Essays on Chinese Culture Page 2

Legalism （法家，Fajia）first developed during the Warring State period (战国时代，475 – 221 BC), it was the State’s ideology during the Qin dynasty (221 – 206 BC), and then was officially vilified by the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AC). Han Fei (韩非, or Han Feizi 韩非子, 280 – 233 BC) can be considered the founder…

A film is an element of cultural expression in the society. Consequently, culture is a direct product of a society, which makes it difficult to assume its existence. For instance, the Chinese nation traces its cultural civilization from the Yellow River basin depicting a geographical setting of vast agricultural fields with grouped settlements on the…

Messages are transcended without much explanation or explicit descriptions because it is assumed that the receiver will understand. This is Edward T. Hall’s High Context theory. This is the Chinese culture. I am an immigrant from Hong Kong. Although I relocated to Toronto before I came to understand most of my teachings, I did not…

Xiao, the Chinese word for filial piety is the defining feature in Chinese culture as filial piety was extolled as the highest virtue in China for centuries. I subscribe to the school of thought that filial piety is the root of Chinese ethics and “with it all enlightening studies come into existence.” Chinese society was…

At present time, most companies are exposes to operate internationally. This further emphasis by the declaration of globalization among countries, which willing or unwillingly a company should expand to another country to success. One of the emerging markets that show an enormous development and will be the future world economy is China. Many western companies…

The Jade peony is a story which expresses deep love between a grandmother and her grandson through many actions and symbols. The most important symbol in this story is a jade peony, which belongs to Sek Lungs grandmother – who eventually passes it on to her grandson. The grandma had the most influence on Sek…

Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer who travelled through Central Asia and China. Although the exact place and time is unknown, he was born in 1254 and later died in 1324. His mother died after giving birth to him, therefore his aunt and uncle raised him for most of his life. Marco Polo learned how…

In his book, The Forest People, Colin Turnbull achieves the taste and feel of life inside a Mbuti community, but in doing so offers a skewed anthropological look at the peoples of the African Congo. When reading the book, I did truly feel a part of the Mbuti world, but I also noticed a lack…

Scholars and film critiques have often regarded the fifth-generation film Director, Zhang Yi Mou’s films as a visually sensual feast (Zhu 26). The predominant use of the color Red in his highly stylized films: Red Sorghum (1988), Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern (1991) are evidence of his trademark visual style thus leading scholars…