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2 days ago · The state religion of the Shang dynasty ( c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) involved trained practitioners communicating with deified beings, including deceased ancestors and supernatural gods. [3] Primary methods of spiritual veneration were written divinations on oracle bones and sacrifice of living beings. The Shang dynasty also had large-scale ...
1 day ago · A History. Part One: India and China: "Zen (Chin. Ch'an, an abbreviation of ch'an-na, which transliterates the Sanskrit Dhyāna (Devanagari: ध्यान) or its Pali cognate Jhāna (Sanskrit; Pāli झान), terms meaning "meditation") is the name of a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of meditation originating in China.
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1 day ago · Etymology. The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, before which the Greek word theoria was used for the same ...
1 day ago · The work of the influential Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-478 BC), a near-contemporary of the major Greek philosophers Socrates (469-399 BC), Plato (428-348 BC) and Aristotle (384-322 BC) whose ethical and political ideas entered into the constitutions of European states, remained unknown.
2 days ago · Some historical background about China: Its dynastic and imperial system of rule Its highly centralised bureaucracy Confucianism. 1) China’s Dynastic and Imperial System of Rule For 1000s of years, China was ruled by several dynasties (series/succession of rulers from the same family). Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC): Was the founding dynasty of ...
5 days ago · Zhuge Liang, the minister of the State of Shu during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), was an outstanding politician and military expert who was known for his use of tactics and strategies, as is best exemplified in the following two stories. Once, Zhuge Liang, equipped with a very small army, was stationed in Xicheng to guard the city. At ...
5 days ago · Hinduism was practiced primarily in India. 8. Confucius emphasized the fact that all must be educated, with the exception of women. True or false? Answer: True. He believed that people needed to be educated and taught right from wrong rather than be forced to be good like the philosophies from Mohism and Legalism.
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