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Jun 29, 2024 · Deng Xiaoping ( Chinese: 邓小平 [a]; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989.
3 days ago · Feng Dao (881–954) – inventor, printer, and politician; Zhang Fei (?–221) – military general during the Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period who became sworn brothers with Liu Bei and Guan Yu; Xia Gengqi (born 1933) – curator in the Beijing Palace Museum
4 days ago · The term dao predates the rise of Daoism and is used in all schools of Chinese philosophy, including Confucianism. Its literal meanings include “way,” “path,” “road,” “course,” “speech,” and “method,” among others.
- Daoism is a philosophy, a religion, and a way of life that arose in the 6th century BCE in what is now the eastern Chinese province of Henan. It ha...
- The concept of dao is broad and plays various roles in Daoist philosophy. The Cosmic Dao, or the Way of the Cosmos, is an indeterminate force or pr...
- The founding figure is Laozi, who flourished in the 6th century BCE but about whom little else is known. The Daodejing (“Classic of the Way to Powe...
- Daoism and Confucianism present contrasting, though not incompatible, understandings of human flourishing or well-being. Whereas Daoism seeks harmo...
Jun 27, 2024 · The following is a list of characters in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature . 108 Stars of Destiny. The 108 Stars of Destiny are at the core of the plot of Water Margin.
Jun 30, 2024 · Feng Dao. Feng Dao (882-954) was the initiator of government-backed printing of Confucian books on a large scale. He was respectively appointed as prime minister of Hou Tang (923-934) and of Hou Jin (936-940) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907-960).