Archive for August, 2011

Learn Chinese online – Laozi,Zhuangzi and Taoism – Chinese Charactor

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The founder of Taoism was Laozi, Proficient in the philosophy of Laozi, Zhuangzi was an inheritor and promoter of Taoism. Since there are so many similarities between Laozi and Zhuangzi in terms of thinking, descendants usually mention them comparably.

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Chinese Charactor – Four Books and Five Classics and Confucianism – Learn Chinese online

Monday, August 8th, 2011

In the dynasties of Ming and Qing , “Four Books and Five Classics” became the most important textbooks for scholars of the time. Then the Confucian thought of “Four Books and Five Classics” became the guideline of behavior. Further more, as the most important ancient corpus of China, it still has great influence on the current generation.

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Learn Chinese online – The Spring Festival – Chinese Charactor

Monday, August 1st, 2011

The first day of the first lunar month is the New Year in the Chinese lunar calendar. Among the traditional Chinese festivals, this is the most important and the most bustling. Chinese have many traditional customs relating to the Spring Festival and and firecrackers and dumplings are the two most important things of this day.

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