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Philosophy, History, Mythology, Culture

Philosophy#

Franklin Perkins [ PhilPeople ] [ Academia ] https://closertotruth.com/contributor/33239/

  • 2015 Li, Chenyang & Franklin Perkins (eds.). Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems. Cambridge University Press.

  • 2022 Perkins, Franklin. Doing What You Really Want: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mengzi. Oxford University Press.

  • 2014 Perkins, Franklin. Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy. Indiana University Press.

  • 2004 Perkins, Franklin. Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/leibniz-and-china/3EB0EE42F77EE8809F22432C16E19E61.

Figures

  • [ w ] Confucius [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Han Fei - legalism

  • [ w ] Laozi [ SEP ] - taoism, tao te ching

  • [ w ] Mencius [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Mozi - mohism

  • [ w ] Wang Yangming [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Zhu Xi [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Zhuang Zhou [ SEP ] - taoism, zhuangzi

Terms

  • [ w ] Bagua

  • [ w ] Chan Buddhism [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Chinese Alchemy

  • [ w ] Chinese Buddhism (Han Buddhism)

  • [ w ] Chinese Geomancy (Feng Shui)

  • [ w ] Chinese Marxism

  • [ w ] Chinese Philosophy

    • [ SEP ] Chinese Ethics

    • [ SEP ] Chinese Philosophy of Change (Yijing)

    • [ SEP ] Comparative Philosophy: Chinese and Western

    • [ SEP ] Epistemology in Chinese Philosophy

    • [ SEP ] Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy

    • [ SEP ] Science and Chinese Philosophy

    • [ SEP ] Translating and Interpreting Chinese Philosophy

  • [ w ] Confucianism (Ruism) - Confucius

  • [ w ] Dengism

  • [ w ] Diyu

  • [ w ] External Alchemy (Waidan)

  • [ w ] Fajia (Legalism) - Han Fei

  • [ w ] Feng Shui (Chinese Geomancy)

  • [ w ] Han Buddhism (Chinese Buddhism)

  • [ w ] Huang-Lao

  • [ w ] Hun

  • [ w ] Hundred Schools of Thought

  • [ w ] Internal Alchemy (Neidan)

  • [ w ] Jing

  • [ w ] Legalism (Fajia) - Han Fei

  • [ w ] Mixed School (Syncretism)

  • [ w ] Mohism [ SEP ] [ SEP - mohist canons ] - Mozi

  • [ w ] Neidan (Internal Alchemy)

  • [ w ] New Confucianism

  • [ w ] Po

  • [ w ] Qi

  • [ w ] Qigong [ history ]

  • [ w ] Ruism (Confucianism) - Confucius

  • [ w ] School of Names [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Self-Cultivation

  • [ w ] Syncretism (Mixed School)

  • [ w ] Tai Chi

  • [ w ] Taiji

  • [ w ] Taijitu

  • [ w ] Tao

  • [ w ] Tao Te Ching

  • [ w ] Taoism [ SEP ] - Laozi + Zhuang Zhou

  • [ w ] Three Principles of the People (Tridemism)

  • [ w ] Three Teachings

  • [ w ] Three Treasures

  • [ w ] Tiantai Buddhism [ SEP ]

  • [ w ] Waidan (External Alchemy)

  • [ w ] Wu Wei

  • [ w ] Wuji

  • [ w ] Wuxing

  • [ w ] Yang

  • [ w ] Yin

  • [ w ] Zen

  • [ w ] Zhuangzi

Mythology#

  • [ w ] 倉頡 cāng jié

  • [ w ] Agriculture, in Chinese mythology

  • [ w ] Ao

  • [ w ] Azure Dragon

  • [ w ] Baidi (White Emperor)

  • [ w ] Black Tortoise

  • [ w ] Cangdi

  • [ w ] Chidi

  • [ w ] Chinese Constellations

  • [ w ] Chinese Creation Myth

  • [ w ] Chinese Dragon (Loong)

  • [ w ] Chinese Folk Religion

  • [ w ] Chinese Gods and Immortals

  • [ w ] Chinese Hopping Vampire (Jiangshi)

  • [ w ] Chinese Mythological Mountains

  • [ w ] Chinese Mythology [ list ] [ list ]

  • [ w ] Chinese Religion

  • [ w ] Chinese Spiritual World Concepts

  • [ w ] Chinese Theology

  • [ w ] Chongli (Zhurong)

  • [ w ] City God

  • [ w ] Di

  • [ w ] Dianmu (Leizi)

  • [ w ] Dog

  • [ w ] Dragon God (Dragon King)

  • [ w ] Dragon King (Dragon God)

  • [ w ] Eight Immortals

  • [ w ] Eight Pillars of the Sky

  • [ w ] Feather Mountain

  • [ w ] Feng Po Po

  • [ w ] Fengbo (Fengshi)

  • [ w ] Fenghuang

  • [ w ] Fengshi (Fengbo)

  • [ w ] Five Elders

  • [ w ] Flame Emperor (Yan Emperor)

  • [ w ] Flaming Mountains

  • [ w ] Four Heavenly Ministers

  • [ w ] Four Holy Beasts

  • [ w ] Four Perils

  • [ w ] Four Seas

  • [ w ] Four Symbols

  • [ w ] Fox Spirit (Huli Jing)

  • [ w ] Fu Hsi (Fuxi)

  • [ w ] Fusang

  • [ w ] Fuxi (Fu Hsi)

  • [ w ] Gaoyang (Zhuanxu)

  • [ w ] Ghost

  • [ w ] Gonggong

  • [ w ] Great Emperor of the North Star (Ziwei Emperor)

  • [ w ] Great Flood of Gun-Yu

  • [ w ] Guanyin

  • [ w ] Heidi

  • [ w ] Horse-Face

  • [ w ] Hou Ji

  • [ w ] Houtu

  • [ w ] Huangdi (Yellow Emperor)

  • [ w ] Huaxu

  • [ w ] Huli Jing (Fox Spirit)

  • [ w ] Jade Emperor

  • [ w ] Jade Mountain

  • [ w ] Jiangshi (Chinese Hopping Vampire)

  • [ w ] Kunlun

  • [ w ] Kunlun Mountains

  • [ w ] Landlord Deity

  • [ w ] LGBTQ themes in Chinese mythology

  • [ w ] Leigong (Leishen)

  • [ w ] Leishen (Leigong)

  • [ w ] Leizi (Dianmu)

  • [ w ] Lishan Laomu

  • [ w ] Loong (Chinese Dragon)

  • [ w ] Menshen

  • [ w ] Mount Buzhou

  • [ w ] Mount Penglai

  • [ w ] Mountain God

  • [ w ] Nine-Tailed Fox

  • [ w ] Nüwa

  • [ w ] Ox-Head

  • [ w ] Oxen

  • [ w ] Pai Mei

  • [ w ] Pangu

  • [ w ] Purple Forbidden Enclosure

  • [ w ] Qilin

  • [ w ] Queen Mother of the West

  • [ w ] Sacred Mountains of China

  • [ w ] Shangdi

  • [ w ] Shanguan (Three Great Emperor-Officials)

  • [ w ] Shen

  • [ w ] Shennong

  • [ w ] Shenshu (Shentu)

  • [ w ] Shentu (Shenshu)

  • [ w ] Snake

  • [ w ] Soil and Grain

  • [ w ] Soul Dualism

  • [ w ] Spirit Turtle

  • [ w ] Suiren

  • [ w ] Three Great Emperor-Officials (Shanguan)

  • [ w ] Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

  • [ w ] Tian

  • [ w ] Trailokya

  • [ w ] Tu’er Shen

  • [ w ] Tudigong

  • [ w ] Vermillion Bird

  • [ w ] White Emperor (Baidi)

  • [ w ] White Tiger

  • [ w ] World Turtle

  • [ w ] Wu

  • [ w ] Wufang Shangdi

  • [ w ] Wulang Shen (Wutong Shen)

  • [ w ] Wutong Shen (Wulang Shen)

  • [ w ] Xian

  • [ w ] Yan Emperor (Flame Emperor)

  • [ w ] Yanluo Wang

  • [ w ] Yaoguai

  • [ w ] Yellow Dragon

  • [ w ] Yellow Emperor (Huangdi)

  • [ w ] Yin Miao

  • [ w ] Yu Shi

  • [ w ] Yu the Great

  • [ w ] Yulei (Yulü)

  • [ w ] Yulü (Yulei)

  • [ w ] Zhuanxu (Gaoyang)

  • [ w ] Zhurong (Chongli)

  • [ w ] Ziwei Emperor (Great Emperor of the North Star)

Culture#

Terms

  • [ w ] Chinese Animation (Donghua) [ history ]

  • [ w ] Chinese Cinema

  • [ w ] Chinese Culture

  • [ w ] Chinese Folk Art

  • [ w ] Chinese Knotting

  • [ w ] Color, in Chinese culture

  • [ w ] Danmei

  • [ w ] Donghua (Chinese Animation) [ history ]

  • [ w ] Hong Kong Cinema

  • [ w ] Huaxia

  • [ w ] Li

  • [ w ] Mo Lei Tau

  • [ w ] Names of China

  • [ w ] Sinosphere

  • [ w ] Taiwanese Cinema

  • [ w ] Yan Huang Zisun

  • [ w ] 果子 guǒ zi Guozi

  • [ w ] 煎饼果子 jiān bǐng guǒ zi Jianbing Guozi

Food

  • [ w ] American Chinese Cuisine

  • [ w ] Asian Supermarket

  • [ w ] Baozi

  • [ w ] Bayberry (“Chinese Strawberry”, Waxberry, Yumberry) (Yangmei)

  • [ w ] Beef Ball

  • [ w ] Beef Bun

  • [ w ] Bing

  • [ w ] Bok Choy

  • [ w ] Bubble Tea

  • [ w ] Cantonese Cuisine

  • [ w ] Carambola (Star Fruit)

  • [ w ] Century Egg

  • [ w ] Chili Crisp

  • [ w ] Chili Oil

  • [ w ] Chinatown

  • [ w ] Chinese Cuisine [ soups ] [ sauces ] [ soy-based ] [ dishes ] [ pastries ] [ desserts ]

  • [ w ] Chinese New Year’s Cake (Nian Gao) 年糕

  • [ w ] Chinese Noodles

  • [ w ] Chinese Regional Cuisine

  • [ w ] Chinese Spoon

  • [ w ] Chopsticks

  • [ w ] Cong You Bing (Scallion Pancake) 葱油饼

  • [ w ] Cuttlefish Geng

  • [ w ] Dandan Noodles

  • [ w ] Dark Soy Sauce

  • [ w ] Dim Sum

  • [ w ] Doubanjiang (Broad Bean Chili Sauce, Fermented Chili Bean Paste)

  • [ w ] Dragon Fruit (Pitaya)

  • [ w ] Durian

  • [ w ] Egg Tart

  • [ w ] Fish Ball

  • [ w ] Fujian Cuisine

  • [ w ] Geng

  • [ w ] Grass Jelly [ grass jelly plants ]

  • [ w ] Green Sichuan Pepper 青花椒

  • [ w ] Hakka Cuisine

  • [ w ] Hong Dou Tang (Red Bean Soup)

  • [ w ] Huangqiao Sesame Cake

  • [ w ] Hong Kong Cuisine

  • [ w ] Hong Kong-Style Milk Tea

  • [ w ] Hot Pot

  • [ w ] Hunan Cuisine

  • [ w ] Jiaozi

  • [ w ] Jujube (“Chinese Date”)

  • [ w ] Kam Wing Tai Fish Balls

  • [ w ] Korean Chinese Cuisine

  • [ w ] Kung Pao (Gong Bao) Chicken

  • [ w ] Lo Mein

  • [ w ] Longevity Peach (Shoutao)

  • [ w ] Lotus Root

  • [ w ] Lotus Seed Bun

  • [ w ] Lotus Seed Paste

  • [ w ] Mango Pomelo Sago

  • [ w ] Mango Pudding

  • [ w ] Mantou (“Chinese Steamed Bun”)

  • [ w ] Meat Floss

  • [ w ] Mooncake

  • [ w ] Nian Gao (Chinese New Year’s Cake) 年糕

  • [ w ] Osmanthus

  • [ w ] Osmanthus Cake

  • [ w ] Oyster Sauce

  • [ w ] Pandan Cake

  • [ w ] Persimmon

  • [ w ] Pineapple Bun

  • [ w ] Pineapple Cake 凤梨酥

  • [ w ] Pitaya (Dragon Fruit)

  • [ w ] Pomelo

  • [ w ] Popping Boba

  • [ w ] Q Texture Q弹 (“bouncy texture”)

  • [ w ] Radish Cake (Turnip Cake)

  • [ w ] Red Bean Cake

  • [ w ] Red Bean Paste

  • [ w ] Red Bean Soup (Hong Dou Tang)

  • [ w ] Rice Cake

  • [ w ] Sago

  • [ w ] Sago Palm

  • [ w ] Scallion Pancake (Cong You Bing) 葱油饼

  • [ w ] Seitan

  • [ w ] Shaanxi Cuisine

  • [ w ] Shaobing

  • [ w ] Sichuan Cuisine

  • [ w ] Sichuan Pepper

  • [ w ] Snow Fungus

  • [ w ] Soup Dumpling (Tangbao)

  • [ w ] Soy Sauce

  • [ w ] Star Fruit (Carambola)

  • [ w ] Surimi

  • [ w ] Sweet Bean Paste

  • [ w ] Sweet Osmanthus

  • [ w ] Sweetheart Cake (Wife Cake)

  • [ w ] Tangbao (Soup Dumpling)

  • [ w ] Tangyuan

  • [ w ] Taro

  • [ w ] Taro Ball

  • [ w ] Taro Cake

  • [ w ] Teochew Cuisine

  • [ w ] Tong Sui

  • [ w ] Turnip Cake (Radish Cake)

  • [ w ] Water Chestnut Cake

  • [ w ] Wife Cake (Sweetheart Cake)

  • [ w ] Winter Melon

  • [ w ] Wonton

  • [ w ] Wonton Noodles

  • [ w ] Xiang gu niu rou jiang (“Chinese beef and mushroom sauce”)

  • [ w ] Xiaolongbao

  • [ w ] Yuenyeung

  • [ w ] Yuxiang

  • [ w ] Yuxiang Shredded Pork

bayberry cake              yáng méi sū               杨梅酥
beef and mushroom paste    xiāng gū niú ròu jiàng    香菇牛肉酱
green/mung bean cake       lüù dòu gāo               绿豆糕
green sichuan pepper       qīng huā jiāo             青花椒
osmanthus chestnut cake    guì huā lì zi sū          桂花栗子酥
pineapple cake             fèng lí sū                凤梨酥
rice cake                  nián gāo                  年糕
rose cake                  xiān huā bǐng             鲜花饼
scallion pancake           cōng yóu bǐng             葱油饼

Media

  • [ w ] Chinese Paladin, tv series

  • [ w ] Chinese Paladin, video game

  • [ w ] Chinese Paladin 3, tv series

  • [ w ] Chinese Paladin 3, video game

  • [ w ] CJ7

  • [ w ] Confucius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnH_On7dJTM

  • [ w ] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

  • [ w ] Curse of the Golden Flower

  • [ w ] Green Snake (1993)

  • [ w ] Green Snake (White Snake 2)

  • [ w ] Hero

  • [ w ] House of Flying Daggers

  • [ w ] Journey To The West: Conquering the Demons

  • [ w ] Kung Fu Hustle

  • [ w ] Legend of the Demon Cat

  • [ w ] New Gods: Nezha Reborn

  • [ w ] New Gods: Yang Jian

  • [ w ] Shaolin Soccer

  • [ w ] The Legend of Sword and Fairy

  • [ w ] The Mermaid

  • [ w ] White Snake

  • [ w ] White Snake 2 (Green Snake)

  • [ w ] White Snake 3

Actors, known in West

  • [ w ] 1954----- Chan, Jackie

  • [ w ] 1943----- Chiu, Chi-Ling (the tailor from Kung Fu Hustle)

  • [ w ] 1962----- Chow, Stephen

  • [ w ] 1955----- Chow, Yun-Fat

  • [ w ] 1976----- Lam, Chi-Chung (Maomao from Chinese Paladin 3)

  • [ w ] 1962----- Leung, Tony

  • [ w ] 1940-1973 Lee, Bruce

  • [ w ] 1963----- Li, Jet

  • [ w ] 1955----- Liu, Gordon (Evil Sword Immortal from Chinese Paladin 3)

  • [ w ] 1963----- Yen, Donnie

  • [ w ] 1962----- Yeoh, Michelle

  • [ w ] 1950----- Yuen, Qiu (the landlady from Kung Fu Hustle)

  • [ w ] 1952----- Yuen, Wah (the landlord from Kung Fu Hustle)

  • [ w ] 1979----- Zhang, Ziyi

Actors

  • [ w ] 1982----- Hu, Ge

  • [ w ] 1979----- Huo, Wallace (White Tofu from Chinese Paladin 3)

  • [ w ] 1987----- Liu, Shishi (Long Kui from Chinese Paladin 3)

  • [ w ] 1983----- Tang, Tiffany (Zi Xuan from Chinese Paladin 3)

  • [ w ] 1986----- Yang, Mi (Piggy from Chinese Paladin 3)

Musicians

  • [ y ] 1969----- Wong, Faye

Chinese Paladin 3

  • [ w ] Chang’an

Long Yang (stinky tofu 1)            龙阳    human
    long         dragon              龙
    yang         sun                 阳
Jing Tian (stinky tofu 2)            景天
    jing         scenery             景
    tian         sky                 天
Chou Dou Fu ("stinky tofu")          臭豆腐
    chou         stinky              臭
    dou fu       tofu                豆腐

Long Kui (stinky tofu 1's sister)    龙葵    ghost
    kui          sunflower           葵
    long kui     name of a flower    龙葵

Mao Mao (stinky tofu's friend)       茂茂    human
    mao          lush                茂
    mao mao      informal name

Tang Xue Jian (piggy)                唐雪见  human
    tang         Tang dynasty        唐
    xue          snow                雪
    jian         see                 见
Zhu Po ("piggy")                     猪婆
    zhu          pig                 猪
    po           woman, impolite     婆

Hua Ying (potato)                    花楹    sacred beast, not yaoguai
    hua ying    name of a flower
Tu Dou ("potato")                    土豆
    tu           earth               土
    dou          pea                 豆

Gu Liu Fang   (white tofu 1)         顾留芳   human
    gu           look                顾
    liu          remain, stay        留
    fang         fragrance           芳
    liu fang     legacy              留芳
Xu Chang Qing (white tofu 2)         徐长卿
    xu           slow                徐
    chang        long                长
    qing         ?                   卿
Bai Dou Fu ("white tofu")            白豆腐
    bai          white               白

Zi Xuan (descendant of nüwa)         紫萱    goddess (~300 yr)
    zi           purple              紫
    xuan         name of a flower    萱

Nüwa                                 女娲    goddess
    nü           woman               女
    wa           ?                   娲

Sheng Gu (Zi Xuan's attendant)       圣姑    human
    sheng        sacred
    gu           aunt, woman

History#

[ h ][ y ] MIT 21H.151 Dynastic China, Fall 2024

  • [ y ] 04-07-2026 MIT OpenCourseWare. “Lecture 1: Introduction to China’s History”.

More

  • [ y ] 08-05-2022 Learn Chinese Now. “All of China’s Dynasties in ONE Video - Chinese History 101”.

  • [ w ] 漢朝 hàn cháo Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE)

  • [ w ] 秦朝 qín cháo Qin Dynasty

    • [ w ] 秦始皇 qín shǐ huáng Qin Shi Huang

  • [ w ] Qing Dynasty

    • [ w ] Kangxi Emperor

  • [ w ] 商朝 shāng cháo Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BCE)

Terms

  • [ w ] Chinese Dynasties

  • [ w ] Chinese Feudalism (Fengjian)

  • [ w ] Chinese History

  • [ w ] Eighteen Kingdoms

  • [ w ] Fengjian (Chinese Feudalism)

  • [ w ] Five Grains

  • [ w ] Jin Dynasty

  • [ w ] Northern and Southern Dynasties

  • [ w ] Sixteen Kingdoms

  • [ w ] Spring and Autumn Period

  • [ w ] Warring States Period

  • [ w ] Xia Dynasty

  • [ w ] Zhou Dynasty

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