Western businesses who are negotiating with Chinese corporations may face many challenges, These begin from the initiation and continuation of the negotiations to the establishment of long-lasting relationships based upon mutual trust that range fr Continue Reading...
Yin and Yang in Literary Relationships Yin and Yang in eastern philosophy constitute two parts of a whole. The one cannot exist without the other. They also represent perfect balance; if one dominates, the balance is disturbed and there is conflict. Continue Reading...
Taoism Smehra Yin and Yang The concept of Yin and Yang is fundamental to Taoism. Yin is considered the dark/female while Yang is the light/male. Yin represents the negative and feminine, while yang is the positive and masculine; together they repre Continue Reading...
Internal affairs included the cultivation of healthy relations with the extended family and the management of household finances. It also entailed the nourishment and regulation of the family's children, particularly the sons. In many ways, women w Continue Reading...
Intricacies of Daoism The meaning of Dao is the way. Those who follow this religion believe that the way is a divine path and a divine force that one must adhere to in order to transcend mortal or human concerns and to become one with the universe. Continue Reading...
Traditional Chinese Beliefs that played a part if Taoism and Confucianism Chinese Beliefs Taoism and Confucianism both have their roots in the ancient beliefs of Chinese people. The core of Taoism and Confucianism is still based in the ancient Chin Continue Reading...
On the other hand, Christianity also stipulates a hell for those who do not believe its teachings. In the Christian tradition, a person's body is separated from his or her soul upon death. The soul is then judged, and can be sent to heaven, hell, or Continue Reading...
254). Evans wondered if in fact the two organizations have not heeded advice from the likes of Tzu: "…Can we be more proactive, anticipating and knowing what our 'enemies' are planning?" he wondered (p. 254). Evans (p. 254) also wonders if Tz Continue Reading...
. The Dao is the source of all power which embodies all beings and encompasses both the yin and the yang. Remarkable quiet and serene, the Dao is rarely detected by humans, but provides invulnerability to those who posses it. Dao philosophy calls for Continue Reading...
This transfer, however, was not completely voluntary; but rather out of self preservation and to save himself and his new family from embarrassments, he left his traditional Jedi ways to pursue a life of darker intentions. This ideology that "The F Continue Reading...
measure risk? Risk is a "yin" to the yang of investment, which would be performance. In a nutshell, risk is a deviation from the standard and expected outcome. In other words, let us say there is the expectation that a certain stock will keep soari Continue Reading...
People often confuse the Expressionists with the Impressionists. Provide a guideline that helps differentiate them. Use technique, artists, and paintings to help state your positions. As explained by the Economist, an art gallery decided to put the Continue Reading...
Thomas Kuhn, how does science normally progress? To one who was less familiar with the philosophies and proclivities of Socrates, it must seem extremely curious that the vaunted Greek philosopher willingly chose to escape his sentence after he was Continue Reading...
Women in War and Violence Women War and Violence The purpose of this paper is to analyze the theory of being and becoming, and to discuss how this theory relates to war and violence in Virginia Woolf's portrayal of female characters in her novels. Continue Reading...
Meditation on deities such as this their entourages is an intense and arduous progression. However, it is by this journey that one may become identified with the Absolute heavenly power. In this way, the fierce deities are manifestations of that Abs Continue Reading...
Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization "Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with estimated $46 Million in sales per year" ("Financial Forecasting Paper Riordan Manufacturing," Docshare: Social Document Sh Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, those not exercising this "right," that is the traditional two-parent families bear the brunt of these phenomena. Their incomes are heavily taxed to bear the burden of the "rights" of those who are passing the bill on without paying t Continue Reading...
The terms religion and spirituality have held separate definitions only since the early to mid-nineteenth century, so advancements in hypotheses, theories and solid scientific answers or laws have been developing at quite an unprecedented rate. With Continue Reading...
In an English concept of second nature performance of an action, no thought only the action is performed. The similar concept of Wu in Daoism, which is being or the ultimate understanding of what being is, is also represented in Buddhism by Atman, t Continue Reading...
Nursing Death and Dying in Other Cultures Death and dying are never easy for family, friends, loved ones, and the ill persons themselves. These issues are further complicated by the fact that so many different cultures are now blended in the United Continue Reading...
Cultural Competency Practiced for over 2,500 years in China, where it originated, acupuncture is an important part of the holistic system of traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture was first introduced in Europe about 200 years ago by Jesuit pries Continue Reading...
Right Thing The first scene of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing presents Senor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson) in his element as morning radio host. Shot in one long take, the scene begins with an extreme close-up (ECU) of an alarm clock bearing the t Continue Reading...
Chinese philosophers differ greatly from those of the Western world in that the basis of their argument is usually based on Confucius. Later philosophers who attempt to dispel the strong influence of Confucius had to measure up to his philosophy. La Continue Reading...
Fire (the hottest element) and metal (the hardest) both are associated with yang. Nevertheless, the Blue Dragon that symbolizes wood is a principal symbol of yang, while the White Tiger that symbolizes metal is a principal symbol of yin. This kind o Continue Reading...
Survival of Zi Wei Do Shu or the Purple Star Astrology The psychology and behavior of individuals has been studied using the astrological structured for years, however this aspect has not been evaluated and researched in detail especially in the con Continue Reading...
Spotlighting Samplings 4 Qualitative Research Research Choices 6 the Phenomenology Method The Ethnography Method DEPTH Four Qualitative Approach Comparison Strengths and Critiques of Case Studies "A research design indicates the full research p Continue Reading...
There is much irony to be found in the opinion that all illness begins in the mind, because many doctors and alternative healers make this claim but yet are unwilling to admit that psychic illnesses are real. The Japanese people struggle with an ho Continue Reading...
These diseases may be aggravated or deteriorated because of indulgence in sexual life as well. In severe cases, indulgence in sexual life even may cause vital crises such as cerebral bleeding and myocardiac infarction. Accordingly, sexual life shoul Continue Reading...
Feng Shui's Course In Hong Kong Hong Kong goes its own ways. Not entirely, of course, and obviously much less so since 1997, but it retains a certainly cultural autonomy. One way in which Hong Kong has continued traditional beliefs and practices tha Continue Reading...
Taoism is one of the great philosophical systems and religions which has come from ancient China, debuting fully in the 4th century B.C. Taoism can be difficult or controversial to define because so much of Taoism has an elusive, adaptable quality to Continue Reading...
Tao de Ching is one of the most influential and important philosophical texts in human history. Attributed to Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu between 500 and 400 BCE, the teachings contained within the Tao de Ching have become collectively known as Taois Continue Reading...
I Ching Classical Understand vs. Aleister Crowley Any belief, whether it is a self-made system or is bestowed upon us from above, can be taken as a religious view, for how does one define religion except as a system which sets upon humans a certain Continue Reading...
This is the nature of the universe and the Book of Changes stresses the importance of understanding that there will be change so that one can be flexible and roll with the punches, essentially. Once one has the understanding that change is always go Continue Reading...
By placing these lessons within the context of the battlefield, Sun Tzu provided thousands of years of audiences with a Taoist approach to conflict and to warfare. Taoism is traditionally thought of as a peaceful, natural philosophy that avoids fig Continue Reading...
Global Health Care and Culture Traditional Health Care Concepts Modern Health Care in China and its Affordability The public health system in China has been able to make progress in many aspects owing to the economic growth of the country. Problem Continue Reading...
shifting gender roles within Chinese history: Connections, differentiations, and articulations of Chinese women within the ideology of Confucianism The common stereotype of the East Asian female in the West is that of a frail flower: the most popu Continue Reading...
Taoism Introduction to Terms and Concepts of Taoism: The origins of Taoism are explained in the book, The Taoist Vision (William McNaughton, 1-5): of the main Chinese religions, Buddhism originated in India but Confucianism and Taoism were both from Continue Reading...
