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The 1949 Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously." [ 24 ] An actual Chinese expression, "Hearing something a hundred times isn't better than seeing it once" ( 百闻不如一见 , p bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn ) is sometimes claimed to ...
Deng Xiaoping (邓小平 Dèng Xiǎopíng); 1904– 1997) was a leader in the Chinese Communist Party.Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but served as the de facto paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.
Pages in category "Chinese proverbs" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A few, however, including James Legge, Alfred Forke, and Richard Wilhelm, believed the Jiayu to be authentic, despite the forgery verdict reached by Chinese scholars. [14] Robert Paul Kramers translated the first ten sections of the Kongzi Jiayu into English, published in 1950 under the title K'ung Tzu Chia Yü: The School Sayings of Confucius. [1]
“When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.” — C.S. Lewis “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
Quotations continues to be a symbol of Mao Zedong Thought in China today. In certain situations, the book is given as a gift, for example, when public funds are involved, or when personal events arise, such as congratulating newlyweds. Today in China, the book Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung is mostly seen as a piece of nostalgia.
Filial piety is the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, particularly within the context of Confucian, Chinese Buddhist, and Daoist ethics. [2] The Confucian Classic of Filial Piety , thought to be written around the late Warring States - Qin - Han period, has historically been the authoritative source ...
Tao Te Ching chapters 18 and 19 parallel ci ("parental love") with xiao (孝 "filial love; filial piety"). Wing-tsit Chan [ 3 ] believes "the first is the most important" of the Three Treasures, and compares ci with Confucianist ren ( 仁 "humaneness; benevolence"), which the Tao Te Ching (e.g., chapters 5 and 38) mocks.