The term means to seek points of agreement while maintaining difference of opinion. Scholars of the Warring States Period such as Hui Shi (370?-310? BC) and Zhuangzi (369?-286BC) believed that differences and antitheses between all things are relative, and that commonalities exist within differences. From a dialectical perspective, differences be…

Renren (仁人) means benevolent and moral people. Zhishi (志士) refers to one with lofty aspirations, resolve and integrity. This expression usually refers to a patriotic person who works for his people and country. Such individuals have a strong sense of right and wrong, and will sacrifice themselves willingly for a just cause. Their actions and spi…

The quatrain is one of the important styles of ancient Chinese poetry. According to the number of characters, they can be divided into quatrains with five-character lines and quatrains with seven-character lines. A quatrain with four five-character lines has 20 characters, while a quatrain with four seven-character lines contains 28 characters. In t…

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