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Blogging Slow Down and Heading Out to Beijing and Shanghai
Yes, I have been remiss this week. One silly post on old disco music and nothing more. But this is the last week before our Spring Break here and I have been consumed with grading one set of papers (finished… Continue reading
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Shake Your Groove Thing
I was at a party last night and some disco came on. My wife and I started to dance, just like we did all those years ago in college, back in the seventies when disco was ubiquitous. It made me… Continue reading
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Confucian Sovereignty
A quick shout out to Stephen Angle, over at Warp, Weft and Way, who has a post on his evolving thoughts on the relationship of sovereignty and democracy in Mencius. The post is short but the comments go on a… Continue reading
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China’s State Sports General Administration is un-Confucian!
This story from Chinahush is just another example of how the Sage is forgotten in his homeland: Yesterday morning, deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, the International Olympic Committee Vice-Chairman Yu Zaiqing participated in the National Political Consultative… Continue reading
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Xiaozi – 小资
CNReviews has a great post up explicating the new meanings of an old socialist term: xiaozi – 小资. When I saw the characters I immediately thought "petty bourgeois." And that is the first part of the discussion. But, as poster… Continue reading
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Happy Lei Feng Day
Learn from Lei Feng. Just like the foreign Lei Feng. Continue reading
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Mozi gets some love
Italian journalist Francesco Sisci continues his study of ancient Chinese philosophy with a story today in the Asia Times: "A New Battle for Confucius." (h/t Western Confucian). It is a brief review of a new translation of Mozi (ca. 430… Continue reading
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Branding Tao
Can the principles of Taoism be commodified and sold? It would seem that some are trying to do this: THE Chinese philosophy of Taoism advocates the natural way of things and the harmonious blending of the two opposite principles of… Continue reading
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Mao Thoughts
A random confluence…. I am running a group independent study in connection with my Nationalism in East Asia class. Three students could not fit the class into their schedules; so we work off the syllabus and meet once a week… Continue reading
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East Asia is not Confucian
Materialism of an un-Confucian sort has popped up in various ways of late, and here is one more instance (h/t Western Confucian): More than two-thirds of Koreans consider money the most important sign of success, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 