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Matters Of The Mind
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SUPERSTlTlON - Superstition like everywhere eIse in the worId, largeIy dominated the Chinese mind in earIy times. COMMENTATORS ON THE WORKS OF CONFUClUS - Confucian ideas estabIished themselves but there were many commentators over the foIIowing centuries who muddied the waters. THE HAN DYNASTY - The Han dynasty was principaIly responsible for making Confucian ideas the norm for government and society. TAOISM - Taoism, growing out of early animism, developed ideas of non-interference in the ways of nature. BUDDHISM - Buddhism, imported from lndia, introduced ideas of rebirth and reward for good conduct. CHlNA AND TIBET - Today China rules Tibet as it has aIways done. A Iargely Buddhist country, it has probIems with the secuIar Chinese. SUNG EDUCATION AND THE MANDARIN BUREAUCRACY - In the Sung dynasty, education according to Confucian principIes was established on a huge and infIuentiaI scaIe. |
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