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- 241: Jesus: The First Anarchist
- ... instead, seek [God's] Kingdom, and these other things will be given you besides." This is the bible that the president of the United States of America has sworn upon, weeks before renewing trade with China, America's current Most Favored Nation. The same China that has enslaved the country of Tibet in what is no less than a modern day holocaust, killing over a million Tibetans and exiling over 100,000 since 1950. 6,000 monasteries have been destroyed ... and laypeople have led to deaths, and Tibetans are a minority in their own country. The U.S. congress heard all of this, including testimonies by numerous senators and citizens of Tibet against renewal of China's trade status, and in the end voted to renew China's Most Favored Nation status. The Chinese government arrests those who speak out as political prisoners, torturing them and holding them in sub- ...
- 242: Brief history of Buddhism
- ... followers around the world. The wide range is due to two reasons. The tendency for religious affiliation to be nonexclusive is one. The other is the difficulty in getting information from Communist countries such as China. It's followers have divided into two main branches: Theravada and Mahayana. Theravada, the way of the elders, is dominant in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia. Mahayana, the greater vehicle, refers to the Theravada as Hinayana, the lesser vehicle. It is dominant in India, Tibet, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, China, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia. Siddhartha Guatama was born in Kapilivastu. His father was the ruler of the small kingdom near the Indian/Nepal border. As a child, his future was foretold by sages. They believed ... the end of the 2nd century. Nearly one-thousand two- hundred years later, Theravada became the primary religion. At the beginning of the Christian era, Buddhism was introduced to Central Asia. From there, it entered China through trade routes. It influenced and adapted to Chinese culture. It was opposed by many, though, and its followers were persecuted at times. Buddhism's major Chinese influence ended after a great persecution in ...
- 243: Influences of Chinese Culture
- Influences of Chinese Culture Dear mother, I feel so blessed and thankful to represent my school there and to observe the great Tang governmental system here in China and return there to assume official position. By the time you receive this letter from me, Im pretty sure that you are so much excited to know how am I enjoying my trip and ... explicit even exaggerated, rewards and punishment. What matters to them is power, not virtue, wisdom, or talent.7 Now I know why our country was called a miniature of Tang and cultural satellite of China. We have this system based upon the Confucian concept that only the most knowledgeable and virtuous should rule. Most of our emperors also attempted to follow a Chinese pattern by periodically redistributing the lands belonging ... phenomena, which is primarily a form of nature worships, for example Amaterasu the sun spirit. We created the name Shinto for the religion to distinguish it from Confucianism and Buddhism, which had been introduced in China. When Korean introduced Buddhism to our country, a few conflicts occurred between this two religions. Buddhism teaches us that sex, money, fame, in other words material desires would enable us to attain Nirvana or ...
- 244: Canadian Mosaic - The Policy B
- ... foreign business practices, translation assistance and give detailed information to assist in market penetration. (Minister of Supply 1993:3). As well, these communities act a s abridge to the same ethnic group in other countries. China is a prime example of this. The Canadian Chinese population has extensive contacts with Chinese groups scattered throughout the countries of South-east Asia. Canada's Chinese and Taiwanese communities provide links to the markets of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore as well as China itself. Commercial opportunities arising from diversity can also be very important in giving Canadian investment activities promotion. In the global economy, trade and investment complement each other. Companies pursue partnerships as a foundation for enhancing ... The channel for it will have been cut by the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rockies. Ten times more people than Canada now holds could be poured in on us from the teeming soil of China without being missed from that land. (Con, 1982:57) More than one-hundred years later the sentiments toward the Chinese have changed drastically. Where one time there was a "head-tax" on Chinese immigration ...
- 245: Japanese Arts
- ... and tenon system with thatched roofs as seen in the Ise Shrine, a third century type building (Tansey, Kleiner 531). By the seventh and eighth centuries Japan followed the example of the Buddhist architecture of China exemplified by the Tang style. This style included multiple hipped-gabled roofs of ceramic tile. The Kondo (Golden Hall), one of the oldest buildings in the world dating back to 670, is of the Tang ... soldiers and horses heading to a burning building and ends quietly with a single archer (Tansey, Kleiner 538-539). The arts flourished in the Ashikaga period through 1573 when new painting styles were imported from China (Tansey, Kleiner 540). Conventional Buddhist pictures and Yamato-e style paintings, along with a monochrome landscape style were all produced under the influence of the Zen religion of the samurai which at that time was the most powerful philosophy. The influence of China in painting was imitated the bold brush of the Song master of the Chang school. Known for his ink-splash landscape in the Ming style featuring abstract, tonal contrasts, Sesshu was the most celebrated ...
- 246: Chinese Kinship Systems
- ... one reason being that surnames were passed down through the male line. This process meant that a male child was needed to take the surname of their father not their mother. Meaning that surname in China was integral to creating a kinship system, which placed heavy emphasis on male superiority. It was through this handed-down surname, that the massive kinship systems such as a lineage or a clan could be ... was not as interesting that they followed the rule of inheritance through the male line of descent (I should clarify myself when I say not interesting, I mean it only in the sense of comparing China to other parts of the world where patrilineal inheritance was exceedingly common, yet the same places usually followed the rules of primogeniture not homogeniture). Inheritance usually involved the equal division of the family estate among ... natal family and belong at some point to a separate non-natal family. It can therefore be possible to see just how important sons really are for the natal parents continued survival.For brides in China then, marriage means a change of address. In contrast though, most grooms continue to reside in the same communities that they were born into. This male-dominated system, as outlined by Watson, continues to ...
- 247: Chinese Architecture
- ... combines rectangular shapes varying in size and position according to importance into an organic whole. Each level is clearly distinguished. So, these Chinese style buildings have a powerful and appealing exterior. When people come to China the first thing that they notice is the curved roofs, bold colors, and intricate outlines. In Chinese architecture the main structure is the axis, and the secondary structures are positioned at two wings on either ... The main elements of the temples include color painting, calligraphy; wood, stone, and clay structure; ceramics; and cut-and-paste art. By looking at Taiwan's traditional architecture we can have a better understanding of China's rich folk culture. It is believed that the Mongols made substantial contributions to the Chinese architecture. It is now thought that the original structures of Beijing, the Mongol capital, may have been so bad ... lacking the finer details. Most of the works of Chinese architecture from between 1360 have not survived. Many of the Chinese buildings were built out of wood. Some structures such as the Great Wall of China, pagodas, tombs, and some bridges were constructed of brick and stone. Chinese architecture is characterized by a graceful, overhanging roof with turned up eaves. The roof was not supported by walls, but supported by ...
- 248: Karl Marxs Oppinion On Religio
- ... different places at different points in history, with varying degrees of success. In recent years, many Buddhist leaders have lost their influence, and some nations have lost interest in Buddhism. Vietnam and Cambodia have joined China, Mongolia, Tibet, and North Korea as once Buddhistic but now Communist nations. Even as Western ideology (whether in the form of communism or capitalism) has moved into Asia, however, Buddhism has begun to spread in ... path and understand the four Nobel truths as it is for a king. Buddhism also says nothing of a superior entity. By the 1st century AD Central Asian Buddhist monks were penetrating in turn into China. It is a matter of some debate, which was transformed more in this process, China by Buddhism or Buddhism by China. On the one hand, at an early stage, Buddhists became very influential at the Chinese court, and soon their views penetrated the philosophical and literary circles of the ...
- 249: Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-sabi
- ... brought about through contact with other cultures. The aesthetics of Japan developed in a unique fashion, partly because of its geographic location, a string of islands about 100 miles from Korea and 500 miles from China. Its isolation by the sea helped protect Japan from foreign invasion and allowed its rulers to control contact with other nations. During long periods of self-imposed isolation, art forms and aesthetic ideas developed that ... concepts of wabi-sabi correlate with the concepts of Zen Buddhism, as the first Japanese involved with wabi-sabi were tea masters, priests, and monks who practiced Zen. Zen Buddhism originated in India, traveled to China in the sixth century, and was first introduced in Japan around the 12th century. Zen emphasizes "direct, intuitive insight into transcendental truth beyond all intellectual conception." At the core of wabi-sabi is the importance ... varies according to the seasons, with tea bowls, types of tea, flowers, and scrolls appropriately chosen. The History of the Tea Ceremony: The tea plant probably originated in the mountainous regions of southern Asia, and China received it later. Tea was first introduced to Japan along with Buddhism from China in the sixth century. The Emperor Shomu, who ruled from 724-749, is credited with introducing tea drinking into the ...
- 250: Modern Torture
- ... committed within their countries borders. Torture isnt a tool of nations at war anymore as is often believed. Countries that are not engaged in any offensive use torture on its own citizens and inhabitants. China is a perfect example. The human rights violations in the People's Republic of China remain systematic and widespread. The Chinese government in an effort to suppress dissenting opinions and to maintain political control over the legal system abuses its judicial domestic courts to the extent of torturing its prisoners ... detains individuals for a wide variety of radical reasons like exercising their rights to freedom of association, religion and of expression, including the right to impart and receive information. The total number of persons in China detained without charge, sentenced administratively to reeducation or reform camps, or held by other means, solely for peacefully exercising these rights is unknown. However, that figure is estimated to be far in excess of ...
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