Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture

Xun (Wind)

Xun(wind) is one of the eight trigrams, bundled together in the shape of ☴. It is also one of the 64 hexagrams, composed of two trigrams like this

Life Is as Important as Heaven.

Life and death are of the utmost importance. “Life” refers to the lives of people, and “heaven” means the most important matters. The meaning of this phrase is similar to the expression that “life is of supreme importance.” The ancient Chinese regarded human beings as the most exalted form of life in the world. Life is the most precious becaus…

Spend-and-Tax / Expenditure Should Be Carefully Calculated Before Making a Plan to Gather Revenue.

A country must estimate its annual expenditure in advance, and, on this basis, determine the amount of revenue to be levied on the people. This is known as “spend-and-tax.” It is a fiscal principle followed by all rulers since the Han Dynasty and contains the rudiments of budgetary thinking upheld by later generations.

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: 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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