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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
