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4 hours ago · Confucius ingeniously borrowed and redefined terms that were in wide circulation, such as li and junzi, by adding novel elements to them. The concept of li was expanded by Confucius from a narrow meaning of ritual propriety to comprise all normative behaviors that are accompanied by corresponding values, attitudes, and dispositions.
4 hours ago · Confucius’ disciple Zilu (542–480 BCE). Credits.. In modern times, Tai Ji Men’s Shifu, Dr. Hong Tao-Tze, teaches that martial artists should embody benevolence and righteousness, helping others and using martial arts to protect themselves and the weak, not to provoke fights.
4 hours ago · Experts and scholars from around the world will gather in Jining, East China's Shandong province, the hometown of Confucius, to discuss traditional culture and modern civilization. Before the ...
1 day ago · The event is scheduled to be held in Nishan, a Shandong town where Confucius was born, from July 10-11. Each theme of the Nishan Forum was meticulously designed to closely align with the pulse of the times and respond to contemporary concerns, said Guo Chengyan, Party secretary of the Nishan World Center for Confucian Studies, at the presser.
1 day ago · Chin’s story is an epitome of the close bonds between our two nations. Nowadays, nearly 20,000 Bangladeshi students are studying in China, and two Confucius Institutes and one Confucius Classroom have provided training programs to around 3000 students in Bangladesh over the past year. A wave of Chinese language learning has swept across ...
4 hours ago · According to Confucius in his now popular quote, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” Is that really necessary? Would it make our state grow and prosper?
1 day ago · Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (1794–1837), a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812, and Princess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya; 1790 ...
