The common image of the Devil in Western culture is drawn from many sources. The Devil's pointed ears, wings, and sharp protruding teeth resemble those of Charu, the underworld demon of the Etruscans of ancient Italy. The Devil's tail, horns, and A group of Hindu demons, known as the...
Many of what are considered “evil spirits” within the Ancient Near Eastern, Middle Eastern & Asian culture – and especially in Hinduism – are known as such because Christianity adapted their gods/goddesses as foes to their true God. This is a common thread throughout history – one culture...
Earlier this year, an article appeared in the New York Times that heaped praise on the Chinese writing system, extolling its virtues and pinning it as the vehicle and guardian of the country’s rich culture. The article inspired scorn from some commentators, and re-ignited a debate tha...
andNuwa, who created man, to be the two primary creation gods. Even later, as Chinese culture became more and more pragmatic, Confucian culture worshiped the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the creators of Chinese civilization, as gods. Throughout Chinese history, gods were personified...
a关于重塑中国现代行政文化的研究 About remoulds the Chinese modern administration culture the research[translate] a同学世家 Schoolmate aristocratic family[translate] aMark likes very much. 标记喜欢非常。[translate] a* THIS BEHAVIOR IS DEPRECATED, and may be retired in a near, future release *这行为...
aIn 1998,he went to Oxford University where he got interested in Chinese culture 1998年,他去牛津大学,他得到对中国文化感兴趣[translate] ait was recently reported by the Production Department of the Chemicals 它由化学制品的生产部门最近报告[translate] ...
The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture (review) In lieu of an , here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by Randall Nadeau (bio) Richard von Glahn. The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in... RL Nadeau - 《China Review International》...
Although Xiyang ji attempts to affirm the age-old myth of the Sinocentric world order by demonizing foreign others and subsuming the outside world within the Chinese order, it also demonstrates a genuine interest in foreign culture and an awareness of cultural relativity. Most importantly, ...
virtue anymore, and I see that secession of Heartland Christian America from the liberal, atheist, chaos culture, post-modern, progressive, technocratic East and West Coasts will be the only only way out, that in 5 or 10 years secession movements will be heading towards their inevitable ...
菲利普·斯雷特(Philip Slater)寫了一本書,名叫《緊隨的孤獨﹕即將破裂的美國文化》(The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point,Beacon Press, 2006 年版 )。在《緊隨的孤獨》一書中,作者把 孤獨感與 "對科技的全國性的着迷" 聯係在一起。斯雷特先生說,"以汽車業為例,它對社區生活的...