... exhibited the qualities and skills that were essential to survival in the steppe environment where rash action or timid hesitation could lead to the destruction of a leader's kinsmen and dependents. Courage in battle, usually evidenced from youth by bravery in the hunt, and the capacity to forge alliances and attract dependents were vital leadership skills. A strong leader could quickly build up ... prepared their defenses, hit unanticipated targets, retreat back to the steppes after suffering temporary reverses, and then suddenly reappear in force. To a people whose very life-style bre...

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... Heavens were letting the people know that the Emperor is performing good deeds for his people and is considered a blessing. The Dragon is a symbol of loyalty, eternity, Emperor, Imperial authority, courage and strength. The phoenix symbolizes feminine beauty, Empress' good virtues, Empress, goodness, warmth, prosperity, and peace. She also represents the Sun. When the dragon and the phoenix were joined together ... ...

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... by the colossal hole in the side of the hill, and were debating on whether to go in or not. After a few minuets of discussing, we all got up the courage to go into the cave. We wondered deep into the caves dark and gloomy corridors, with nothing but a flashlight and our instincts. Farther, farther, and even farther we walked, hoping ... ...

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... significant events, those stories in the Joy Luck Club are not just happy stories. Every story in the Joy Luck Club has its own mean to give the narrators some courage or sacrifice but in the end those narrators lose or found themselves or something else. This novel present and show how great and brave the Chinese-American mothers are. They ... ...

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... time of Confucianism thinking Chinese culture warranted: "the highest standards were demanded and claimed. This was even truer for women than for men" (p. 99). Women were expected to possess "charity, courage, tenancy, and unquestioning acceptance of the prevailing hierarchy - unto death if necessary" (p. 100). According to Chinese beliefs of the time a wife's loyalty was especially of most importance to the husband ... ...

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... honored, Confucius believed, only a minimal of intervention by the state in the lives of its subjects would be necessary. According to Confucius, the superior or educated man was a person of courage who made decisions on his own and then defended them no matter how strong the opposition. Shi in positions of power were to pay proper deference to rulers but not ... ...

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... really hard as heavy destructive monsoons approached and also the heat, mosquitoes, shortage of food supply and ammunition caused the soldiers to no longer fight no more and lack their courage, will power and enthusiasm to do it, they were hungry, sick from malaria and also homesick struck some of the soldiers as they weren't unsure if they were to make ... ...

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... Heavens were letting the people know that the Emperor is performing good deeds for his people and is considered a blessing. The Dragon is a symbol of loyalty, eternity, Emperor, Imperial authority, courage and strength. The appearance of a Phoenix meant that the Emperors were just. The phoenix symbolises feminine beauty, Empress' good virtues, Empress, goodness, warmth, prosperity, and peace. She also represents the ... ...

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... ideals of the first revolution, for which he worked twenty years, turned to ashes at the hands of Yuan Shikai and the warlords, he was still prepared, with perseverance and courage, to rebuild a programme from the ruins of the old." I believe that Sun's lack of support of Song Jiaoren's GMD was a bad move in Sun Yat Sen's favour as that would ... ...

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