Search results for "Religion in China" - New World Encyclopedia
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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
