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 ...

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 ...

A Three Kingdoms (220-280) stone fragment, with Confucian teachings engraved. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Confucian classics engraved on stones, across several dynasties, demonstrated their status as ...

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, ...

We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to ...

But the lowest class, including slaves, butchers and shamans, remained without surnames or clan names until much later. Enter ...

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 ...

WANG JING/CHINA DAILY A Joseon Dynasty edition of ancient Chinese Confucian classic Zuo's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals and a screen with Chinese characters promoting core values of ...