Essays on Chinese Philosophy

Yin and Yang are the basic principle and concept for both Chinese philosophy and culture that is traced back to the third century BCE. According to the principle, all the things that exist and surround us are inseparable and contradicting. Examples of this are female-male, old-young, darkness-light. These opposing aspects attract each other and, as it is illustrated by the well-known symbol of Yin-Yang principle, each of opposites has a part of the other in its core.

According to the principle, Yin stands for:

Feminine Black Dark North Cold Providing spirit for all things and so forth On the contrary, in terms of Chinese philosophy Yin ...

Chinese medicine and Chinese philosophy act as a whole. And the name of this whole - Taoism, the way of the Tao. What I admire in the Taoists to the core of my soul, is the fact that they can find simple and affordable solutions for everyday problems, without losing sight of the whole complexity of life. Next wonderful parable illustrates this approach.

A rich merchant came to the sage and asked him to make a beautiful calligraphic inscription.

- Write to me the secret of happiness - said the merchant, - and I'll put the scroll on the wall of my home. - Come back in a week, - said the sage.

When the merchant returned, sage showed him the scroll. The inscription read:

"Father will ...

A2 China is among the nations that can claim the ancient civilization, and its long history traces its origin to almost 5000 years back. It had small native tribes that helped in its overall development. The small tribes grew into the present day China and the society grew through five major stages that included a primitive society, slavery society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial, Feudal society, and finally the socialist society. Yuanmou man was the oldest dynasty followed by other dynasties such as Han. The rise and fall of the Chinese dynasties led to its development through eminent people such as ...

1. Introduction The most of the people in the world was guided by some of the philosophers. The philosopher is the great thinkers that they can provide good advice to lead the good society. The ancient kings obeyed the advice of philosophers. The most famous among them are Socrates. The Socrates is a great thinker and philosopher; his sayings are still followed by most of the people. The one among the best philosopher is Confucius. The Confucius was born in 551- 447 BCE in the nation called china. The Confucius is the most influential philosopher in china. The thinking ...

According to Fisher, (1999) the ideas of Li, Filial Piety, Wu Wei, Feng Shui, and Oharai can be discussed as follows. Li involves some of the Confucian rituals and courtesy, which show that an individual’s behaviour has cosmic importance. Filial Piety involves respecting elders as well as indicating how a person should conduct him/herself towards their parents. Feng Shui are the rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement in relation to patterns spiritual or earthly spirits based on a positive/ ancestral force or an earthly/ hungry ghost respectively. Wu Wei is considered as one of the concepts in Taoism ...

1. Discuss the cultural connections and parallels between Classical Greece and the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire in terms of art, literature, religion and philosophy. The Eastern Roman Empire (later the Byzantine Empire), was Greek-speaking and Hellenistic in culture, and contained two-thirds of the population and some of the largest cities like Alexandria, Constantinople and Antioch. Poltically, culturally and economically, it was the most important part of the Empire and survived until 1453, for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the West. In pagan times before the 4th Century AD, all of the Roman gods ...