scholarly journals The Bustle and the Absence of Zhuyi: The Example of Chinese Aesthetics

2017 ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Wang Jianjiang
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Academic Power ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Chinese Philosophers

Compared with the rapid development of Chinese economy, which is the leading one in the world, modern philosophy and aesthetics in China are in a position that is subordinate to the West. In contemporary Chinese aesthetics, for instance, there have occurred heated discussions and a craze for aesthetics as well as various rampant Zhuyi in the 1950s and 1980s. However, the debate of Zhuyi in the 1950s was described as politicized and of a low level. The bustle of Zhuyi in the 1980s bore witness to all kinds of doctrines and -isms in Western philosophy and aesthetics that also found their way into China, although Chinese philosophers and aestheticians remained merely spectators to these processes. A closer look can disclose the reasons behind the absence of Zhuyi in Chinese philosophy and reveals the roles played by aesthetics and the humanities as a whole in the earlier bustle of Zhuyi. There are subjective and objective reasons for the weakness of Chinese academic power. There exists a severe imbalance between underdeveloped Chinese philosophy and aesthetics and the developed economy. Eliminating the imbalance is essential for China to pursue development further, but the emergence of a new balance is not possible without the establishment of Zhuyi and schools. Reprinted from Filozofski vestnik 37, 1 (2016): 157–78.Published online: September 15, 2017How to cite this article: Jianjiang, Wang. "The Bustle and the Absence of Zhuyi: The Example of Chinese Aesthetics." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 13 (2017): 93-110. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i13.188

scholarly journals A COMPUTING PERSPECTIVE ON SCIENTIFIC CHINESE TRINITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 129-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHAOHAO SUN ◽  
PAUL P. WANG
Keyword(s):  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Economic Miracle ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

The unprecedented and rapid development of the Chinese economy has been vividly displayed in front of the whole world to see. The attention has been particularly acute for the academic community and career politician alike. Ironically, this rapid economic miracle of China has been built on an unsound and often even questionable foundation of Chinese words, language and culture, of which we call them "Chinese trinity". This paper deals with the Chinese trinity from a computing science perspective. This paper argues the reform in scientific Chinese trinity with an emphasis of the word "scientific" ought to play a key role for further Chinese economic development and to launch a much improved contemporary Chinese society on a solid foundation. In addition, this paper proposes specifically ten computing paradigms and examines critically their potential impacts on scientific Chinese trinity. Finally, we feel the very focused approaches as proposed here might inspire as well as provide a much needed road map toward the goal of the scientific Chinese trinity. Judiciously chosen vigorous research projects appear to be indispensable. The unfortunate well known and long overdue reform has finally been rescued by the pressure of the information revolution coming of age.

scholarly journals 哲學思維與科學問題——讀何懷宏先生〈預期壽命與生命之道〉一文

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Lin BIAN
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Reasoning ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Philosophical Debate ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
Chinese Philosophers ◽  
Selection Of

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Professor He Huaihong finds a strong correlation between the life span of Chinese philosophers and their particular way of life, informed by traditional Chinese wisdom. Although I agree in part with Professor He’s conclusions, I argue that his method isextremely problematic. He asks a scientific question that is beyond the scope of philosophical reasoning. Rather than engaging in philosophical debate, I prefer to find answers through scientific investigation. In this paper, I outline the following three difficulties with Professor He’s paper. 1. His comparative method is influenced by scientific reasoning. 2. His selection of a control group is insufficiently detailed and rational. 3. He should expand on the differences between Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy and clarify the relevance of these differences to life span.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 50 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Contemporary Chinese Philosophy and the Importance of Confucian Kinship Relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Jana S. Rošker
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Social ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Chinese Philosophers ◽  
Neolithic Cultures

Li Zehou belongs to the most influential Chinese philosophers of our time. This paper will present a critical introduction of his theory regarding the consolidation of the specific Confucian system of kinship relations, which for him forms a crucial foundation of traditional Chinese social order. In Confucianism, the inter-familial relations form a basis of the social system, in which interpersonal relations are of utmost importance and which Li therefore denotes as “relationalism”. According to him, this kinship-based Confucian model originates in shamanistic rituality performed by Neolithic humans living in the land occupied by modern-day China. These Neolithic cultures were rather advanced and based their societies on small-scale semi-agricultural production, in which communities were mainly constructed through kinship relationships. Shamanistic ceremonies were enhancing and strengthening the awareness of such social unities. These early collective rites, especially those that include music and dance, had a powerful effect on early humans, creating intense feelings of respect, love and loyalty, and thus forming a basis for the Confucian social order based upon kinship relations, and the Confucian ethics, rooted in interpersonal humanness. Li’s theory of the shamanist origins of Confucian relationalism will be critically illuminated through the lens of current historical and anthropological scholarship on shamanist rituality and their function within the corresponding cultural orders. 

scholarly journals ‘Quadrilateral’ in Philosophy and Bie-modernism (Comments on Aleš Erjavec’s “Zhuyi: From Absence to Bustle? Some Comments on Wang Jianjiang's Article ‘The Bustle and the Absence of Zhuyi’”)

2017 ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Wang Jianjiang
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Self Renewal ◽  
Traditional Philosophy ◽  
Phase Development ◽  
Great Leap Forward ◽  
Self Transcendence

Aleš Erjavec proposed the global philosophical quadrilateral, giving Chinese philosophy, aesthetics, and humanities an expectation. However, the realization of this expectation hinges on the question whether Chinese philosophy as well as aesthetics and the humanities can rid themselves of the staggering level of ‘voice’ and develop their ‘speech’. To make ‘speech’, any nation should have its own idea, theory and Zhuyi. How to overcome the embarrassment that ‘quadrilateral’ expectation implies? Time spatialization and four-phase development theories of the Bie-modern, and great leap forward pause theory have provided an answer. The quadrilateral expectation as shown by Aleš Erjavec, is encountering the antagonism between ‘cosmopolitanism’ and ‘nationalism’. The key to resolving this antagonism is ‘my’ original achievement consisting of ‘Chinese traditional philosophy, Western philosophy, Marxism and I (myself)’. Bie-modernism is a Zhuyi of self-regulation, self-renewal and self-transcendence and of their practical implementation. Article received: May 21, 2017; Article accepted: May 24, 2017; Original scholarly paperHow to cite this article: Jianjiang, Wang. "‘Quadrilateral’ in Philosophy and Bie-modernism (Comments on Aleš Erjavec’s “Zhuyi: From Absence to Bustle? Some Comments on Wang Jianjiang's Article ‘The Bustle and the Absence of Zhuyi’”)." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 13 (2017): 123-142. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i13.190

scholarly journals “孔顏之樂”、壽命與生命之道

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Feng LU
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
Chinese Philosophers ◽  
Ways Of Life

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Professor He Huaihong observes that the lives of famous Chinese philosophers in the 20th century were longer than those of their French counterparts and attributes this phenomenon to differences in these individuals’ ways of life and guiding philosophies. I broadly agree with Professor He. However, I make a different claim for the fundamental difference between Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy. According to Chinese philosophy, human beings’ supreme goal lies within human life, whereas that defined by Western philosophy isexternal to human life. According to modern definitions, humanity’s ultimate aim is to construct paradise on Earth through scientific and technological innovation and economic growth. The corollaries of this modern goal are that no single individual can ever be satisfied with her/his situation and that society as a whole can never be satisfied by the level of its economy. In short, modernity legitimizes global greed. As a result, many elites in modern society are greedy. However, greedy people cannot also be happy and unhappiness has been statistically linked with unhealthiness. Before the 20th century, most of China’s philosophers were absolutely virtuous and capable of remaining peaceful in any situations, and thus usually enjoyed long lives.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 81 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

The PLC Research in the Program Control System of Thermal Power Coal Handling

2012 ◽  
Vol 548 ◽  
pp. 812-816
Author(s):  
Xiao Min Chen ◽  
Xi Yan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Power Requirement ◽  
Handling System ◽  
Human Power ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Electricity System

With the rapid development of Chinese economy, the thermal power requirement is increasing not only in industry but also for the civil use in recent years. In China, the main fuel of thermal power is coal. Coal handling system places the consequence in the whole generate electricity system and has significant meaning to the power plant operation. The coal handling system of the thermal power plants has many types of equipment. The environment is vile with complicated control. If we control this system through manual mode, there will appear the imponderable questions. This article through the research of the coal handling system by the management of PLC can determine the long-term safe operation and reduce a mass of human power and material resources. It has the fundamental practical meaning and research value.

The transformation of Chinese business ethics in line with its emergence as a global economic leader

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Ron Berger
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
Future Situation ◽  
Business Ethics In China ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – This paper aims to present the evolution of Chinese business ethics and CSR policy. China currently has business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) concerns primarily because its economy is in evolution. As the Chinese economy is in transition from the late 1970s from a command–Communist economy to a more hybrid system Beijing model (a system based on a capitalist market controlled through bureaucracy), much has to be understood if one wants to participate in its vast economic potential. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the building of a model that depicts the evolution of business ethics in China as a base for further research. Findings – With the rapid development of the Chinese economy, opportunities are opening up to Chinese entrepreneurs and connected officials. This has led to money worship and, in some cases, thorough unethical behavior. The uncertain and ever-changing rules of the game generate opportunity for business ethics and CSR problems. This wealth creates temptation and incentives to cut corners to get rich fast. Much research has tried to explain business ethics in China through the understanding of Guanxi (Chinese social network of reciprocal business relations common in Confucian cultures), but in my view, the evolutionary aspect of it is missing to explain the present and future situation. Whereas considerable research has dealt with the growth of Chinese industries in recent years, the key relationship between changes in its economy and shifts in Chinese business ethics has been neglected. This paper presents the evolution of Chinese business ethics and CSR policy. Originality/value – The paper illustrates the evolution of Chinese business ethics and how one has to adapt if one wants to succeed in its ever evolving and maturing market. A model is presented that can assist in future research in the area.

Chinese Business Practice in the Late Imperial Period

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Zelin
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Imperial Period ◽  
Business In China ◽  
The Impact

The rapid development of the Chinese economy over the past several decades has stimulated new interest in the institutions, practices, and social formations that supported the development of business in China before the intensification of pressure from Western traders to conform to “modern” practices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article aims to provide a foundation for understanding merchant practice as it developed during the important years of market expansion during the last Chinese dynasty and to dispel some of the enduring myths about the Chinese merchant, his relationship to family, community, and the state, and the ideological constraints on his activities. To that end I examine several aspects of late imperial merchant culture, beginning with the everyday practices that allowed business to flourish in the Qing, turning next to the large social formations through which long-distance merchants in particular identified and pursued their interests, and ending with some preliminary thoughts on the impact of the laissez-faire policies of the last dynasty and their implications for post-Imperial China.

scholarly journals Special Issue Dedicated to Li Zehou on His 90th Birthday – Ethics and the Beauty of Human Becoming

Asian Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Jana S. Rošker
Keyword(s):  
90Th Birthday ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
Human Becoming ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Chinese Philosophers

The present issue of the journal Asian Studies is dedicated to Li Zehou, one of the greatest contemporary Chinese philosophers. It was compiled as a part of the celebration of his 90th birthday, which will take place on June 13 2020.

scholarly journals Legal support of the cultural heritage protection in the Ukrainian SSR (second half of the 1950s – end of the 1980s)

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
T. V. Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Special Aspect ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Protection ◽  
The Law ◽  
The 1950S

The research covers the development of the legislation of the Ukrainian SSR cultural heritage protection problems. The rapid development of sectoral legislation in the second half of the twentieth century was driven by the need of preservation of cultural heritage sites, damaged during the Second World War, or affected by the improper use by various institutions and organizations.The purpose of the article is to analyze the specifics of legal regulation of cultural heritage protection in the Ukrainian SSR in the second half of the 1950 s – the end of the 1980 s.Scientific novelty. The analysis of the legislative acts of the Verkhovna Rada of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the USSR, as well as by-laws of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR revealed the specifics of the legal regulation of cultural heritage protection in the Ukrainian SSR in the second half of the 1950 s – late 1980s, which consisted of application of separate national legal terminology. The main directions of legal regulation of cultural heritage protection during the period under review are singled out.Conclusions. Soviet legislation on the protection of cultural heritage, as any sectoral legislation, was unified, and the republican special-purpose laws duplicated Union norms. The legislation of the Ukrainian SSR of the 1950s – 1980s concerning the cultural heritage protection was developed in accordance with the Union legislation, as well as the decrees and orders of the USSR Government. At the same time, both federal and republican legislation had basic international rules, including the provisions of the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, signed by the Soviet Union. The special aspect of the the Ukrainian SSR legislation was the consideration of some national traditions, including terminological ones. This could be noticed in the name of the Law of the Ukrainian SSR from July 13, 1978 «On the Protection and Use of Monuments of History and Culture», in which instead of the term «памятник» (monument) in the Russian language and the law, the term «monument» was introduced more wide term «пямятка» (site). In general, due to the consistent policy on conservation and extensive legislation, we have been able to preserve the destruction of monuments that remind the thousand-year history and culture of Ukraine.

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