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11. Mencius, the 'Second Sage'
MENCIUS, one of the most famous names in Chinese philosophy, lived from about 372 to 289 B.C. Rather than founding a school of philosophy of his own, he became the first of many inheritors and
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1987 Issue 2 PDF HTML
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12. Xun Zi, the Eclectic Confucian
CERTAIN TRENCHANT and poetic lines from Xun Zi's Quart Xue Pian ("On Study"), which I first read in my teens, are still vivid in my memory. Indeed, they helped shape my thinking:"Indigo blue is
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1987 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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13. Xu Xiake: 400th Birthday of a Great Geographer
BOTH WESTERN and Chinese civilizations have produced great travelers who roamed far and wide, thus broadening mankind's knowledge of the world. While greatly enriching research on geography, their
Author: HOU RENZHI Year 1987 Issue 6 PDF HTML
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14. Han Fei of the Legalist School
ABOUT 20 years ago a professor of mine tried to interest me in Han Fei (c. 280-233 B.C.), "Han spoke with a stammer, but wrote beautifully," said my teacher, "Just read his essay 'On the Difficulties
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1987 Issue 6 PDF HTML
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15. Qu Yuan: Statesman and China's First Great Poet
SOME 2,200 years ago a middle-aged exile received word that his native State of Chu had been conquered and overrun by the powerful State of Qin. All he had done to prevent this contingency had been
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1987 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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16. Dong Zhongshu: Metaphysical Confucianist
THE FOREMOST thing that seems to have remained in the popular mind about the philosopher Dong Zhongshu (176-104 B.C.) is his penchant for hard work. At least that's the first thing I heard about him.
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1987 Issue 12 PDF HTML
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17. Wang Chong the Materialist
WANG CHONG (A.D. 27-91) lived during the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) - at a time when belief in divination and mystical interpretations of Confucianism (which had become the State orthodoxy) were
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1988 Issue 2 PDF HTML
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18. Ruan Ji: Drink and Daoism
OVER THE long centuries of feudal rule, many Chinese intellectuals sought to avoid the detestable aspects of their various periods - wars, court intrigues, corruption and injustice. Two of the most
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1988 Issue 8 PDF HTML
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19. Liu Zongyuan: 9th Century Reformer Who Failed
BORN INTO an elite family during the Tang dynasty, Liu Zongyuan (773-819) followed his father's footsteps both in temperament and in his ill-starred career. The elder Liu had been driven from the
Author: HOU JUELIANG Year 1988 Issue 12 PDF HTML
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20. Landscape Artistry of Imperial Parks
IN THE course of the past thousand years, Beijing has been the capital of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Over this great stretch of time, emperors have built numerous pleasure gardens,
Author: HOU RUILI Year 1989 Issue 9 PDF HTML