The Qing Dynasty and traditional Chinese culture

Abstract The banner city constructed in 1729 at the village of Qinjiang, Fujian, provides a typical example of interaction and acculturation between Qing bannermen and local Chinese. The bannermen were the small, ethnically defined, but humanly constructed minority that ruled China for two hundred and sixty-eight years. The Qinjiang banner city was established well into that era, and records of life there indicate how much the newcomers accepted Han Chinese culture, local religious beliefs, and Fujian kinship modes. But we also see how the Bannermen maintained self-identity, such as the inner banner circle marriage model and banner community maintenance.

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Research on the Evolution of “Ren” and “Li” in SikuQuanshu Confucian Classics

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.603344 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Bo Hu ◽

Fugui Xing ◽

Miaorong Fan ◽

Tingshao Zhu

Keyword(s):

Qing Dynasty ◽

Tang Dynasty ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Average Frequency ◽

Confucian Culture ◽

Autumn Period ◽

Moral Principles ◽

The Qing Dynasty ◽

Spring And Autumn Period ◽

New Perspective

Confucian culture has always been the most glorious component of Chinese culture. Governing the mainstream world of China for more than two millennia, it has cast a profound and long-lasting influence on the way of thinking and cultural-psychological formation of the Chinese people. Confucianism emphasizes caring about others with benevolence and governing a state with ethics, reflecting the importance of moral principles for politics. “Ren” and “Li” are important parts of the core values of Confucianism, so analyzing the differences between them and their evolution is of great significance for further understanding Confucian culture. This paper selected 132 classic Confucian works from SikuQuanshu, a large collection of books compiled during the Qianlong’s reign of the Qing Dynasty (1636–1912), to calculate the use of frequency of “Ren” and “Li” in those books by means of big data. Then the data was analyzed to show the development trajectory of “Ren” and “Li” from the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) to the Qing Dynasty, providing a new perspective for the study of Confucian culture. The analysis result shows that from the Spring and Autumn period to the Qing Dynasty, both the frequencies of “Ren” and “Li” record a peak and a bottom: “Ren” has its peak in the Sui and Tang period (581–907) while “Li” reaches its climax in the Wei and Jin period (220–420); both “Ren” and “Li” hit their bottom during the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368). The average frequency of “Li” is higher than that of “Ren” during most of the time (eight dynasties and periods). In general, “Li” is more frequently referred to in classic Confucian works than “Ren,” especially in those of the pre-Sui and Tang era. The An-Shi Disturbances in the Tang Dynasty may mark an important turning point for the frequencies of “Ren” and “Li” in classic Confucian works.

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Research and Implementation of Intelligent Traditional Chinese Headdress System in Computer Animation

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.519-520.473 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 519-520 ◽

pp. 473-476

Author(s):

Jun Tang ◽

Yan Meng

Keyword(s):

Qing Dynasty ◽

Computer Technology ◽

Computer Animation ◽

Tang Dynasty ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Creation Process ◽

Traditional Chinese Culture ◽

The Creation ◽

Rich Material

Traditional Chinese headdress is an important part of the traditional Chinese culture, which provides rich material for computer animation. The creation process of traditional Chinese headdress model in computer animation is complex working and time-consuming. This study establishes the traditional Chinese headdresses database, which covers from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. According to the characteristics of the traditional Chinese headdress, this study develops an intelligent Traditional Chinese Headdress system by MEL, which can import models into the scene and change attributes related with models efficiently. The system is the combination among computer technology, animation art and traditional Chinese culture. It will improve the efficiency and quality in the computer animation creation.

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On the question of studying the examination system during the reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The image of a student in the stories of Pu Songling

Uchenyy Sovet (Academic Council) ◽

10.33920/nik-02-2105-07 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 394-401

Author(s):

Nataliya Vladimirovna Smirnova

Keyword(s):

Qing Dynasty ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Highly Qualified ◽

Examination System ◽

Specific System ◽

The Qing Dynasty ◽

The World ◽

Turtle Dove ◽

Artistic Images ◽

Sick Bird

The stories of the Chinese writer Pu Songling about the extraordinary are well known all over the world: there are translations in English, French, German and Spanish. The article, based on the study of the stories of Pu Songling in the translations of the outstanding Russian orientalist Vasiliy Mikhailovich Alekseev (1881-1951), presents the image of a student and the features of the examination system (keju) during the reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China (1644-1911). The importance of fiction in the study of the content of the institution of state examinations is emphasized. Artistic images help to see the uniqueness and specificity of the keju system. Highly qualified translations of Liao Zhai's stories and V.M. Alekseev's comments create the image of a student - "a criminal in prison", "a bee frozen by the end of autumn", "a sick bird released from a cage", "a monkey on a leash", "a fly that has drunk poison", "a turtle dove whose eggs have broken". The materials of the article can be useful in preparing for classes in "History" study field. These stories allow considering the system of state examinations (keju) during the Qing Dynasty as a specific phenomenon of Chinese culture. The author considers three types of exams in the period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty - county-regional, provincial and metropolitan with a specific system of tasks and levels of difficulty for each level.

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Intelligent Traditional Chinese Hairstyle System in Computer Animation

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.530-531.915 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 530-531 ◽

pp. 915-918

Author(s):

Jun Tang ◽

Yu Lin Zeng

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Qing Dynasty ◽

Computer Technology ◽

Computer Animation ◽

Tang Dynasty ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Creation Process ◽

Traditional Chinese Culture ◽

The Creation ◽

Rich Material

Traditional Chinese hairstyle is an important part of the traditional Chinese culture, which provides rich material for computer animation. The creation process of traditional Chinese hairstyle model in computer animation is complex working and time-consuming. This study establishes the traditional Chinese hairstyle database, which covers from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. According to the characteristics of the traditional Chinese hairstyle, this study develops an Intelligent Traditional Chinese Hairstyle System by MEL, which can display the condition of traditional Chinese hairstyle models in real time and change attributes related with models efficiently. The system is the combination among computer technology, animation art and traditional Chinese culture. It will improve the efficiency and quality in the computer animation creation.

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Grammatical Descriptions in Manchu Grammar Books from the Qing Dynasty

Histoire Épistémologie Langage ◽

10.1051/hel/2019004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 39-55

Author(s):

Takashi Takekoshi

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

Qing Dynasty ◽

The Qing Dynasty ◽

Chinese Scholars ◽

High Degree ◽

The 19Th Century

In this paper, we analyse features of the grammatical descriptions in Manchu grammar books from the Qing Dynasty. Manchu grammar books exemplify how Chinese scholars gave Chinese names to grammatical concepts in Manchu such as case, conjugation, and derivation which exist in agglutinating languages but not in isolating languages. A thorough examination reveals that Chinese scholarly understanding of Manchu grammar at the time had attained a high degree of sophistication. We conclude that the reason they did not apply modern grammatical concepts until the end of the 19th century was not a lack of ability but because the object of their grammatical descriptions was Chinese, a typical isolating language.

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