social situations and to fully understand China. In my studies, one of the more noteworthy things I have come across in Chinese culture is how inextricable the concept of face is from nearly every quirk and nuance of Chinese culture. Face is the…

norms in traditional Chinese culture so that they could claim to represent, and indeed to restore, an indigenous moral and social system?” We may start to wonder what is the link between their originality and the reinforcement of widow chastity. First, as we all know, the Manchus, previously viewed as barbarians, are non-Chinese who ruin a large land with a large population of Chinese. As Janet Theiss mentioned in her article: Qing dominators were highly sensitive about that none Chinese ruler…