...Buddhism in China DBQ Depending on the political stability, the responses to Buddhism in China were different. Between 220 CE and 570 CE, a time of political instability, most people had positive attitudes towards Buddhism, and after 570 CE, a time of political stability, most people had negative attitudes towards Buddhism. Most positive attitudes towards Buddhism occurred between 220 CE and 570 CE due to a need for a sense of salvation. According to Buddha, Buddhism is all about sorrow. Buddha believed that life was surrounded by sorrow, no matter what class in society a person was. He believed the basic teachings of Buddhism had to do with sorrow; what it is, where it comes from, and how to stop it. (Doc. 1) Zhi Dun, a Chinese scholar, author, and confidant of Chinese aristocrats, believed that people who served Buddha all throughout their lives would end up in Nirvana. The goals of Buddhism were to end up in Nirvana. Buddhism was very appealing during a time of instability like the Era of Division. (Doc 2) Also, according to an anonymous Chinese scholar, Confucius is not as good as Buddha. The scholar was very positive towards Buddhism. This was also in a time of political instability. (Doc 3) Zong Mi, a leading Buddhist scholar in the ninth century also believed Buddha taught well. Even though China was in a state of stability, he still had a positive attitude towards Buddhism. He believed that both Buddha and Confucius were good teachers. (Doc 5) However, most people...
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...In the first century C.E, Buddhism came to China from India via trade. Political instability and disunity between 220 C.E and 570 C.E. are effects of the arrival of Buddhism in China because some people accepted the religion and others resisted it. Zong Mi believes that the teachings of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha, perform and reward good deeds and punish wicked deeds, synthesize the foundation for an orderly society (Doc 5). An anonymous Chinese scholar addresses speculation about the validity and the practices of the Buddhist religion, such as depriving themselves of certain luxuries of the world, i.e. marriage, children, and worldly wealth. This scholar claims that in order for a teaching to be acceptable it doesn’t need to be incorporated...
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...Technology is an important part of civilization today. During their time, the Han dynasty and the Roman empire both used technology, but their views on it were different. While the Han dynasty thought highly of technology, especially the advancement of it, there were mixed opinions about technology in the Roman empire. The Han dynasty saw technology as an advancement that can help the government and the peasants. For example, during second century B.C.E., a Han government official wrote to other local officials concerning flood prevention (doc. 1). He gave details on how the waterways could be inspected to stop floodings in their district and how everyone can contribute to help China. He felt that technology was advanced enough to prevent floods and that it was not the technology that was lacking, but the organization of technology was. Another official, Huan Guan, wrote about how...
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...How Different was Han China and the City State Athens Han China and the Greek city state Athens were civilizations separated by thousands of miles and each had its own way of unique way of life. So how can we even begin to compare these influential civilizations? Both Athens and Han China had a distinct geography, well known philosophers, and its own ideology that allowed it to thrive and eventually decline into chaos. Athens was located on a Southern peninsula in the Aegean Sea. The surrounding region called Attica was covered in barren hills very little flat ground for some of the more traditional crops. This made governing hard and likely lead to the small size Athens could control. Due to the area of Attica, Athens had a huge control over the Southern Aegean Sea, allowing it to pillage or tax ships passing through their waters. This was only supported by the huge naval power Athens had accommodated throughout the years. With the little room for crops, besides olives and grapes, Athens imported most of the food they needed for the population to continue growing. (“Document 1”) Even though Han China dwarfed the Attica by 450 times the size, China and Athens both were faced with some of the same hardships. The vast plains of Han China allowed the people to grow the tremendous amount of crops needed to supply the enormous population of...
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...chance to unite China simply because of their position relative to the rest of the country. Although they were outnumbered in area by the warlord clans, who had fifteen groups of warlord-controlled sectors of the country, the nationalist support was centralized on the coast of China. Specifically, they had control of the majority of the regions of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and about half of Henan. This territory bridges the land between the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, making it a powerful plot of land. Again, this is mainly due to coastline access, but population is much higher in this area as opposed to warlord groups closer to Tibet or in the south, like Li. The nationalist strategy to defeat the communists led by Mao Zedong was to defeat the smaller groups of CCP Soviets in southern China first, in regions such as Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Fujian. By 1935, four of these Soviet groups were eliminated. The nationalists must have planned to confine as many Soviets as they could in Shanxi by chasing them out of their bases. Two of the four defeated Soviet groups migrated and eventually ended the march in the same place as the Front Army. For example, the Soviets in Anhui were defeated, so they moved to...
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...the fall of Han China and the Roman Empire, one is able to see all of the contributing factors to the collapse of an empire as large and important as these. The internal workings of the empire had a lot to do with the staying power of the dynasty. If the government was well managed then the empire would be successful, and if not, as most were not, the empire would be sent into a downward spiral. In Han China, the lack of ability to work as a cohesive group...
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...The whole water crisis in China is a major problem. Imagine, every day not being able to drink clean water to drink at all. You would always be thirsty. The people who command these reasons are the government. The government is in charge of the prices of the water. If the government raises the prices of water less people would want to use it. If the government lowers the prices more people would use it but people would be wasteful (Doc B). A second reason for China’s ongoing water scarcity is global warming. The glaciers seasonal melting keeps the rivers flowing during the dry season (Doc A). The melting will cause massive flooding. The glaciers are shrinking 7% each year (Doc A). China is expected to pass India by population. The melting...
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...bronze and the vase was covered with dragons and toads. A long medal pendulum hung inside the vase. On the outside it had eight dragon heads; each was mounted onto its sides. Each dragon had a ball in its mouth and the dragon’s head was mounted onto its side as well. The pendulum swung in the direction in which the earthquake occurred. The pendulum would strike a rod inside the vase, the rod would then knock a ball out of the dragon’s mouth, and then it would drop into the toads’ mouth. The direction, in which the earthquake was going, was the direction the ball would come out in. The Chinese needed this invention because China had experienced a lot of devastating earthquakes. The Chinese provided help to the victims of the earthquake if they were able to tell the direction that they should go with the supplies. During the time period of Ancient China, there...
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...mid-twenties, Sears switched its target focus from “only the farmer” to “both the farmer and city population”. The reason is that the low-income groups desired to buy the same goods as the middle and upper class. The country was becoming one big homogeneous market. And Sears noticed the trend and was aware of the consumer shopping habits, so they made changes accordingly. This strategy made me think of Starbucks in China. The consumer of Starbucks in America is almost for everyone, but in China, the target consumer is mostly for the wealthy upper and middle class. College students won’t pay 30 yuan for a cup of coffee because they can buy 6 bottles of CocaCola instead. Starbucks was really smart when they decided their target consumer in China. Since coffee is still not a common drink for Chinese, carrying a cup of expensive Starbucks is seen as a symbol of success or some little personal luxury for the middle class. Starbucks premium pricing strategy fits the market demand very well because the middle class and affluent consumers are growing, which means the market of Starbucks in China will be huge in...
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...CIS610-Foundations of Management Information Systems Case: Netflix Leading with Data: The Emergence of Data-Driven Video Question: What advice would you give to the CEO of Netflix? Ruohua Cui, Yang Cheng, Tien-Ni Kuo, Yitian Ren Digital distribution market is undoubtedly the future of the video rental industry. Netflix has already taken a good lead in it but must have fresh ideas to keep its advantage in the industry. Beating its competitors in the domestic market is important, however, Netflix should jump out of its own circle into a new market to gain the first mover advantage. Looking at the global market, China is a good choice for Netflix’s next station. Using the Porter’s Five Forces model, Netflix can examine its advantages and disadvantages see whether entering China is good choice: * Bargaining power of customers China has a growing economy with a large group of new middle-class, who are able and willing to consume on entertainment. Nowadays, Chinese usually watch films on free websites with a low picture quality and slow Internet speed. While the number of people watching films are increasing, the picture quality is becoming more important for the viewing experience. Providing a fast, flexible and high-quality service, Netflix can persuade many customers into its subscription model. * Bargaining power of suppliers: China’s film and TV show makers have been facing a major problem: plagiarizing (including unpaid online watching), which substantially...
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...Sabrin Zawahrah Professor Hamai English 101 1 July 2013 Fight Back Tradition, culture, respect and honor are the ideals that shape the Chinese civilization. Coming from a Chinese immigrant family whilst living an Americanized life, Kingston reveals the idea of gender being an important role in both cultures. In her story "No Name Woman" the author describes some of the gender roles and expectations both woman and men had to abide. Kingston uses a unique story told by her mother as an example. As she begins her article the author dives right into the story. Kingston retells only the information she is passed down secretly by her mother. Although the author is a Chinese-American she does not know the culture or what comes with it. To learn about the woman her aunt was, Kingston had to make due with her mother's words. The author begins to pick apart the story to find out just who her aunt was and what drove her to her demise. Because Kingston cannot ask about her unnamed aunt, she invents her own fantasies about why her aunt gave in to her forbidden passions. In the passage Kingston establishes realities between being a woman, displays the oppression of the male dominance the culture embodies, and the struggles that women have to go through to fight back against subjugation in all forms. To learn who her aunt was, Kingston must first learn what was the standard held by Chinese women at the time. From the beginning of "No Name Woman" the author depicts...
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...Singapore is the district that most of its Chinese residents that use Chinese language as a second language. And there must be some differences between the two Country’s Chinese Curriculum. But after several comparisons, the author found that there is no much difference between the two Countries of its general objective of Chinese Curriculum. They not only put more attentions on the language basic skills training but also lay stress on critical thinking/moral values/Chinese quality and Chinese culture. Therefore, in this dissertation I will analyze part of the language phenomenon in the Singapore Chinese textbook and its arrangement as the starting point. And put them in comparison to find out the similarities and differences. Keywords: China；Singapore；Primary School Chinese Textbook；Comparison 引言...
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...How should you handle the introduction, greeting, and handshaking? The female boss should enter the room followed by myself. We will both be wearing neutral colored conservative dresses with flat shoes. The Chinese businessman will introduce himself whom my boss will respond to with “Hello, we are pleased to meet you” and begin to formally introduce herself as Manager Johnson and myself as Mrs. Fowler. I will not attempt to introduce myself as it would be considered rude. We will wait for him to initiate a handshake at which time my boss will first shake his hand gently and then myself. How do you exchange business cards? Following the introduction it is expected exchange of business cards. It is important to have business cards that are printed on sides; one in English, the other in Chinese. These should include: Company Name, Personal name, title, fax and email. They should be clean, neat and printed in gold lettering. The exchange will occur one at a time standing up and holding the card on the corners with both hands with the Chinese side up. You will hand your card carefully showing him respect, you will show the same respect when accepting his card. Once I receive the card I will need to study it prior putting it on the table, showing interest by reading the details; if I had collected more than one business card, I would line them up in vertically in order of seniority going down on the table (NBC Universal, Inc, 2008). The culture coach informs me that they should...
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...Tang, and Song Dynasty. Well during the period of the dynasty that China was unified again when Young Jian a member of aristocratic family from northern china founded a new dynasty known as Sui. The Sui dynasty started 581 and ended 618bit was founded by Sui Wendi or Yang Jian. The major changes that occurred were reduce the rich-poor social gap, enhanced agricultural productivity, equalization system and have the governmental power centralized. The defense was improve and great was expanded and Buddhism was spread. When Yangdi took over the throne he didn’t seek to gain support from nomads. He restored Confucian education and examination system of bureaucrats. Yangdi lost support of nomads by supporting educational forms. Yangdi start expensive construction work. Yangdi luxury expense lost him public support and he was assassinated by his minister, but the biggest factor that led to the down fall was invadation of Goguryeo. Li Yuan took advantage of the situation and declared a new foundation dynasty known as Tang. The Tang dynasty started from 618 and ended 907 it was founded by Li family who gain power during the collapse of Sui Dynasty. According to Chinese history records The Tang dynasty was the greatest historic period in China. During this time period the economy, politics, culture and military strength reached an unparalleled advanced level. Tang dynasty experience a wonder of change in China culture by modern feel that era represents the apogee of Chinese creativity...
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...Case Analysis: DMG- Shanghai GM598ON Spring A 1. It is obvious why guanxi and guanxiwang are so important in China. The people are very focused on connections, and building relationships with people. When you have a culture that is that focused on that, it would be illogical not to. I was always brought up to never burn bridges and build good professional relationships, because you never know when you might need a favor. By building the relationships they did, they were able to film in the Forbidden City. That was all due to the fact that the company respected the Chinese culture and religious beliefs. That would have never happened, had they not been sensitive to those aspects. Building relationships is essential to operating a successful business. I know when I sold advertising I would have never had repeat clients had I not taken the time to build good respectful relationships with them. 2. If a company was to go in to China and try to obey all of the rules and regulations they would be eaten alive. There is no way they would be successful. It seems like the only real rule that has to be followed is guanxi. Rules and regulations can be bent when there is a great working relationship and respect from both parties. Obviously, the company is very attentive to that and takes it very seriously. If a company came in worried only about the rules and not the people they are interacting with, they would essentially be booted out of the country. 3. I would think that...
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