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What Is The Chinese Education System Like?

Traditional Chinese culture attached great importance to education as a means of enhancing a person’s worth and career. The Chinese education system is considered one … Read more

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What Are The Traditional Chinese Views of Fate?

Until today, among those proverbs that have been long popular, one proverb—“human life is predestined” is still familiar to quite a lot of Chinese people. … Read more

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I Ching: The Book of Changes

I Ching, also known as Zhouyi or the “Book of Changes,” is undisputedly the true root of Chinese culture. Created more than 5,000 years ago, … Read more

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The Unity of Man and Nature – Ancient Chinese Philosophy

The unity of man and nature is the highest cultural concept in ancient China. The relationship between man and nature is the motif of traditional … Read more

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Unity of Knowledge and Practice – Ancient Chinese Philosophy

Knowledge and practice, i.e., knowing and transforming the world, are the two primary activities of human beings. The two are mutually complementary and inseparable. In … Read more

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The Doctrine of The Mean – Ancient Chinese Philosophy

The Doctrine of the Mean is the fundamental method and principle for achieving “good governance” in ancient China. According to The Doctrine of the Mean, … Read more

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Governing Through Non-action – Ancient Chinese Philosophy

The philosophy of “governing through non-action” is from the Tao Te Ching. According to the book, “Tao” is inactive but has laws that govern the … Read more

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Defeat Stratagems – Thirty-Six Stratagems

The beauty trap (美人計) Few men can be immune to the sometimes lethal attraction of beautiful women. Sociologists tend to attribute this phenomenon to human … Read more

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Combined Stratagems – Thirty-Six Stratagems

Replace the beams with rotten timbers (偷梁換柱) If you replace the beams and pillars of a house with rotten timber, it’s bound to collapse someday. … Read more

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Melee Stratagems – Thirty-Six Stratagems

Remove the firewood from under the pot (釜底抽薪) There are many ways to stop the water in a cauldron from boiling, such as adding cold … Read more

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Offensive Stratagems – Thirty-Six Stratagems

Beating the grass to scare the snake (打草驚蛇) It’s a quite common practice that one will use a stick to beat the bush ahead when … Read more

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Enemy Dealing Stratagems – Thirty-Six Stratagems

Creating Something out of Nothing (無中生有) The stratagem of “creating something out of nothing” does not simply mean tricks such as the sleight-of-hand performed by … Read more

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