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- preferred term by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and that the word Maoism ... In the People's Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong Thought is ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- President of the People's Republic of China from April 27, 1959, to October ... book, How to Be a Good Communist, published in 1939, was made required reading ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- In ancient India, Nālānda (Sanskrit: meaning "giver of knowledge ... Nalanda has been called "one of the first great universities ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- and Western ideas to the Chinese Empire in the sixteenth century. He was ... In 1601, Ricci became the first foreigner from the West to enter the ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- political ideology that regards China to be central or unique relative ... October 1860, guaranteed freedom of religion in China, legalized the opium ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- deity among the Eight Immortals figures in Daoism. She is often described ... deities who play an important role in Chinese religion and culture ...9 KB (1,418 words) - 09:15, 20 January 2024
- quot;), an overview of the history of China covering more than two thousand ... the process of democratization of learning in China where civil service largely ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- whether certain elements of Chinese folk religion (including ancestor veneration ... Pope Clement XI (r. 1700–1721) decided in favor of the Dominicans (who ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- Chinese rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- religious figure (after the Dalai Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect ... controversy: the People's Republic of China asserts it is Qoigyijabu ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- teaching was first brought to Japan from China in the middle of the eigth ... In addition to teachings from Tiantai in China, Saichō included Zen ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty in the historiography of China. to Russia); however, the Mongol rulers in Asia were only interested in ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- of the ancient kingdom of Srivijaya, in modern day Sumatra, as well ... I Ching was born Zhang Wen Ming in 635 in Qizhou (modern Shandong ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- Wang Guowei was the first to introduce to China the works of Friedrich Nietzsche ... antiquarian who encouraged his interest in ancient Chinese script and ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- is the first dynasty to be described independently in both the official ... It was at this early stage in China's long history that the concept ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- the region of Manchuria (Northeast China) until the seventeenth century ... Over a period of thirty years beginning in 1586, Nurhaci, a chieftain ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch in the traditional lineage of ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- sixth century C.E. and played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism ... origins, the chronology of his journey to China, his death, and other details ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- is generally considered to have been in about the sixth century B.C.E. ... on nature and the self, which has resulted in the development of themes like ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- writers, and musicians who came together in the bloody third century C ... The Seven Sages’ life of retirement in the countryside became a ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China. Jiang Qing was most famous ... took over political control of the country. In 1969, she became a member of ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... *Religion in China ==Notes== ==References== *Blofeld, John. 1958. The ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan, which blends Buddhist ... The relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan is complex ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- organized among the bureaucratic elite in the imperial government of ... Early in the seventeenth century, the Tung-lin Academy joined with ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- millennium C.E.. The Three Kingdoms period in Korea extends from the first ... Han dynasty established four commanderies in northern parts of the Korean ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- and Silla. The fall of Baekje to Silla in 668 marks the recognized beginning ... Archaeological discoveries in the ancient Unified Silla dynasty reveal ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... the myths of both of these play a key role in modern Korea's explanation ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- through Christianity), to uproot the religion of the barbarian foreigners ... the foundation for the Christian Church in Korea to flourish today. Andrew ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 17:52, 27 July 2023
- and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty. Born in Shanghai, Xu passed the first ... Xu studied with Matteo Ricci in Nanjing, and in 1603 was baptized ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- ), is a Chan Buddhist temple at Song Shan in Zhengzhou City, Henan ... who spread Shaolin martial arts through China after the Shaolin Temple ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- on Mount Lu. Daoxin was ordained as a monk in 607 and eventually settled ... to monastic Chan communities throughout China. Chan practice was extended ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, its ... on international affairs, particularly in the areas of Russia and Eurasia ...7 KB (1,074 words) - 00:34, 29 November 2023
- recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are concentrated in ... Most Hui are similar in culture to Han Chinese except that they practice ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- Buddhist and Taoist festival held in certain East Asian countries ... In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- Bun'en; he is also variously known in English as "Unmon," ... * Religion in China ==Notes== ==References== *Daoyuan, Shi and Zhongyuan ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ... Less than one month after Mao’s death in 1976, more conservative ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation, iconography, dance ... In Indian religious practice, the role of mudras as a concentration ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- In the People's Republic of China, Red Guards ( s=红卫兵|t ... to Beijing for the first of eight rallies in Tienanmen Square. Universities ...18 KB (2,779 words) - 02:28, 8 December 2022
- [[Image:Village school in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan.jpg|thumb ... to a female college student, particularly in the United States. Before the ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 22:24, 7 January 2024
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- One of the best known stories in Chan history is the verse writing ... *Religion in China *Buddhism ==Notes== ==References== *Dumoulin, Heinrich ...14 KB (2,174 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- South Korea or Republic of Korea, is located in East Asia at approximately ... seas: the Yellow Sea to the west; the East China Sea to the south; and the ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- ) are an ethnic group indigenous to China and the largest single ethnic ... ethnic group is closely tied to that of China. Han Chinese trace their ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- Japanese culture, and this concept is still in use today. The term “do” ... Yixuan. It was brought to Japan by Myoan Eisai in 1191. ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers ... poverty and suffering of Chinese peasants in the countryside. He went to ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- The Takla Makan (also Taklamakan or Taklimakan) is China's largest ... of which reach heights of over 109 yards. In extremely rare cases, sand ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... Theologically, Manichaeism is a dualistic religion that postulated ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ... rules of monastic and religious practice. In Japan, it became known as the ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- 30, 2016) was a religious studies scholar in the United States. He wrote ... Huston Cummings Smith was born in Suzhou, China on May 31, 1919, to ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- capital Nagaoka-kyō (長岡京) at Nagaoka in 784, before moving to Heian ... During the Nara period, the power and influence of Buddhism in Japan ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Wonhyo (元曉, 원효; "Genngyo" in Japanese) (617 – ... Unified Silla, Wonhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- of Gojoseon, the first kingdom of Korea, in present-day Liaoning, Manchuria ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- friend of Wonhyo (원효 元曉617-686 ). In 661, he traveled to Tang China ... and both of their biographies are recorded in Samguk Yusa (The Memorabilia ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- Sukjong upon his father's death in 1105. King Yejong’s reign ... those of the previously ascendant court religion of Buddhism. During his ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- for a group of related minorities in China, including the Panyao ... used to refer to the upland people living in the mountains of Hunan and ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- Bulgar, Mongolian, Hunnic and Altaic religion named Tengriism. For the ... and Mongols maintained a continuous belief in Tengri throughout their history ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- country was only a backward small country in need of urgent reforms, they ... He paid a prize for it and spent his life in a remote farming village where ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northern part ... Shanxi had been an important province in ancient China with the ancient ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- of Jesus (Jesuit Order), was instrumental in the establishment of Christianity ... In 1529, while attending the University of Paris, Xavier became acquainted ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- essayist. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made ... Lin was born on October 10, 1895 in the town of Banzai in Zhangzhou ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- theory. Regarded as a founder of sociology in the United States, he believed ... Ross studied human nature in detail, regarding human beings as essential ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 18:20, 12 February 2024
- The Uta (1919), The Tale of Genji (published in six volumes from 1921-33), ... Waley was self-taught in both Chinese and Japanese and achieved a ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- of Bodhidharma and Huike; accounts of them in historical texts are semi-legendary ... was the second of the almost-legendary early Ch'an patriarchs ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- ) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in ... Gansu has a unique role in China. Sitting on the terminus of the Silk ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- or granules called sand grains. It can vary in composition, but along non ... harmless, and children have fun playing in the sand. One must take appropriate ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- the Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi (1139 – 1200) in the late twelfth century C ... the Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi (1139 – 1200) in the late twelfth century C ...11 KB (1,684 words) - 14:30, 27 January 2023
- much of his life. He studied at the academy in the capital, Loyang, and occupied ... of Confucianism and Daoism into belief in superstition and legend. He ...10 KB (1,654 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- A state religion (also called an official religion, established church ... or creed designated as a state religion can vary. It can range from ...28 KB (4,007 words) - 19:54, 9 February 2023
- p=wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers ... performing as far away as Mexico and Chile, in Chinese New Year Celebrations ...24 KB (3,959 words) - 00:19, 5 September 2023
- Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as ... ) as the main Turkic power in the region and took hold of the lucrative ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- silicate minerals. Nephrite can be found in a variety of green colors and ... toward jade's attractiveness and value in making ornaments and decorative ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- The Tathāgatagarbha doctrine is an important teaching in Mahayana ... the Mahayanists and later became linked (in a less "pure," more ...16 KB (2,284 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- the foremost intellectual leader of China during the first two decades ... Liang believed that journalism had an important role in educating ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- that has been passed down for centuries in oral or written form. There ... *Religion in China *Chinese folk religion *List of deities ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- major works deal with the sociology of religion and government, but he also ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- his mission country, Korea, where he arrived in 1884. He was the first Protestant ... Horace Newton Allen was born in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, 1858 ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- family of Buddhist lineages found primarily in Tibet and Japan, which combine ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- | birth_place = China | death_date = 606 | death_place = ... Huike, he secluded himself for many years in the mountains to avoid the ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- a province of the People's Republic of China located in the far southwestern ... Tibetan monks have practiced their religion in Shangri-la, establishing ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- (愛新覺羅) ruling family was the last Emperor of China between ... as a puppet state of Imperial Japan, and in 1934, he was officially crowned ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- ) is a collection of more than twenty monuments and sites in Macao ... and Holland all sought to open trade with China. Portugal arrived first on ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- to the first successful communist revolution in Lenin's Russia in November ... today include Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba. China and North Korea have each ...15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- denomination of Korean Buddhism developed in the late Goryeo period, as ... currently comprises nearly 3,000 temples in Korea, organized into 25 districts. ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- an eminent theologian and religious scholar in the German Protestant tradition ... Born in Peine (near Hanover), Rufolf Otto attended the Gymnasium Adreanum ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 17:41, 22 December 2022
- kingdom on the earth, a utopian society in which wealth would be spread ... Richard Henry Tawney was born on November 30, 1880, in Calcutta, India ...14 KB (1,999 words) - 01:48, 14 December 2022
- roots back to the arrival of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ... roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- which influenced all subsequent teachers in the Linji (Japanese: Rinzai ... *Religion in China *Buddhism ==Notes== ==References == *Cleary, J.C ...16 KB (2,594 words) - 16:55, 13 May 2020
- over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines. Though ... In 1851, the Spanish in Manila began launching attacks which destroyed ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. Zenji is a title meaning ... to be the best philosophical work written in the Japanese language. To this ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- created the discipline of comparative religion. He was also one of the ... Müller's use of comparative linguistics in his research methodology ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic religions, alms ... Related to almsgiving is the practice of giving a tithe. In English ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan Reference ... The origins of the scholarly Indian Yogācāra tradition were rooted ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- (a short-necked lute) had been introduced in Japan from China. Various instruments ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- is the ruler of Heaven (Tian) in Chinese mythology and is among the ... In addition to the myriad Chinese myths and popular tales that reference ...18 KB (2,861 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- called Han Wen-kung) (768 - 824 C.E.), born in Nanyang, Henan, China, was ... Han Yu was born in 768, in Northern China, the son of a fairly high ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- by humans and have had an important role in human life for thousands of ... chambered stomach, which plays a vital role in digesting, regurgitating, and ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- referred to as the "father of modern China." He played an instrumental ... one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most ... Buddhism originated in India and came to Korea by way of China. A ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 04:34, 4 March 2023
