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- ; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of Taoist buildings situated ... *Religion in China *Confucianism == Notes == ==References== ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... * Religion in China * Medieval Roman Catholic Missions in China ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- events at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. Even though Eric Liddell ... Eric Liddell, fondly called the "Flying Scotsman," was born ...8 KB (1,362 words) - 19:25, 13 February 2024
- region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest ... Road, had been influenced by Islam early in its history, many citizens ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Qing Dynasty's summer palace), situated in the city of Chengde in Hebei ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- most fundamental virtues universally found in diverse cultures throughout ... In Confucian thought, filial piety ( c=孝|p=Xiào ) is one of the ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 22:58, 1 May 2021
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 C.E. The christological ... Nestorianism originated in the fifth century out of an attempt to ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- by the Chinese Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle, in 1403. More than 2,169 scholars ... Di had the Encyclopedia transported and kept in the Forbidden City. In 1557 ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- as the bodhisattva of infinite compassion in East Asian Buddhism. The name ... When worship of Avalokiteśvara spread to China, he was also first worshiped ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal ... were incorporated into the overall design. In China, these structures incorporated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- ) existed from 1124 C.E. (Yelü Dashi proclaimed himself king in the ... The Mongol Empire destroyed the Khitan empire in 1218. The Khitan people ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- the High God (or Clan Ancestor) postulated in the earliest-known religious ... B.C.E.), however, the deity's position in the Chinese religious imagination ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- prophecy that the Joseon Dynasty would end in its 500th year (1392-1892) ... to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in July 1894 and the crushing ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and the conflict over ... continued to be called "Nestorian" in the West, to distinguish it ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- qigong meditation introduced by Li Hongzhi in China in 1992. Falun Gong has ... twice as the "Star Qigong School" in the 1992 and 1993 Asian Health ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- Category:Philosophy and religion between members by meeting regularly in houses or smaller meeting places ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- , literally towering Eyebrow Mountain) is located in Sichuan province ... the Ming and Qing dynasties are located in the vicinity of the mountaintop ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- prominence during the emergence of modern China. Their father, Charles Jones ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. His teachings ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- [[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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- E.). Members of the School of Names engaged in a form of public debate or ... years until Emperor Shi Huang Di unified China under the Qin dynasty in ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- , President of Toronto University College, in 1851. The term Pré-historique ... Religious accounts of creation, such as the biblical account in Genesis ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Many viharas, such as Nalanda, founded in 427 C.E., were world famous ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... but it was already rich and essential in the period of antiquity called ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies ... The people of Zanskar have subsisted, until recently, in nearly total ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- ) is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China ... province's abbreviation, Qióng (琼 in Simplified Chinese), referring ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- refers to those deliberately castrated in order to perform specific social ... Servants or slaves were usually castrated in order to make them safer servants ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- and translator who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... be free to choose and to practice the religion of his/her choice" ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- by Chinese scholars, it became famous in the West when it was translated ... describes milestones that mark progress in the course of meditation practice ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- as the founder of an indigenous Korean religion, one that had enormous impact ... the rebellion that many followers of his religion sparked after his death ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- The epic is considered the longest literary work in the world. Although ... The Epic of King Gesar is considered the longest literary work in ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... Historically, sociology of religion was of central importance to sociology ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). It is located in the middle of Beijing, China ... #039;s former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- of the Sarvastivada schools, he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism ... translation of Buddhist texts written in Sanskrit to Chinese, which ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- southern Manchuria (present-day northeast China), southern Russian Maritime ... a major regional power of East Asia, fell in defeat to a Silla-Tang alliance ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... of ethnocentrism has proven significant in the social sciences, both with ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The Juche Ideology (Juche Sasang 주체사상 in Korean; or Chuch ... are used to externally dominate the masses in a totalitarian state, Juche ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- It was originally published anonymously in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty ... Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China. During the journey they ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- the diverse cultures and countries in which it has spread. Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Sikkim), areas in northern Pakistan, Mongolia ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- Zhang Guo Lao (張果老) (Chang Kuo Lao in Wade-Giles) is one of ... In iconographic depictions, he is most easily recognizable by his ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- who have fled North Korea seeking asylum in South Korea or other nations. as the possible collapse of North Korea in the wake news of Kim Il-sung ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Body"), and therefore is often depicted in massive sculpted images and ... to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- In Tibetan Buddhism, Shambhala (Tibetan: bde byung, pron. 'De ... The concept of Shambhala plays an important role in Tibetan religious ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million ... beginning with the conquests of Western Xia in north China and the Khwarezmid ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warriors in the Greek pantheon. As the ... Like Athena, Minerva came to be represented in art bearing a weapon and amour ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- which scholars were selected as officials in the imperial bureaucracy from ... and the Four Books. Other texts included in the Confucian canon are the ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- histories of any kingdom or nation in the world, if the 3000 B.C ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- between 800 to 200 B.C.E. was the time in which all foundations that ... of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- the first Jewel, Buddha. Founded in 646 C.E. by Master Jajang, ... or master Buddha’s teachings in order to bring salvation to ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. ... Buddhism, originally introduced to Korea from China in 372, or about ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- centuries, was canonized as a Taoist text in 742 C.E. by Emperor Xuanzong ... The Wenzi is written in a question-and-answer format, with Wenzi as ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... China ( t=中國|s=中国|hp=Zhōngguó|tp=Jhongguó ) is a cultural ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- ” “emptiness,” and “acquiescence” in order to allow the natural ... idea of the Qin Dynasty, culminating in the unification of China under ...22 KB (3,459 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- quot;) is an institution of great importance in Tibetan Buddhism, whose incumbent ... In addition to his supreme religious and temporal authority, the Dalai ...29 KB (4,223 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- Lama, and as such, is often referred to in Western media simply as the ... After the collapse of the Tibetan resistance movement in 1959, Tenzin ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- Pearls are valued as gemstones and are used in jewelry. Pearls can also be ... bivalve mollusks when nacre is secreted in successive thin, translucent ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- brush and weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology ... Goats naturally live in rugged mountain or desert habitats. They are ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- Trained in the medical profession and turning later in life to the ... William Stukeley was born the son of a lawyer at Holbeach in Lincolnshire ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- and thought. At times a controversial figure in Chinese history, his legacy ... sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- praxis) into a discrete and coherent whole. In the socio-political sphere ... Da Xue had previously been a single chapter in the Classic of Rites. ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Baekje (October 18 B.C.E. – August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest ... Korean Peninsula as far north as Pyongyang in the fourth century, falling ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] though independent, cultural manifestation in all the ancient civilizations ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- reveal his views of the universal truths in human nature and he often used ... tragedy and terror. Yet, he believed in the possibility of making a ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- In ancient Taoist thought,Wu Xing ( c=五行|p=wǔxíng qualities or energies that can be perceived in all natural phenomena. The ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- The Silla dynasty, emerging in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula ... Kingdoms of Korea. Beginning as a chiefdom in the Samhan confederacies, Silla ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- a unique "san-jiao" (three religion) village temple in Singapore ... on the spot for 120 years. The three religion temple allows us to envision ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 20:14, 13 September 2023
- became the officially sponsored doctrine in China for almost 1,000 years. “qi” ("vital life energy") in order to accord with nature ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 06:02, 13 June 2023
- 26 juan (巻 "scrolls; books") in 160 pian (篇 "sections ... developed during the later Han dynasty, in which the ruler, cultivating ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- , Hanyu Pinyin: bào'ēnsì, English: Temple of Thanksgiving ... eco-friendly and elderly-friendly designs in their temple. During a major ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa. ... A committed Christian, he engaged in charity activities, including ...21 KB (3,345 words) - 19:07, 4 December 2023
- | religion = Buddhist |}} and to reduce inequality. She succeeded in the latter but high government ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- In addition to its functional role, furniture is considered a form ... survives from the Neolithic Period and later in antiquity in the form of paintings ...10 KB (1,622 words) - 07:22, 15 April 2024
- of their religious heritage, which were in decline due to rapid modernization ... D. T. Suzuki was born as Teitarō Suzuki in Honda-machi, Kanazawa ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- from inauspicious beginnings to success in fields traditionally dominated ... psychotherapy and solace through religion. Ultimately, the Catholic ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- Улс) is a landlocked country located in East Asia with a population ... Mongolia was the center of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria, ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- Similar festivals are celebrated as Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan ... * Zhōngqiū Jié (中秋节), is the official name in Mandarin. ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. Located ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- Xiuzhen (修真) is the principal technique in the Taoist quest for ... Western scholars have encountered difficulty in treating Xiuzhen as a serious ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 17:32, 11 October 2020
- is a Chinese Philosophy founded by Mozi in the fifth century B.C.E.. It ... whom little is known, not even what part of China he came from. The Shi Ji ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- Christianity in Japan is a religious minority, which constitutes about ... are represented in the country today. Christianity was introduced to ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Christianity in China (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào, or Christ religion) is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants, Catholics ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- thumb|200px|The Paramore family mausoleum in the [[Bellefontaine and Calvary ... construct monuments, not just simple graves, in which to inter their dead speaks ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- Buddhism). The Potala Palace, located in the city of Lhasa, is named ... rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor. ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1902, she received the posthumous ... rose to the occasion. Born and raised in obscurity, Queen Min became ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- (1133-1212 C.E.). The school was established in 1175 C.E., and is the most ... Jodo shu sought to provide people with a simple Buddhist practice ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 13:45, 1 August 2022
- While Li Bai is often associated with the religion of Daoism, Du Fu is considered ... Certainly, Du Fu was much more down-to-earth in comparison with Li ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The term brainwashing was originally used in the United States to explain ... quot; became a controversial issue in the 1970s. Accusations that ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- dedicated to one or more articles listed in the Declaration. ... as freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion, and the rule of law, as ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- and social turmoil that characterized China during the Warring States ... Little is known of the historical Xunzi, save that he was born in ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ... Declaration of Human Rights and is enshrined in international human rights ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. Today Uyghurs live primarily ... Wei( 北魏) Dynasty (386-534 C.E.), in China, refers to them as part ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- 713) was one of the most important figures in the Chinese Chán monastic ... is one of the most influential texts in the East Asian meditative tradition ...20 KB (3,245 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- In the history of Confucianism, he is second only to Confucius in ... Mencius, also known by his birth name Meng Ke or Ko, was born in the ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- and arché meaning rule) refers to a society in which male members predominate ... around the world, and at different times in history, have attempted to ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- Confucian scholars received a pen name in addition to their birth name ... the verge of accomplishing audacious reforms in Korea hand in hand with the ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- and maintained the last nomadic empire in East Turkestan (now known as ... Russia, gained the support of the Dalai Lama in Tibet, established a universal ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 13:28, 25 September 2020
- most popular and influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia and the basis on ... Such language has deep resonances in other religions, that also ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- most common type of educational institutions in many nations. Public schools ... While public schools are to be found in virtually every country, there ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- meaning mind or soul) refers to a belief in numerous personalized, supernatural ... Tylor's 1871 book, Primitive Culture. In it, Tylor used the term to ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- revolutionary. Although he was successful in the traditional Confucian system ... *Sep 1915 to Apr 1920: Became an influential figure in the May Fourth ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- The control of fisheries production has been exercised in many places ... Fishery management in the pre-modern era has traditionally been organized ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- Socialist economics is a term which refers in its descriptive sense ... are beings of free will and their success in any endeavor comes from their ...42 KB (6,187 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- In addition, it is classified as a real number, A real number is a ... Nine is the highest single-digit number in the decimal system. A group ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- This led to controversies over freedom of religion and civil rights in the ... have been taken away from them and may be in serious danger. The courts ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- In ancient times as well as today, Feng Shui, (風水) pronounced ... space, weather, astronomy, and geomagnetism in determining the most auspicious ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- and the leaves are usually bound with string in a small bundle and dried. ... deal to Native American history and rituals. In addition to having spiritual ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers ... . This is the opposite of the term Occident. In terms of the Old World, Europe ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... own coins by the third century, converting in the fourth century to Christianity ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- The Goryeo Dynasty marks the last Buddhist-shaped dynasty in Korea ... Silla, which had united the Three Kingdoms of Korea in 668, weakened ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- religious institutional power and influence in public and political life. ... both the absence of religious interference in government affairs and government ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- Revenue Minister of Bombay (1937 to 1939 and in 1946. In 1952 he was elected ... States, hosting a visit from Jimmy Carter in 1978. Visiting the Soviet Union ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- the need for scientific methodology in his work. He pioneered the ... Adolf Bastian was born in Bremen, Germany, into a prosperous bourgeois ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Religion in Korea encompasses Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity ... Religion in Korea has a multi-faceted character. Shamanism, a tribal ...34 KB (5,119 words) - 03:57, 8 December 2022
- ) and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia. Observances traditionally ... Year’s Eve has always been a family matter in China. It is the reunion day ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. The dynasty was founded ... day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- The word Ananda means "bliss" in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala ... Ananda was born in Kapilavatthu and was the Buddha's cousin, ...12 KB (1,953 words) - 18:58, 26 July 2023
- Confucianism. Zhang taught that everything in the universe was comprised ... and later did much of his teaching) was born in 1020, the son of a magistrate ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 01:17, 4 December 2023
- law is the use of laws wherein no law exists in isolation. Within a world situation ... As the world becomes smaller in traveling time, and larger in legal ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- the gods") is the name of a priestess in Haitian Voodoo, derived from ... music produced this fascinating rhythm and in turn created a new sensational ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- was inextricably associated with religion, ethics, aesthetics, political ... involves an attempt to understand reality in terms of words, Eastern philosophy ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- The Hwarang denotes a military society of expert Buddhist warriors ... from the sense of a righteous soldier in the tradition of King Arthur ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from ... As a constitutional sultanate, Brunei was, in 2007, the only country ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- "big cats" (subfamily Pantherinae) in the Panthera genus, along with ... and the largest surviving feline species in the world. The critical endangered ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- rapprochement with the Shi'a Muslims in the Caliphate and Islamization ... Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, in addition to the growing Muslim ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:55, 18 December 2022
- developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in the mid-late eighteenth century ... including human beings, is "matter in motion" and that progress ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom ... on December 10, 1948, defines freedom of religion and belief as follows: ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- consists of hundreds of the Ryūkyū Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long ... The three tribal federations of the Ryukyu Islands were united in ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- like purposes, and often, especially in the past, serving ceremonial ... date back centuries and many have emerged in a more contemporary form to ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- is a form of ornamental handwriting found in various cultures throughout ... typography and non-classical hand-lettering in that characters are disciplined ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- Asia, consisting of the countries south of China, east of India and north ... the north. Austronesian peoples predominate in the maritime region; taken ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Buddhism, of Vajrayana Buddhism which spread in the eighth century from northeastern ... posthumously Kōbō-Daishi) went to China in 804 and studied tantric ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- a society. Thus, civilization is expressed in physical attributes, such as ... as a racial or ethnic group, a nation, or in the age of globalization, by ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- According to tradition, Zen originated in India as a non-verbal doctrine ... Today, Zen is becoming increasingly popular in the West, where it ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- aesthetic purposes and religious worship. In the latter case, the light ... Prior to the candle being ignited, the wick is saturated with the ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ... ==Qi in Ancient Chinese Thought== |right|250px|In Chinese thought Qi ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- and Honen saw the age they were living in as a degenerate time where ... In contemporary times, Jodo Shinshu is one of the most widely followed ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty ... Taejong's foundational leadership played a vital role in establishing ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described ... In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- developed over more than two thousand years in China and have influenced religio ... Daoling and the Celestial Masters School in the late Han Dynasty. These ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Anthropologists ... as it becomes even more difficult to define in an increasingly fluid and globalized ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- Gem) are three religious vows that are made in the process of becoming a Buddhist ... * I take refuge in the Buddha ("The Enlightened" or "Awakened ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
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