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Confucius (552–479 B.C.) is a symbol of Chinese civilization. Despite his influence in the past two and a half thousand years, many of his ideas remain poorly defined, rendering them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse by Chinese rulers domestically and to misreading and critiques by international communities globally. Among those ambiguities are...
Ren 仁 is the founding pillar of Confucianism. In spite of its popularity in Chinese culture, the notion has only been grossly, and vaguely as well, defined as a virtue of benevolence and altruism. The concept remains to be specified in terms of its denotation, connotation and semantic evolution. In this communication, the author analyzes an early r...
“Yi” is one of the five core virtues of Confucianism; it is commonly translated as “righteousness” in the literature. However, “honor” might be a better translation for “Yi” in terms of both popularity and semantic precision (plasticity as well) of the term. This author submits that “honor” is adopted as the translation for “Yi” in lieu of “righteo...
This paper proposes a four-step model and mechanism for how Chinese students acquire English as a foreign language, consisting of recognition, conversion, synthesis and check. It discusses various misconceptions and inadequate approaches that compromise the acquisition of English by Chinese students. Phonics was specifically identified among the cu...
