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The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Chinese: 五斗米道; pinyin: Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ Dào) or the Way of the Celestial Master, commonly abbreviated to simply The Celestial Masters, was a Chinese Taoist movement founded by the first Celestial Master Zhang Daoling in 142 CE.
The leading themes of the Tao Te Ching revolve around the nature of Tao, how to attain it and De, the inner power of Tao, as well as the idea of wei wu-wei. [ 307 ] [ 308 ] Tao is said to be ineffable and accomplishes great things through small, lowly, effortless, and "feminine" (yin) ways (which are compared to the behavior of water).
Yiguandao / I-Kuan Tao (traditional Chinese: 一貫道; simplified Chinese: 一贯道; pinyin: Yīguàn Dào; Wade–Giles: I 1-Kuan 4 Tao 4), [α] meaning the Consistent Way or Persistent Way, is a Chinese salvationist religious sect that emerged in the late 19th century, in Shandong, to become China's most important redemptive society in the 1930s and 1940s, especially during the Japanese ...
[4] [5] Hence, it is similar to taekwondo in that it is an eclectic system with combined elements of Japanese and Chinese martial arts within an indigenous framework. [ 6 ] After being invited to demonstrate Vovinam publicly in Hanoi with his disciples in 1940, Nguyễn was invited to teach the art at Hanoi's École Normale, and Vovinam gained ...
It can be translated as The Classic of the Way and its Power, [9] The Book of the Tao and Its Virtue, [10] The Book of the Way and of Virtue, [11] [12] The Tao and its Characteristics, [5] The Canon of Reason and Virtue, [6] The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, [13] or A Treatise on the Principle and Its Action. [14] [15]
The islands are referred to as the Senkaku Islands (尖 閣 諸 島, Senkaku-shotō, variants: 尖閣群島 Senkaku-guntō [18] and 尖閣列島 Senkaku-rettō [19]) in Japanese. In mainland China, they are known as the Diaoyu Islands (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛; pinyin: Diàoyúdǎo) or more fully "Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands" (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛 及 其 附属 岛屿; pinyin ...
The K5 Plan (Khmer: ផែនការក៥), K5 Belt or K5 Project, also known as the Bamboo Curtain, [1] was an attempt between 1985 and 1989 by the government of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to seal Khmer Rouge guerrilla infiltration routes into Cambodia by means of trenches, wire fences, and minefields along virtually the entire Cambodia–Thailand border.
[5] Li Ao, a scholar, poet, and official, used and brought attention to the Great Learning. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, The Great Learning became a required textbook in schools and a required reading for imperial examinations. [5] During the Warring States Xunzi and Mengzi were influenced by the Great Learning.