ID 1: Emperor Wu
Emperor Wu came to the throne in 141 B.C.E. when he was 16. Politically, Emperor Wu weakened the local forces which had grown incredibly in mid-Western Han period and enhanced his centralized system of government. Militarily, under Emperor Wu’s leadership, Chinese army defeated Xiongnu at the northern border and the power of the Western Han dynasty was consolidated. Ideologically, Emperor Wu promoted Confucianism as the main intellectual school and achieved the unity in people’s thinking. Internationally, he sent ambassadors to western regions and promoted the communication between China and other countries. Also, the territory of China was expanded significantly during his reign. Emperor Wu is one of the most outstanding
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In 372C.E., Buddhism was introduced to the most developed kingdom-Koguryo and then it was introduced to Paekeche in 384 C.E., and the less developed kingdom Silla in the 6th century. Buddhism was supported by emperors of the Three Kingdoms and many temples were built since Buddhism was introduced. Also, emperors allowed commoners to go to temples and become monks. Also, a lot of Buddhism scholars were sent to China to study Buddhism. One of the most well known monk is Wongwang. In order to give some advices to people who don’t know much about Buddhism, he created the “Five Commandments for Laymen” (“Wongwang Goes to China for Study”, P45). In the commandments, he said kings should be served loyally. Parents should be attended with filial piety. Friends should be treated with sincerity. People shouldn’t run away from the battlefield. Also, people should think carefully before they take others’ lives. In his five commandments, he combined the ideas of Confucianism and Buddhism. Furthermore, his commandments played an important role in teaching and encouraging people to be loyal and brave when the country is facing dangers. Because Silla was troubled by frequent border raid from Koguryo and Paekeche during that time. So Buddhism was considered as the national religion and a doctrine for the protection of the
There may been times when people have been treated unfairly, just because of their appearance or their social life.
Shi Huangdi now able to unite the warring states, explored ways to establish a stable, and long lasting dynasty. The improvements he made to a now unified China, changed they way the world looked upon the country.
Ai Weiwei was born during the Cultural Revolution in China of 1950s, he inherited a lot of his political knowledge from his father who was a poet called Ai Quig. Ai Quig was then later exiled with his family to re-education camps on the out reaches of a desert in 1958 for questioning government authority. After the Cultural Revolution, Chinese citizens were allowed to travel outside their borders again in 1970s. As a young man, the place that Ai Weiwei dreamed about going to was New York. He went to New York and was exposed to its western influences, its liberty and freedom of expression (Springford, 2011).Using photography Weiwei recorded and documented everything that inspired him. Weiwei visited galleries and art museums that exposed him to the world of conceptual art, becoming influenced by Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. Ai Weiwei admired the ways of artists who could simply proclaim what was art and what wasn’t art, how Duchamp questioned art and when something gets to be art (Springford, 2011).Ai Weiwei came back to China in 1993 to take care of his sick father, and found himself drawn to his responsibility as an artist, to take the task of re-awakening his country through his art and to expose his thoughts on the corrupt and controlling nature of China’s government (Philipson,2012). Ai Weiwei has always been an outspoken artist. In the course of his art making, Weiwei has used a form of activism in his art, with political ideologies that exist because of the Chinese government. He also uses a sense of memory and the countrys past and history. Most of his art involves the public and their outlook of the government. Weiwei requests engagement from the public as a show of protest in his artworks (Harris & Zucker, 2009). When...
Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism, affected with the help of his own teacher, Upragupta, was gradual. Even though he did little to change the system of government he inherited, he introduced a novel and powerful moral idealism, which was a moral rule or way of life in the Buddhist sense, as he understood it. He called this the “Law of Piety.” This law, though following the tenets of the Buddha, was distinct from them and peculiar to Asoka. It was to become one of the great turning points of the civilization of the East, having profound effects throughout the neighboring kingdoms, not least in
He went around the world 600 years ago, has allowed China to acquire and friendly international relations, commercial and forwarded through all these trips the image of China, powerful and impressive.
Rachel Renteria Ms. Anastasia Coon History of Theatre January 18, 2018 Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange is a poet and playwright that has made waves with her literary works, pulling experience from her own life and struggles to create works of art. As a self-proclaimed “black feminist,” Shange brought forth feminist and racial themes in her work. Her work is intense, honest, real, and boundary pushing. Shange explored themes that most authors at her time wouldn't dare touch in fear of being ridiculed or pushed aside, not taken seriously.
The Han Dynasty, the amazing Chinese era to have said to unified China for over 400 years old. This era in China’s history began in 206 B.C when a rebel armies rose up against the Qin army. One rebellion, led by Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang was later joined by Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, Ying Bu, and Peng Yue joined forces with Liu Bang. The people of the Qin Dynasty were unhappy under the rule of Qin Shihuang who was ran his empire with an iron fist. His rule was absolute and disagreeing was punishable by death, though Emperor Qin was the one who to end the Warring States as well as complete the conquering of China in 221 B.C, thus expanding the Chinese state. After the takeover, Liu Bang took the name as Emperor of China and changed his given name to Emperor Gaozu and the Qin laws were abolished.
He also makes reference to the long history of religious intolerance and persecution within the Christian tradition, brought about by greed, mistrust, and ignorance. He emphasizes the need for continuous practice, prayer, meditation, mindfulness, and personal growth within individual religious traditions and cultures. We must make the spirit of the Buddha and the spirit of Christ part of our everyday lives. He explores the “Five Wonderful Percepts of Buddhism”: reverence for life, generosity, responsible sexual behavior, speaking and listening deeply, and ingesting only wholesome substances; comparing them to the teachings of Christ. These precepts are without a doubt, very similar to the principles thought by Christ and his apostles. Each precept or teaching works with the next, interconnecting and building upon each other toward the same goal to end suffering, bring about personal and worldly understanding, world peace, and spiritual
As the people became involved in long-distance trade and settled down, they started to convert to Buddhism. Various forms of it spread to Southeast Asia due to their native beliefs (Haywood 27). Rulers liked the idea of themselves being gods and elites liked the idea of karma where they were rewarded based on their morality from a past life. Religion could not spread in Central Asia because of its dependence on a written language (Strayer
This month Chien-Shiung Wu died of a stroke in New York City. Wu has done much for the scientific community, including working on the Manhattan project, her famous Wu experiment and battling gender bias. Let’s take a moment to reflect on the life of Chien-Shiung Wu. Wu was born on May 31, 1912 in Liu Ho, China. Her father was an engineer turned teacher and an advocate for education.
The compass was used as early as the Qin Dynasty where, “Chinese compasses were invented for more than just helping people navigate the open oceans. They were originally used and developed for aligning buildings with the cardinal directions and as a tool used in fortune telling” (Chinese Compass History) . If your home or business was placed in the right direction, you would then have a good life, as well as wealth. The earliest Chinese compasses were used to order and harmonize buildings according to the geomantic principles of what is now known as Feng shui, which is a Chinese philosophical system for harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment.
Buddhism was first introduced into Korean society by China during the Three Kingdoms period (Overview). Chinese Monk-emissaries had a large role in making Buddhism the main religion of Korea (Lee). The Three Kingdoms of Korea consisted of three different kingdoms, the Koguryo in the northern part of Korea (37 BC-668AD), the Paekche in the southwest peninsula (18BC-660AD), and the Silla (57BC-935AD). The first to adopt Buddhism was Koguryo in 372 AD, who then sent Buddhist Monks the Paekche the spread the religion. Paekche then adopted Buddhism in 384 AD (Korean History). The southern state of Silla did not adopt the religion until 528 AD. Although Buddhism was viewed as the main religion in Korea, it did not take precedence over the local religion. In fact, the Koreans took their gods and combined it with the Buddhist religion, making the previous gods the “protectors” of Buddha. The coexistence of Buddhism and the local religion is also known as Shamanism (Koo). Korean rulers also followed China by creating theories to make themselves equals to Buddha or sanctioned by Buddhism to have political authority (Koo). In 668 AD the Silla kingdom conquer...
Chinese Buddhism entered China a few centuries after the passing away of the Buddha, at a time when Confucianism and Taoism were the predominant religions in a country that was as a big as a continent and rivaled India in historical antiquity and cultural pluralism. In the early phases of its entry, Buddhism did not find many adherents in China.
His teachings included The Five Great Vows, which are: Ahimsa, Satya, Achaurya, Brahmacharya, and Aparigrigraha (Shah). Ahimsa is the vow of non-violence. This vow is also one of the main principles of Jainism. It requires the followers to not do any harm to any one person, plant, or animal because they are all equal. This vow also requires that any and every type of violence is forbidden.
Understanding the Buddhist lifestyle requires learning about the background of the religion and the monks. Buddha set the teachings of Buddhism, also called the Dhamma-Vinaya. The code of conduct, called the Vinaya, teaches people aspiring to gain the monastic life of a monk to gain wisdom and mindfulness. Buddha set these rules for the well-being of the Bhikkus, or the monk. He set these rules to help create a peaceful atmosphere for the Buddhist community and to avoid corruption in the Buddhist community. All monks and/or nuns must not only follow these rules, but also many other rules and principles.