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Kameron Hinton
Michael Ruddon
19 February 2018
Ancient China religion, gods, and government
In ancient China religion was very important. The three-main types of religion were Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Taoism was founded during the Zhou dynasty. It was founded in the 6th century and was founded by Lao-Tzu. This religion believes that every living thing should have a force going through them. People who believe in the Taoism religion don’t really believe in a bunch of rules. The Taoism religion came up with the idea of yin and yang. They believed everything in nature dealt with yin and yang. The forces of yin and yang could be thought of as good or bad. Taoism can teach others that they should live with their heart and
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There were over 200 gods that China worshipped throughout the BC era. There were weather gods, abstract idea gods, Taoism gods, and Buddhist gods. There were many more gods, but these were some of the main types of gods. Some of the weather gods represented the sun, moon, or even the rain. The goddess Ba was the daughter of Heaven. She was known as a drought and was thought that if you could see drought, she was it. Yu Huang was a sky god. His mortal parents tried to protect him from the water god and fire god. He was offered the role of being the emperor of China, but he thought he didn’t
Hinton 3 deserve it. He gave the role of emperor to his mortal brother. Years later he decided to come back and become the emperor of China.
Fei Lian and Feng Po Po were the wind god and goddess. Fei Lian was somewhat of a trouble maker. He was causing wind storms that tore down houses and uprooted crops. One of the main gods started to put out a search for him. When he found out that he was being looked for, he decided to hide in his bag. The other god found out that he was trying to hide in his bag and shot at it with an arrow. Fei then decided to run away but ended up getting caught and stabbed in the knee. He decided he would not cause no more trouble. Feng Po Po rides through the clouds on the back of a tiger. She carries a bag of wind. If ever needed, she would just take the wind out and use it. She was portrayed as replacing Feng
Buddhism, since it is a foreign religion can never match the true beauty and value of a religion such as Confucianism that is a classic in Chinese culture. An anonymous Chinese scholar once argued about how “If Buddhism is the greatest and most venerable of ways, why did the great sages of the past and Confucius not practice it? In the Confucian Classics no one mentions it” (Doc 3). Not only did the anonymous Chinese scholar consider Buddhism as “outlandish”, but he makes an argument stating that if it was so great, why were the principles of Buddhism not incorporated into Confucianism, a religion that has been around much longer and has had greater influence. Buddhism also did not bode well with the reemergence of the imperial authority as jealousy arose among the elites since Buddhist monasteries were able to evade taxes, but continue to gain funds and riches.
The three aspects that were most molded in these centuries were religion, technology and, in turn, society. Religion in China was constantly changing and blending during the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasty. Buddhist influence and Confucian knowledge made up the government's ideologies during the Sui/Tang Era, later Daoist and Confucian rivals rethought Buddhist philosophy and allowed for the rebirth of old traditions with modern aspects and innovation. Technology during these eras were constantly in motion the Tang dynasty mostly left ideas that the Song dynasty perfected over time.
They would then bend their toes behind their feet because it was said the women with small feet were highly desire by the opposite sex. China had many things that need to be done in order to have a promising government. Qiu Jin was stick of how women had become the slaves of men. Women were being told what to do in every single
A famous Buddhist scholar during the 9th century named Zong Mi, wrote “ All three teachings lead to the creation of an orderly society and for this they must be observed with respect.” ( Doc 5, Mi) His writings were for the people of the Tang dynasty, who favored his opinion. He mentions society, which leads the reader to believe the religion is widespread and having a effect on society.
Ming made it clear to the people that the gods were on Ming’s household, thus making them think that the Ming household is the divine ruler of China. Ming reorganized China’s religions because Ming wanted to
The Greek gods and goddesses were the basis for the Greek religion that was polytheistic. They were used to explain natural phenomenon, human qualities, and life events. The Greeks had 13 main gods and goddesses for the basis. Those Greek gods and goddesses were Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Dionysus. These figures lived on a mountain in a big utopian society with anything they wanted, this mountain was Mount Olympus.
It would be just a joke that a woman who want to be an emperor at the ancient China. Count on her indomitable character, Wu successfully cross various
He spent too much much on extravaganza which upset the peasant farmers. During 618 CE to 907 CE was the Tang dynasty, which was also called the Golden Age. Li Yuan was the emperor of China at this time and he was a very ambitious ruler. He decreased the power of the elites and
She started to realize who she came from, what her culture is and why her mother did the things she did. Her mother Suyuan always had a reason for everything she did. For instance Suyuan was very specific with instruments and sports she could play, because everything had to go by her culture. Jing- Mei didn't like everything Suyuan wanted her to do. She just wanted to be herself.
The teachings of tao te ching are not just found in taoism, but also the magical world of Disney. One example in particular is the childhood classic Beauty and the Beast. In the movie, Belle, Beast, Gaston, Lumiere, and Cogsworth have something they are striving for, but when they are reaching to receive what they desire, they fail. Once the characters embrace the
She made sure that most woman in her dynasty contributed and got involved in many things such as positions they were interested in. Either if it was in government or to work with children. She did this so other women from other dynasties could see how much freedom her dynasties has as well as trying to be a good role for woman. Wu Zhao had also promoted every single woman that had contributed to things as ‘active contributors’ in her dynasties. This is very thoughtful and well planned as most woman in ancient china were told to stay home to look after the kids, cook and
Question 1: One of the artifacts in the National Palace Museum that shows evidence of ritualism in Ancient China is the Zong Zhou Zhong. First off, the Zong Zhou Zhong was created for ancestral worship rituals. It was used during the late West Zhou dynasty and has a 123-character inscription by Emperor Li. The inscriptions describe how the emperor follows the actions or words of his ancestors and models his behaviors off of his ancestors. Another artifact that can symbolize ritualism is the wine vessels.
The Tao is not a thing and it is not seen like a God because it is not worshipped, it is more of a system of guidance. It is best described as “developing oneself so as to live in complete conformity with the teaching of the Tao.” Daoism is a religion of opposites and unity. It is where yin and yang started and the principal of it is it sees the world as filled with complementary forces. Daoism practices include meditation, which is concentration or mindfulness or visualization.
From the Taoist point of view, life is not unpleasant unless you make it that way through over complication and unappreciation. Therefore, the self must apply a certain positive aspect onto life, and accept things in the world for how they
Shu Huaping was like a plagued orange. From outside she looked like a delicious and appealing orange, but if you were to touch it you will know that on the inside she was hollow. Her family did not even saw her as human; she was more like a display doll only created to show off in the face of other elite families. She was caged in the path that her family created for her even before she was born. When she finished high school, everyone admired her since she was the perfect lady, and even she was the fiance of the heir form the most prominent family in the country, but she was tired.