The paradigms of religious and philosophical plurality

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziana Lippiello
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Chinese Values ◽  
Philosophy And Religion ◽  
Traditional Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Scholars ◽  
China Today

The beginning of the twentieth century marked the confutation and negation of traditional Chinese values by intellectuals, who thought that Confucianism, and in general traditional Chinese culture, had hindered scientific, economic, and social progress. Nonetheless, we are now witnessing a revival of the tradition, from a political and cultural perspective, aiming to address and provide resolutions to the contradictions and issues of contemporary societies. Which are the most valuable traditions in China today, and what is their impact on Chinese society? This paper will provide some of the theories promoted by Chinese scholars and their interpretation of the role of philosophy and religion today.

scholarly journals An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Chinese Students’ Satisfaction with Postgraduate University Study and Life in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Xiaoyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Chinese Values ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
Students Satisfaction

<p>Chinese students are one of the largest groups of international students studying in New Zealand. The wellbeing of Chinese students in the New Zealand educational context has aroused interest from educators from both China and New Zealand. This research explores the satisfaction of Chinese students from a cultural perspective. It adopts an interpretive phenomenological approach to investigate Chinese students’ definitions of satisfaction and the role of Chinese culture values, particularly, renqing, guanxi, mianzi in influencing their experience of satisfaction while they living and studying in New Zealand. Data were collected through six in-depth interviews with Chinese postgraduate students at one university. Based their experience studying and living in New Zealand, most of the participants reported very individualized understandings of the term “satisfaction”, They also, described their experiences of adjustments in living and learning, their mismatched expectations and how their life attitudes had affected their experience in New Zealand. While the students do not explicitly acknowledge Chinese values, their influence can be seen in the way the students experience satisfaction with their study in New Zealand. This has implications for institutions in New Zealand as these insights have a potential to inform practices to support these students.</p>

scholarly journals An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Chinese Students’ Satisfaction with Postgraduate University Study and Life in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Xiaoyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Chinese Values ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
Students Satisfaction

<p>Chinese students are one of the largest groups of international students studying in New Zealand. The wellbeing of Chinese students in the New Zealand educational context has aroused interest from educators from both China and New Zealand. This research explores the satisfaction of Chinese students from a cultural perspective. It adopts an interpretive phenomenological approach to investigate Chinese students’ definitions of satisfaction and the role of Chinese culture values, particularly, renqing, guanxi, mianzi in influencing their experience of satisfaction while they living and studying in New Zealand. Data were collected through six in-depth interviews with Chinese postgraduate students at one university. Based their experience studying and living in New Zealand, most of the participants reported very individualized understandings of the term “satisfaction”, They also, described their experiences of adjustments in living and learning, their mismatched expectations and how their life attitudes had affected their experience in New Zealand. While the students do not explicitly acknowledge Chinese values, their influence can be seen in the way the students experience satisfaction with their study in New Zealand. This has implications for institutions in New Zealand as these insights have a potential to inform practices to support these students.</p>

scholarly journals PERANAN PAGUYUBAN TIONGHOA PURBALINGGA DALAM PELESTARIAN TRADISI CAP GO MEHPERANAN PAGUYUBAN TIONGHOA PURBALINGGA DALAM PELESTARIAN TRADISI CAP GO MEH

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Fitriyani
Keyword(s):  
Filial Piety ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Development And Utilization

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menggambarkan peran Paguyuban Tionghoa Purbalingga (PTP) dalam menjaga kebudayaan Tionghoa, khususnya tradisi Cap Go Meh. Sebelum  Paguyuban Tionghoa Purbalingga terbentuk, perayaan Cap Go Meh hanya dirayakan dalam lingkup keluarga dan di dalam rumah saja, akan tetapi setelah adanya Paguyuban Tionghoa Purbalingga tradisi ini dirayakan secara terbuka sehingga tidak hanya golongan Tionghoa yang merasakan akan tetapi juga masyarakat Purbalingga. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan lokasi penelitian di kabupaten Purbalingga. Menggunakan bentuk analisis interaktif, penelitian ini menghasilkan fakta-fakta sebagai berikut. Bentuk-bentuk pelestarian tradisi Cap Go Meh meliputi perlindungan, pengembangan, dan pemanfaatan tradisi Cap Go Meh. Makna tradisi Cap Go Meh bagi masyarakat Tionghoa Purbalingga adalah wujud syukur, dan sarana berkumpul. Tradisi ini mengandung nilai 8 Jalan Kebenaran bagi golongan Tionghoa sesuai ajaran Tridharma Tionghoa yaitu kesetiaan (loyality), integritas (integrity), kesopanan (propriety), kebenaran moral (righteousness), kehormatan (honour), bakti (filial piety), kebajikan (kindness), kasih sayang (love).The objective of this study is to describe the role of Chinese Society of Purbalingga (PTP) in conserving Chinese culture, especially the tradition of Cap Go Meh. Before the establishment of the Chinese Society of Purbalingga, Cap Go Meh was celebrated only in the sphere of family and home, but after the Chinese Society of Purbalingga was established, the tradition was celebrated openly so that not only the Chinese but also people of Purbalingga can feel its presence. The study method used is qualitative approach and the research sites is in the district Purbalingga. Using the form of interactive analysis, this research found the following facts. Preservation of Cap Go Meh tradition include these practices: protection, development, and utilization of Cap Go Meh tradition. The meaning of Cap Go Meh tradition for the Chinese community in Purbalingga is an act of gratitude, and means of assembly. Besides, this tradition contains the value of 8 way sof truth according to the teachings of the Chinese Tridharma, loyality, integrity,  propriety, righteousness, honor, filial piety, kindness, and love.

scholarly journals Sports Participation For Hong Kong Women And Hong Kong Initiatives

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-30
Author(s):  
Mee Lee LEUNG
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Value System ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Changing Role

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.Historically, sports was globally understood within the context of a masculine value system both in the Eastern and Western Societies. The 'Ying' and the 'Yang' stand for female and male in the Chinese culture implied that the female are more fragile and submissive where as the male being more aggressive and stronger. With 90% of the population in Hong Kong being Chinese, the cultural belief in a Chinese society that "Women's place should be in the home" has confined women to attend household chores and child bearing activities. In early 20th century, with the changing role of women in China and especially in Hong Kong, women are more active that they were a decade ago. Women are equal nowadays in a wide range of activities because they are better educated, play a more committed role and live a more active life. Thus, their participation in sports has increased in the past decade both in recreation and in competition. This paper attempts to report on Hong Kong women's participation in major games and also to recommend strategies which can further enhance women's place in sports.歷史上，無論東西方社會，運動廣泛地被視為屬於雄性的項目。正如中國以陰陽來代表女男一樣，女性被認為較順從和脆弱的，而男性則較強壯和具攻擊性。在九成人口都是中國人的香港社會中，「女性應該留在家裡」的觀念曾規限著女性須要處理家務和照顧孩子的責任。踏入20世紀，女性對社會事務的參與也開始積極起來。時至今日，香港的女性在多方面都能跟男性般獲得平等對待。她們不單止得到較佳的敎育機會， 在社會的角色也越來越重要。因此，無論在運動比賽及健體活動上，女性的參與比十年前的大為提高。究竟香港女性過去在主要運動競賽上的參與情況和未來女性在運動發展上方針應該如何?這都是本文探討的綱領。

Neuroscience-Based Lie Detection: The Urgent Need for Regulation

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 377-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry T. Greely ◽  
Judy Illes
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Character ◽  
Lie Detection ◽  
Graphic Representation ◽  
The West ◽  
Chinese Scholars ◽  
Relational Aspect ◽  
Technical Illustration

“Illustration” or “map” are among the most frequently used words for translating the Chinese character tu, a graphic representation of any phenomenon that can be pictured in life and society, whether in traditional China or elsewhere. Investigations of the early role of tu in Chinese culture first set out to answer questions about who produced tu, the background of its originator, and the originator's purpose. How were pictures conceptualized? Interpreted? In examining tu, Chinese scholars stressed the relational aspect of tu and shu (writing) to answer both these questions, as well as to the importance of not robbing an image of its overall beauty and life with too much graphic detail. In the West, specific concepts of technical or scientific illustrations did not exist before the Renaissance. With the coming of that age, technical illustration became a specific branch of knowledge and activity, with its own specific goals and ends.

scholarly journals The Role of Translation Major in the Promotion of Chinese Traditional Culture in College English Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yixuan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
English Education ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Active Role ◽  
College English ◽  
Chinese Traditional Culture ◽  
Traditional Chinese Culture ◽  
Teaching Status

English translation is not only a textual expression, but also an in-depth exchange of two cultures. To improve the level of English translation, a deeper comprehension of traditional Chinese culture must be understood. Therefore, there is a very active role in enhancing traditional Chinese culture for translation majors in college English education. This article has successively expounded the teaching status and significance of the translation major in promoting traditional culture, and analyzed the effective ways for it with aiming to provide relevant educators with some useful suggestions.

scholarly journals ‘A Special Zone for Confucianism’? Theses of the Academician Zhang Xianglong on Traditional Chinese Culture”

Asian Studies ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Monika GÄNßBAUER
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
The Political ◽  
Confucian Culture ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Political Concept ◽  
Traditional Chinese Culture ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
Special Zone ◽  
Special Protection

This article introduces the work of the academician Zhang Xianglong (b. 1949), focussing on his idea of establishing a “special zone for Confucianism” in China. Zhang argues that special protection is needed for Confucian traditions which he perceives as the leading culture of China. Confucian culture should find its way out of the museum, says Zhang. He also refers to the political concept of “one country, two systems” that was implemented when Hongkong was restored to Chinese rule. Zhang applies this to his idea of a “special zone for Confucianism”, suggesting that this political concept could be extended to “one country, three systems”. In my view Zhang is developing new, creative ideas for possible experimental fields dealing with Confucianism in the context of the People’s Republic of China. In the end it is my argument that it would be helpful to conduct in-depth research on the possible role of Confucianism in today’s China. 

Chinese Culture and Occupational Therapy

1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuh Jang
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Kind Permission ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Meaningful Existence ◽  
The Relationship

A study of the relationship between Chinese culture and occupational therapy is presented in this paper. Based on a literature review and direct observations and analysis by the author, it was found that Chinese culture and occupational therapy share common thinking on the concept of the use of activity, the concept of balance and harmony, the environmental influences in treatment and evaluation, intrinsic motivation and meaningful existence. The major difference between Chinese culture and occupational therapy is the perception of the role of the sick person. In the Chinese society, the role of the patient is dependent and passive, but occupational therapy believes that the patient should be independent and actively participate in the therapy. The implications of these aspects for clinical practice are also described. This article is reprinted from the Journal of the Occupational Therapy Association of the Republic of China, 1993, Volume 11, pp 95–104, by kind permission of the author and the Journal.

scholarly journals HISTORICAL STAGES OF CHINA JADE CULTURE. THE EPOCH OF “HOLY JADE”

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
S. I. Galanin ◽  
Lijuan Qin
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Religious Significance

The article discusses the emergence and formation of the pearl of Chinese jade culture – the “Holy Jade” or “Jade God” epoch. On the example of the archaeological jade artifacts of Xinglong, Kunshan, Lingjiatan and Liangzhu cultures, the dynamics of the development of jade processing technologies and the growing role of religious jade objects in Chinese culture are shown. The “Holy Jade” with an engraved deep pattern of the ancient inhabitants of China was given a mysterious religious significance. Jade symbolised faith in God and created the necessary entourage to communicate with Heaven. A variety of jade artifacts were symbols of human status in ancient Chinese society, accompanied him in the afterlife. The epoch of “Holy Jade” laid the foundation for the development of all the jade culture of China, gave an impetus to the improvement of processing technologies of this mineral of delicate colour.

scholarly journals Maintaining Ethnicity and Social Networks: Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance, Performing Arts of the Chinese Ethnic Group in Udonthani Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Chiraphan Ieamkaew ◽  
Supachai Singyabuth ◽  
Ourarom Chantamala
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Chinese Opera ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Traditional Chinese Culture

The research titled “Maintaining Ethnicity and Social Networks: Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance Performing Arts of the Chinese Ethnic Group in Udonthani Province” was qualitative research that emphasized on investigated and collected data from the field study, document, and related research and presented in descriptive analysis, particularly at Thung Si Muang Annual Festival in 2018. The objectives of the study consisted of three criteria: 1) to study of the development of the Chinese ethnic group in Udonthani, 2) to analyze the role of the Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance Performing Arts in maintaining ethnicity and social network of Chinese ethnic group in Udonthani, and 3) to analyze how the culture of Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance Performing Arts helped created social group between Chinese ethnic group and the local people in Udonthani. The study results found that the Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance was part of the ritual at Chao Pu-Ya shrine. The Chinese ethnic group worked together on the ceremony by holding the Chinese Opera to show the belief and faith of traditional Chinese culture and to gather all Chinese together to maintain their ethnicity and create social networks with one another. Chinese Operas were held annually in Thung Si Muang, Udonthani province, Thailand, and had adapted the Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance to be more spectacular and fit in with social contexts in Udonthani. The dance was promoted to be one of the provincial identities and played an important role in tourism in Udonthani. Thus, the Engkor Lorgow, Lion, Dragon Dance has been a ritual that helped assemble and created social networks between the Chinese ethnic group and other ethnic groups in Udonthani province.

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