... to the bride, in the hope that the new couple will live an abundant life with good harvest of all crops. Master of the Wedding Ceremony On the wedding ceremony, the master is the most important person besides the bride and groom. Normally, a honored and respected senior is invited to declare to ... greetings, a banquet is held in his honor. The son-in-law enjoys a high status in his wife's family and he is often called the "master of the girl". In colloquial, he calls the parents of his wife papa and mama, or to show respect, "Father of Mountain (father-in- ... the same family name in ...

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... other neighbor countries such as Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and among Western society. Confucius is deprived from Latinized form of Chinese characters, Kong Fuzi which mean great Master Kong, who was born in a small State "Lu" China. He grew up in a poor family after his father passed away when he was young. ... there were two most important Confucian philosophers were Mencius (ca.371-ca289 BCE) and Xunzi (fl.289-238). Both of them came from original the same master of Confucianism but they had a difference view of concept in life. The Mencius was confidently defined the term about human na...

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... Hundred Schools. From among these schools emerged schools of Confucianism and Taoism. Now out of the Hundred School arose a teacher whom many considered to be China's greatest, Master K"ung or K"ung Fu-tzu better yet Confucius. Although he was an aristocratic descent, he lived a life a teacher. He would tutor in the area of arts ... years. Most of the teachings of Confucius are contained in the Analects. The Analects contain twenty books each consisting of sentence or paragraph- length sayings of the master which were all recorded by his people. Confucius teaching could be noted in a ma...

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... blank places. I always think that even Confucianism can be deduced from the Tao. And Lao Zi also said when the Tao is feeble, virtue and morality will appear. So there're some Confucian standards used in philosphy too. Such as the civility of the single charactor and the courtliness between the charactors. ... calligraphy." But other skills on the implements of the brush, the ink and the paper also need a hard training. There's a real story that when a calligraphy master attended the imperatorial art academe, others didn't know what he could do so they all looked down on him. One day w...

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... China. The ideas and teachings of the most respected philosopher in Chinese history, Confucius, have had a major impact on the beliefs, customs and culture in Traditional China. Although the "Great Master Kong was not recognized vastly during his life, it was his followers who publicized his teachings through a book known as The Analects. Living in the late period of the Zhou ... Dynasty during chaos and internal hostilities led Confucius to try to benefit the world by creating and spreading his beliefs of integrity and morality. The ideology of Confucius greatly affected Chinese societ...

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... China. The ideas and teachings of the most respected philosopher in Chinese history, Confucius, have had a major impact on the beliefs, customs and culture in Traditional China. Although the "Great Master Kong" was not recognised vastly during his life, it was his followers who publicised his teachings through a book known as The Analects. Living in the late period of the Zhou ... Dynasty during chaos and internal hostilities led Confucius to try to benefit the world by creating and spreading his beliefs of integrity and morality. The ideology of Confucius greatly affected Chinese socie...

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... during the Sung dynasty Poetry was written to the tunes of popular melodies of the time Often sung by courtesans in brothels and usually dealt with romantic themes Traditional Confucian morality saw T'zu as an inferior genre to Shih poetry Su Shih (1037-1101) o One of the greatest literary figures in Chinese history o He wrote T'zu lyrics on more socially relevant ... to the writing style of the ancients (guwen) 5. The "Eight-Legged Essay" form of essay for Civil Service Examinations during the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties which scholars had to master to gain office strict literary structu...

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The philosophical ideas that originated through Confucianism were founded by Confucius or K"ung Fu-tzu (which is translated as "Grand Master K"ung). The birth of the society that sheltered and nurtured such a philosophy was China (however, over a period of time, it spread through out East Asia). Although Confucianism has sometimes been ... a "moral" life; making one's words conform to one's deeds, ching , or "reverence," "seriousness," or "the sense of awe in the face of one's obligations to others.", and other acts of morality. The full development of jen is exemplified only by the chun-tzu...

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