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Return to [[History 8]].  Be sure to sign your entry.
 
Return to [[History 8]].  Be sure to sign your entry.
  
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'''1. wen'''
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'''1. [[Hwang Ho (Yellow River)]]'''  
  
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'''2. Mandate of heaven'''
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'''2. [[Yangtze River]]'''
  
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'''3. loess'''
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'''3. [[Loess.]]'''
  
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'''4. jen'''
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'''4. [[jen]]'''
  
 
'''5. [[ancestor]]'''
 
'''5. [[ancestor]]'''
  
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'''6. feng shui'''
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'''6. [[feng shui]]'''
  
 
'''7. [[Tao]]'''
 
'''7. [[Tao]]'''
  
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The Tao itself refers to a power which envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, living and non-living, regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe and embodies the harmony of opposites i.e. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female. It is important to not that Taoism does not seek to reconcile these contradictions as the West does with rationalism, but views them in juxtaposition, side by side.
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'''8. dynasty'''
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'''9. [[tai chi]]'''
  
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'''9. tai chi'''
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'''10. [[yin]]'''
  
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'''10. yin'''
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'''11. [[yang]]'''
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'''11. yang'''
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'''12. [[Tradition]]'''
 
'''12. [[Tradition]]'''
  
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'''13. Yangtze River'''
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'''14. [[Mandate of Heaven]]'''
  
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'''14. Hwang Ho (Yellow River)'''
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'''15. [[Role of the Bronzes]]'''
  
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'''15. Li Po'''
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'''16. Li Bai'''
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'''17. Wang Wei'''
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'''18. [[Wang Wei]]'''
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Wang Wei was one of the greatest poets and painters of the Tang Dynasty. His poems often take the Buddist perspective by paying attention to the beauty of nature while being aware of sensory illusion. Also he was one of the first to develop the art of landscape painting.
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For more [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/635427/Wang-Wei]
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Poetry [http://www.chinese-poems.com/wang.html]
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 5 March 2013

Return to History 8. Be sure to sign your entry.

1. Hwang Ho (Yellow River)

2. Yangtze River

3. Loess.

4. jen

5. ancestor

6. feng shui

7. Tao

8. wen

9. tai chi

10. yin

11. yang

12. Tradition

13. dynasty

14. Mandate of Heaven

15. Role of the Bronzes

16. Li Po

17. Li Bai

18. Wang Wei

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