Monthly Archives: June 2009
Rise of Confucianism as Main State Ideology
Confucianism rose as the main state ideology during the time of Emperor Wudi in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD). In the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC), Legalism served as the state ideology and at the beginning of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), Laozi’s theory that was more moderate and humane was put into practice. However, Laozi’s thoughts did [...]
Understanding the changing social status of Chinese women from the Chinese characters
It is generally accepted that Chinese women were inferior to their male counterparts in the feudal society. This can be well illustrated in the morals for women in old times which could be best summarized as “San Cong Si De”(Three Obedience and Four Virtues for women—Three Obedience includes obeying her father before marriage, her husband [...]
Emperors and Yellow
Yellow color was worshiped in ancient China, and it was often deemed to be symbol of regality. Such customs firstly originated from the thought of land worship by the ancient agricultural people. According to Chinese Yin-Yang theory, yellow color was referred to earth in the five elements; and such earth, as a kind of central [...]
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