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The realm prospers and the people are at peace

The realm prospers and the people are at peace

The Political Ontology of 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān The 成语 chéngyǔ 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān , "the realm …

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The Chinese Lunar Calendar

The Chinese Lunar Calendar

The Ontological Harmony of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar Given the growing popularity of Chinese…

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The period of the Three 皇 huáng and five 帝 dì (2852 – 2070 B.C.E.)

The period of the Three 皇 huáng and five 帝 dì (2852 – 2070 B.C.E.)

The Memory of the Rulers The corpus of ancient Chinese texts preserves the memory of a group of exc…

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Stages of Confucianism

Stages of Confucianism

One of the primary challenges in studying 儒家 Rújiā , Confucianism—and simultaneously one of its mos…

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嫦娥 Cháng'é: The Dweller of the Lunar Palace

嫦娥 Cháng'é: The Dweller of the Lunar Palace

The figure of 嫦娥 Cháng'é represents one of the most complex archetypes in Chinese mythology: th…

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A Journey Through Time: Four Stages of the Chinese Language

A Journey Through Time: Four Stages of the Chinese Language

We often think of the Chinese language as a monolithic entity, a solid rock that has stood immutabl…

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