The “largest one”and the“smallest one” are concepts proposed by Hui Shi (370?-310?BC). He called that which is so large that it encompasses everything the“largest one,”and that which is so small that it is no longer divisible the“smallest one.”This is an acknowledgement that there are limits to the largeness and smallness of things, and a …
The term means that ingenuity and skill at their best look simple and clumsy. The greatest ingenuity should be something completely natural and that it has not been painstakingly worked on. The term comes from the book Laozi. Laozi the philosopher believed that everything should be in keeping with nature. He advocated non-action and was against any …
Gui (贵), meaning “noble” or “expensive,” and jian (贱), meaning “lowly” or “cheap,” form a pair of opposites used to assess the value of things. These terms find application in three scenarios. First, they are employed to appraise the value or price of objects. Second, they serve to evaluate the identity or status of individuals within soci…
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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