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Chengyu in Chinese Language Teaching: A preliminary analysis of Italian learners’ data [PDF]

, 2017
Chengyu, also known as Chinese four-character idioms, are a type of traditional Chinese idiom, mostly consisting of four characters. They commonly derive from classic Chinese literary sources, including those of the three great philosophical and ...
Conti, Sergio
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Searle and Buddhism on the Non-Self [PDF]

, 2017
In this brief note I continue the discussion that I had with John Searle on the topic of the self and the possibility of continuity of consciousness after death of the body. The gist of Searle\u27s reply to my original paper (Hongladarom 2008) is that it
HONGLADAROM, Soraj
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Rethinking the Taxonomic Category “Sect/School” (Zong 宗) in the Construction of Modern Buddhism in China—Focusing on Hešeri Rushan’s Eight Schools and Two Practices (“Ba-Zong-Er-Xing 八宗二行”)

Religions
This paper explores the origin and role of the Buddhist taxonomic category “zong 宗” (“sect” or “school”) in the formation of modern Buddhism in China. It does so by examining a highly significant late-Qing Buddhist text titled Ba-zong-er-xing 八宗二行 (Eight
Jidong Chen
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Cultural evolution in Vietnam’s early 20th century: a Bayesian networks analysis of Hanoi Franco-Chinese house designs [PDF]

, 2019
The study of cultural evolution has taken on an increasingly interdisciplinary and diverse approach in explicating phenomena of cultural transmission and adoptions.
Bui, Quang-Khiem, Ho, Manh-Toan, Ho, Manh-Tung, La, Viet-Phuong, Nghiem, Kien-Cuong P., Nguyen, Hong-Kong T., Nguyen, Hong-Ngoc, Vuong, Quan-Hoang, Vuong, Thu-Trang   +8 more
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Buddhism’s Knotted Thread (結縷法): Indian Origins and Chinese Adaptations

Religions
The Buddhist “Knotted Thread” originates from the ancient Indian practice of venerating sacred threads. In Indian culture, sacred threads symbolize identity and status and possess functions such as exorcism, healing, disaster prevention, blessing ...
Gang Yang
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The Poetic Dimension of Everyday Aesthetic Appreciation. Perspectives from East-Asian Cultures [PDF]

, 2013
As Yuriko Saito, one of the main exponents of everyday aesthetics holds, East-Asian cultures have long established a deep link between artistic practices and everyday life, transforming apparently mundane practices such as having a cup o ftea with cakes ...
Fernández-Gómez, María Rosa
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The relationship between Tang-Song poetry and Zen Buddhism thought

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The Tang and Song Dynasties were a time when Zen Buddhism was prevalent, and it was also a critical period for the rapid development of ancient Chinese literature.
Tian Tian
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BUDDHIST PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF ESSENCE [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper, I intend to make a case for Buddhist phenomenology. By Buddhist phenomenology, I mean a phenomenological interpretation of Yogācāra’s doctrine of consciousness.
LI, JINGJING
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The Esoteric Nenbutsu in Tendai

Religions
Until recently, our view of Chinese Buddhist history was overly influenced by sectarian categories inherited by Japanese Buddhism, which clearly distinguished Zen/Chan, Pure Land, and esoteric Buddhism (mostly Shingon 真言).
Bernard Faure
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International Interfaith Centre Annual Lecture 1996: From Conflict to Harmony the Confucian response to interfaith dialogue [PDF]

, 1996
From Conflict to Harmony the Confucian response to interfaith dialogueIt is true that unlike other living faiths, Confucianism has lost its organisational and institutional mechanism.
Xinzhong Yao
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