Sat 2/3/24 on the Slippery Rock Gorge Trail near Pittsburgh ~ China World Univ & Sch, not yet in Chinese languages and https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/China and https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/China_Medical_School_at_WUaS planned in Traditional Chinese +
Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org> |
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to shuleig, ZHL123, zhimengluo421, Scott, Dennis, Linda, Stephen, Alden |
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Dear Shulei (CMU) and Zhimeng (Pitt PhD student), (friends, all),
Nice to meet you Sat 2/3/24 hiking on the Slippery Rock Gorge Trail near Pittsburgh -
Could you please reply all with each and everyone of your (students) gmail addresses or long term emails (for those who want to share this) and to develop a MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch conversation?
Chinese philosophy sets of Tweets below ...
Best regards,
Scott
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China World Univ & Sch, not yet in Chinese languages
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Some recent "research" sets of Tweets about Chinese philosophers -
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Why is Confucius so revered? * Why is Tao te Ching so revered?
Why is Confucius so revered?
#WUaSConfucius is known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education broadly available -establishing the art of teaching as a vocation -established ethical, moral, & social standards
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What is Confucianism ?
Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism,[1] is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, (humanistic or rationalistic) religion, theory of government, or way of life.[2]
Confucianism regards texts such as the Five Classics as examples that should be followed to increase the harmony of the family, social order as a whole, and the world.
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Ziran is a concept in Daoism that literally means “self so; so of its own; so of itself” and thus “naturally; natural; spontaneously; freely; in the course of events; of course; doubtlessly” (Slingerland 2003, p. 97; Lai, p. 96). This Chinese word is a two-character compound of zi (自) “nose; self; oneself; from; since” and ran (然) “right; correct; so; yes”, which is used as a -ran suffix marking adjectives or adverbs (roughly corresponding to English -ly). It is worth mentioning that in Chinese culture, the nose (or zi) is a common metaphor for a person’s point of view (Callahan, 1989).
The word ‘ziran’ first occurs in the Daodejing (17, 23, 25, 51) and refers to the structure of Dao, which cannot be referred back to anything else.
D. T. Suzuki, in a brief article penned in 1959, makes the suggestion of ziran as an aesthetic of action: “Living is an act of creativity demonstrating itself. Creativity is objectively seen as necessity, but from the inner point of view of Emptiness it is ‘just-so-ness,’ (ziran). It literally means ‘by itself-so-ness,’ implying more inner meaning than ‘spontaneity’ or ‘naturalness’”
If you look this up in a contemporary Chinese dictionary, you’ll find ziran as meaning something like “at ease, natural, free from affectation”. Also, a slightly different pronunciation, but same characters, ziran, you’ll get nature or natural, or naturally, in the ordinary course of events; or “of course”. It has in any case, a fundamentalness, which is what we are trying to achieve (through wu wei, which can be described as “non-assertion.”).
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Why is Lao Tzu so revered?
Daodejing (Tao-te ching), commonly translated as the “Classic of the Way and Virtue.” Its influence on Chinese culture is pervasive, and it reaches beyond China. It is concerned with the Dao or “Way” and how it finds expression in “virtue” (de), especially through what the text calls “naturalness” (ziran) and “nonaction” (wuwei).
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Why is Tao te Ching so revered?
The Tao-te Ching presented a way of life intended to restore harmony and tranquillity to a kingdom racked by widespread disorders.
In essence, it consists of “nonaction” (wuwei), understood as no unnatural action rather than complete passivity. It implies spontaneity, noninterference, letting things take their natural course: “Do nothing and everything is done.” Chaos ceases, quarrels end, and self-righteous feuding disappears because the Dao is allowed to flow unchallenged and unchallenging. Everything that is comes from the inexhaustible, effortless, invisible, and inaudible Way, which existed before heaven and earth. By instilling in the populace the principle of Dao, the ruler precludes all cause for complaint and presides over a kingdom of great tranquillity
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