self cultivation
101КОНФУЦИАНСТВО — (кит. жу цзя, жу цзяо школа ученых интеллектуалов, учение ученых интеллектуалов) кит. классическая философия. К, возникло в 6 в. до н.э., впоследствии распространилось в странах Дальнего Востока (Япония, Корея, Вьетнам), наряду с даосизмом и… …
102Zhu Xi — /jyuu shee /, Pinyin. See Chu Hsi. * * * or Chu Hsi born Oct. 18, 1130, Yu hsi, Fukien province, China died April 23, 1200, China Chinese philosopher and proponent of Neo Confucianism. The son of a minor government official, he was educated in… …
103Zhang Zai — or Chang Tsai born 1020, Chang an, China died 1077, China Realist philosopher of the Song dynasty. The son of a magistrate, he studied Buddhism and Daoism before being inspired by the Confucian classics. In his Cheng meng, he declared the… …
104sheng — I (Chinese; sage or saint ) In Chinese belief, a mortal who attains extraordinary or supernatural powers by self cultivation and serves as a model for others. Confucius used the term to refer to exemplary rulers of the past. II (as used in… …
105bayinhui — Traditional music ensemble Bayinhui (eight tone associations) is a term used in many parts of China to refer to a variety of ensemble types, most of which serve ritual and ceremonial functions. Eight tone associations may comprise combinations of …
106Daoist priests — (Daoshi) Since 1980 and the partial relaxation of the government regulation of local religion, Daoist priests in contemporary China have performed communal rituals in tens of thousands of village temples, especially in south China. They have also …
107shuilu zhai — Buddhist ritual For the past millennium the shuilu zhai (Purificatory Feast/Fast of Water and Land), or shuilu fahui (Ritual Assembly for the Creatures of Water and Land), has been one of the most conspicuous rites of the Chinese Buddhist… …
108traditional music — The term ‘Chinese music’ (Zhongguo yinyue) is used primarily to designate instrumental music, though sometimes it is used more broadly to include folk song and other minor vocal genres. Opera music (Xiqu) and narrative song (quyi), however, are… …
109women’s quality — (nüren suzhi) Political/social concept ‘Women’s quality’ emerged as a major issue in the 1980s with the decision of the All China Women’s Federation to emphasize raising women’s quality as the cornerstone of their strategy to raise the status of… …
110Christ Heart Church — The Christ Heart Church (Japanese: 基督心宗教団) is a new religious movement that was formed in 1927. Its founder, Kawai Shinsui (川合信水, 1867 1962), reinterpreted the faith through the lenses of Confucian and Buddhist traditions by claiming that… …
