Asian Culture

2023-10-30

Oracle East

东,从木,喻树木,指生发、长成。从西,指籽实、种子,是基因的载体,具有规定性和完善性,可种豆得豆,种瓜得瓜。东,得义于树,由种子生成。种子的生发,坯体的裂变,既会向下生根,也会向上萌芽。种子的生根发芽,势不可挡,蕴含着无…
2023-10-08

Golden October, just after Mid-Autumn Festival

金秋十月,中秋刚过,纪念孔子诞辰之际,说说孔字。孔字,象形婴儿吃奶,得用力,才能通贯,需对口,才能达成。如成语‘孔武有力’,源自婴儿吃奶的劲,是武断蛮横,不依不饶,拼尽全力,才有的劲。孔,就人而言,可指一根肠子通到底,其…
2023-09-14

甲骨文,人,人字有两指,分特指和泛指。人的一撇,象形人的头,与人的手,连成一体,一体通贯,指人的手,可自主支配,是自己的手,不用听命于人,受别人支配。这样的人,是极少数,属特指,指人才,头人,人物。这样的人,头手一体,手…
2023-08-30

South, from boat, refers to floating objects

南,从舟,指漂浮物。从五,喻变,就舟而言,指变化自由。从竖,喻立,象形指针,以指向的固定不变为立,寓意指南。甲骨文南字的出现,证明了指南针的存在。指南针的发明及应用,只会比文字要早,这把指南针的发明时间,大大地向前推进了…
2023-07-07

A Book of Tea

 Xu Jialu Editor’s Note: At the initiative and under the guidance of Mr. Xu Jialu, the China Culture Institute collaborated with Mr. Li Yangquan, founder of Tongyuantang, to compile the book *Collected Chinese Tea Literature*. The book compiles more than 430 specialized works and periodicals on tea from the Western Han Dynasty to the Republic of China era, compiled into 50 volumes. It is the most comprehensive collection of tea literature to date…
2023-07-07

Enlightenment of universal values and the relationship with democratic politics

作者:谢良强 普世价值,顾名思义,就是普遍适用,放之四海而皆准的价值观。它超越民族,种族,国界,和信仰,是全人类共同拥有的价值观,是衡量是非善恶最客观,最公正的尺度。为什么普世价值观如此牛逼呢?因为它是对人性的高度概括和…
2023-07-07

The Endgame: A Decade of Prosperity in the Qing...

【看中国2016年04月21日讯】清朝末期,甲午海战之后,清朝又进入一轮民族资本主义蓬勃发展时期。特别是1901年,慈禧颁布新政之后,相当于承认戊戌变法的措施是正确的,直接带动了民族资本主义的大发展,这个周期一直持续到清…
2023-07-07

What did Chiang Kai-shek do during the 10-year Cultural Revolution?

[Kan Zhongguo, April 23, 2016] Chiang Kai-shek had an inseparable connection with traditional Chinese culture. Although he was baptized and converted to Christianity in his middle age, his philosophy was primarily rooted in the Chinese Confucian tradition. Throughout his life, he was a staunch advocate of traditional Chinese culture and regarded it as his personal mission to embrace and carry forward the Confucian tradition. He frequently positioned himself as a defender of the Confucian tradition…
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