Laozi (Lǎozǐ 老子)|Lǎozǐ 老子 (Laozi)
James D. SELLMANN Historical wood-block print of Laozi. Laozi is the name of the foundational text of Daoist philosophy and
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T17:04:00+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Religion, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
James D. SELLMANN Historical wood-block print of Laozi. Laozi is the name of the foundational text of Daoist philosophy and
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:44:00+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Biography, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview|
Peter C. PERDUE Less well-known than his contemporary Marco Polo, Rabban Sauma was a Christian Uygur monk who traveled in
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:44:00+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Biography, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview|
Yamin XU Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692) was one of the most important scholars of the Ming–Qing period whose pragmatic philosophies of
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:44:00+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
James D. SELLMANN Wood engraving of Confucius (or Kong Fuzi [Grand Master Kong], 551–479 BCE). The teaching of the philosopher
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:59+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
James D. SELLMANN The philosopher Mozi and the school he founded offered a popular alternative to Confucian teachings. Mozi was
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:59+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
Yamin XU As a founding father of the school of Evidential Inquiry, Gu Yanwu abandoned the approaches of the Song
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:58+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Biography, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview|
Alex McKAY Tenzin Gyatso (b. 1935), the fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan Buddhists. The
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:58+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
Nirmal DASS Painting of Xunxi, one of the most important Confucian thinkers. A key figure in Chinese philosophy, Xunzi is
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:57+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Biography, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview|
Nirmal DASS Historical illustration of Buddhist monks at worship, a scene that would have been familiar to Jian Zhen, a
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T16:43:57+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Values and Worldview, Biography|
Nirmal DASS Father Ferdinand Verbiest, from the manuscript Galerie illustrée de portraits de jésuites, by A. Hamy, 1893. One of