The original meaning of su (素) is undyed natural colored silk. Pu (朴) refers to unprocessed wood. The extended meaning of the term is humans or anything that is in a basic, natural state or condition. The opposite is anything that is artificially altered or interfered with. Scholars of the Daoist school held that a ruler should protect the natural…
By finding tiny signs of change, one is able to learn about trends and developments in the status of things. Tiny things are unobtrusive and hard to notice. But they may later cause very obvious consequences. Everything goes from being hidden to being conspicuous, and from small to large, and other chain reactions may occur in the process. So when d…
The term zongjiao was first seen in Buddhist classics, where jiao（教）referred to what the Buddha himself had taught, whether in his direct teachings or his wider endeavours to enlighten; zong (宗) on the other hand referred to what the Buddha's disciples had said and was a subdivision of jiao, containing subjective, personal beliefs. When the two …
The purposes of the Project are to select the concepts in Chinese culture and thought that reflect the characteristics of the country's traditional culture and the Chinese people's way of thinking, and that embody the core values of China.
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