A Cultural History offers a welcome and groundbreaking approach to the current revival of interest in Confucian and Neo-Confucian studies. … The greatest value of this book, however, is its ...

It is often said that the status of women began to decline in the Song period, just when Neo-Confucianism was gaining sway. The two signs of this decline most frequently mentioned are the pressure on ...

Another reason that landscape painting became the superior art form in Korea was the dominance of Confucianism and neo-Confucianism, adopted from China. This philosophy prescribed, among other things, ...

Everyone has a different answer to the question of whether boys and girls can be friends. Some will say that it is impossible ...

China has been trying to revive traditional Confucianism (e.g., the neo-Confucianism) and bring it into China’s unique one-party political system. Meanwhile, South Korea has long since adopted ...

Gardens are a place of serenity. The Gardens of Medongaule -- formally “Les Jardins de Medongaule,” a garden complex ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

He has also published on virtue ethics, comparative philosophy (e.g., Aquinas and Neo-Confucianism) and contemporary issues in the philosophy of religion, especially religious experience and religious ...

Portugal’s maritime voyages in the 15th and 16th centuries initiated significant commercial and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia. Similar to the Spanish encounters in the Americas, ...

Arnaud Bertrand, curator in charge of Korean and ancient Chinese collections at Guimet, is considered a luminary in Asian art ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...