I am fascinated by #MarkCarney’s use of this term, #MiddlePowers

I don’t know from where it originated, but it feels very #Canadian, in a #Confucian manner - in the best possible way

Chi asked about wisdom. Confucius said, “Work for what is appropriate and right in human relationships; show respect to cultural superstitions while keeping them at a distance — this can be called wisdom.”

Analects 6.22.1

📖 The #Confucian view on #religion: cautious respect for humane traditions.

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wu Zhao 武曌 (624–705), also known as Wu Zetian #武則天 or Empress Wu #武后, who established her own dynasty, the Zhou #周, in 690, becoming #China's only (recognised) #female Emperor, often reviled in #Confucian historiography. #femalemonarchs #Tang #唐

Reward hard studying people is #Confucian / USA does pay doctor's a lot but only because they generate massive profits for hospitals
#anticapitalism #anticapitalist

aini: "Investigating Japan's Cheating Culture" | #HeianEra #TokugawaEra #OnnaDaigaku #Confucian #MeijiEra #ChristianIdeals #StreetInterviews #UniversityStudents #ProductOfYouth #OnceACheaterAlwaysACheater #Prostitution #GamanCulture #Shouganai #Patriarchy
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The visionary proto-socialist #Chinese emperor #WangMang on #ThisDayInHistory in 9 ended the #WesternHan & launched the short-lived #XinDynasty (of which he was the only ruler). Attempts to implement #Confucian values caused chaos & revolt, leading to #ChangAn's fall & his death.

儒教的TESOL教員養成者像 #Confucian #Junzi #君子 #儒教
Yuan, R., & Lee, I. (2025). Dispelling the “superhero” myth: TESOL teacher educators’ journey toward “junzi (君子)” in a time of flux and transformation. TESOL Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1002/tesq...

Did you know that the yin-yang symbol ☯️ didn't come from #Daoism?

The 11th-century #Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi invented a symbol called the taijitu.

Part of the taijitu evolved into today's yin-yang symbol.

#aarsbl25 So-Yi Chung, on #Joseon #Confucian #women ‘s writings on “resenting heaven”: from passive #emotions to reflexive transformation

#koreanreligions #kreligion

DYK women were totally inferior to men in #China’s #Confucian scheme of things? The perfect woman was one who thought only of her household chores. Men were no longer responsible for pleasing their wives. Women were now responsible for pleasing their husbands. #GenderHistory

Check out my unit on "Commenting the Chinese Classics" for an introduction to the role of #commentary in the tradition of the so-called #Confucian #classics in early #Chinese history!

#DOTD: Gong Zizhen 龔自珍 (1792–1841), #Chinese scholar-official and New-Text #Confucian who is often considered an intellectual bridge between #premodern and #ModernChina, influencing Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. #QingPhilology #乾嘉學派 #漢學 #Sinology #Confucianism #今文經學

My presentation at #DOT2025 @fau.de concerned "Praise and Blame? Zhu Xi's 朱熹 Reception of Zheng Xuan 鄭玄". A very brief foray into #Song #China, I found that Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and his disciples actively considered Zheng Xuan's (127-200) #commentaries to the #Confucian #classics. (1)

More #book exhibits from #AAS2025: Martin Svensson Ekström: The Origin of #Chinese Literary Hermeneutics. A Study of the Shijing and the Map School of #Confucian Exegesis. @sunypress.bsky.social

#DOTD: Li Shimin 李世民 (598/9–649), Taizong 太宗 (r. 626–49), co-founder of the Tang 唐 (618–907) and one of the most celebrated emperors of imperial China. He's often seen as a model #Confucian ruler. #貞觀之治 #帝範 #MedievalTwitter #TwitterHistorians #Empire

Special exhibition on #Confucian culture opens in #China's Shandong news.cgtn.com/news/2025-07...

Asked the woke spatial data consultant drone operations expert turns out they work for the Regime of Foolish Precepts

#thoughtleader #confucian #warcrimes

#DOTD: Liang Shuming 梁漱溟 (1893–1988), modern #Confucian philosopher who was strongly influenced by #Indian #Buddhist #philosophy. #ModernChina #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseReligion

Under proper training, a #thoughtleader may #invest capital with prudent long-term financial allocations which also strengthen entrepreneurship in the community, while improper training may raise a #confucian
#riseandgrind #finance #wiseprinciples

#ancient #Chinese #Confucian #scholar contemplates the #Future
#illustration

“… modern gender relations in Korea were constructed through the dynamic interaction of Japanese #colonial policies with the continuous legacy of #Confucian tradition, or what might be more appropirately labelled the re-Confucianization 3)

The image shows a detailed ink painting featuring a child sitting atop an ox and holding an open book. An older man stands beside them with a hoe, looking upwards. To the right, stylized Chinese characters form a vertical inscription in a separate section

Photographed at Khoo Kongsi temple in Penang.

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#KhooKongsi #Penang #Confucian #InkPainting #HeritageArt #AsianCulture #FamilyWisdom #CulturalPreservation #Photography #ContemplativeScenes #Legacy #Harmony #RicohGRIII #Malaysia

What is the cure for the West’s individualist worldview? | Aeon Essays It runs deeply through the Western outlook, hailed and condemned in equal measures. For a corrective, look to Confucius

“On the #Confucian #role-based view, the right thing to do depends largely on the particular person with whom we are interacting. Each relationship comes with different norms, and some of these norms are contained in specific rituals that are meant to govern our interactions” aeon.co/essays/what-...

#DOTD: Matteo Ricci 利瑪竇 (1552–1610), #Italian #Jesuit in #Ming #明 #China. Converting #Chinese literati by convincing them #Christianity was not in conflict with #Confucian tenets such as #filialpiety #孝, he also translated Euclid's Elements and wrote in #LiteraryChinese.

#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Zhi #李贄 (1527–1602), #Confucian #philosopher, #historian, and #Buddhist monk. A critic of Cheng-Zhu 程朱 orthodoxy within Neo-#Confucianism, he gained a reputation as a heretic and #iconoclast, mostly for his Book(s) to Burn #焚書. #Burnafterreading

Imperial-era bureaucracies maintaining #Confucian order and #Taoist spiritual philosophical tensions as counterpoint to the #Emperor, this is the #CCPs image at this time from outside...imho of course.

Whether #Xi_Jinping has a canal of revenge seeking cultural warriors or sensible people behind

#BOTD: Zhang Shizhao #章士釗 (1881–1973), #Chinese educator, journalist and politician. Editor of the journal 'The #Tiger' #甲寅, he promoted culturally conservative #Confucian values and #ClassicalChinese education in the wake of the #NewCultureMovement #新文化運動. #ModernChina

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wu Zhao 武曌 (624–705), also known as Wu Zetian #武則天 or Empress Wu #武后, who established her own dynasty, the Zhou #周, in 690, becoming #China's only (recognised) #female Emperor, often reviled in #Confucian historiography. #femalemonarchs #Tang #唐

God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan by Jonathan D. Spence

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #Booksky #BookChallenge #China #Taiping #Rebellion #CivilWar #Qing #Dynasty #Confucian #Exams #Manchu
‎Taiping Kingdom of Heavenly Peace

Scholar’s Trail Lost and found while walking South Korea’s old imperial road.

Starting 500 years ago, #Confucian students began trekking across #Korea to the old capital of Hanyang (#Seoul) to take exams for lifetime government jobs—a coveted ‘iron rice bowl.’ The @outofedenwalk recently hiked 650 km of this ancient scholars’ road. https://t.co/E4aTK4prZd