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China's Heart of Darkness - Prince Han Fei & Chairman Xi Jinping (Part I) - China Heritage
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Abandoned Footnotes: "Ten thousand melodies cannot express our boundless hot love for you": the Cult of Personality in Mao's China
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| | (6,500 words onDaniel Leese's fascinating book Mao Cult: Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution [Cambridge University Press...
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The Universal Ambitions of China's Illiberal Confucian Scholars
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| | [AI summary] This article explores the complex and evolving role of Confucianism in contemporary China and its historical parallels with Japan's pre-WWII Confucian nationalism. It highlights the tensions between liberal and authoritarian interpretations of Confucianism, the influence of Japanese Confucianism on Chinese intellectuals, and the challenges faced by liberal Confucians in the face of rising authoritarianism. The piece also touches on the potential for Confucianism to be reformed to align with modern democratic values and the importance of a progressive reconstruction of Confucianism to counter authoritarian trends.
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Chapter 4: Confucius - The Analog Antiquarian
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Did Any Non-Israelite Ancient Cultures Have Their Own "Bibles"? - Tales of Times Forgotten
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| The Bible is one of the most influential collections of texts in human history. Its influence goes far beyond the Jewish and Christian religious traditions, which regard different versions of it as sacred; it has fundamentally shaped how most people living in the west in the twenty-first century, even those who of us who are ... Continue reading "Did Any Non-Israelite Ancient Cultures Have Their Own "Bibles"?"