Confucianism

Church Plan In Hometown Of Confucius Draws Protest

December 25, 2010

Author: Cara Anna

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/25/AR2010122500060.html

China's officially atheist government wants to build a Christian church in the hometown of Confucius to help foster a relationship between an ancient philosophy and the country's fastest-growing religion. But suddenly, it's not going so...

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Pastor Rick Warren Addresses Muslim Group, Emphasizes Need to Find Common Ground

December 21, 2008

Author: Raja Abdulrahim

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-me-warren21-2008dec21,0,7004420.story

Fresh from being tapped to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, Orange County Pastor Rick Warren spoke Saturday night to about 800 members of the Muslim Public Affairs Council at its convention in Long Beach.

Warren's theme was about people...

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Op-Ed: "China Might Practise What Confucius Was Preaching" By: Errol P. Mendes

August 16, 2008

Author: Errol P. Mendes

Source: The Ottawa Citizen

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=3bfefab7-e539-4bd8-8bfc-d2e152049fda

The spectacular opening show (despite the lip-synching) at the Beijing Olympics featured the great contributions of China to global civilization and advancement.

In addition to showcasing through dazzling special effects, artistry, choreography...

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China's Ancestor Day Leads Confucian Revival

April 4, 2008

Author: Chris Buckley

Source: Reuters

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-32846920080404

China officially marked the traditional Qingming Festival of ancestor worship on Friday in a revival of Confucian ways that some scholars hope will eventually elevate the traditional doctrine into a "state religion."

Chinese for centuries commemorated the day, falling in early April, by sweeping the graves of forebearers and...

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China Plans 'City' Celebrating Traditional Culture

March 2, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCUfWhWripEBid_Gbru2QMMXHE1g

China plans a city-sized monument celebrating traditional Chinese culture and centred on the birthplace of the philosopher Confucius, state media said Sunday.

The "Chinese Culture Symbolic City" in eastern Shandong province will cost at least 4.2 billion dollars and span more than 300 square kilometres (115 square miles), Xinhua...

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China's Thriving Confucian Schools

January 3, 2008

Author: Jill McGivering

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7169814.stm

As soon as they walk into the tiny school, a converted apartment in a tower block, the children are bundled into grey cotton wraparound robes, fastened at the back with modern Velcro.

Flowing sleeves flap round their wrists, square black hats wedged on to their heads - some, too big, slip down over the eyes.

The children, from three to...

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Matriculation Puts Millions in China to the Test

June 5, 2007

Author: Zhou Yan

Source: Xinhua

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/05/content_6201289.htm

CHANGCHUN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The smoke from the burning joss sticks is all but suffocating at this Confucian Temple in Changchun as crowds of students flock here to pay respects to the teacher of all teachers and pray for success in the national college entrance exam scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

A huge tree outside the...

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Confucius Makes Comeback

May 25, 2007

Source: The Financial Express/The Economist

http://www.financialexpress.com/print.php?content_id=165110

“Study the past”, Confucius said, “if you would define the future.” Now he himself has become the object of that study.

Confucius was revered—indeed worshipped—in China for more than 2,000 years. But neither the Communist Party, nor the 20th century itself, has been kind to the sage. Modern China saw the end of the...

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Modern China Seeks Moral Guidance in its Ancient Past

May 23, 2007

Author: Craig Simons

Source: The Austin American-Statesman

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world/05/23/23chinavalues.html

YINCHUAN, China — Zhang Xianliang is an unlikely advocate for remembering the past. Branded an enemy of the Communist Party in 1958, he was thrown into a labor camp and left there for 22 years, often surviving on little more than boiled grass.

Yet Zhang, at 70 one...

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Confucian Scholar Hawks Philosopher's Teachings

May 1, 2007

Source: Taipei Times

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/01/2003359001

With her clear, rapid-fire lectures, Yu Dan (于丹) has become an instant television celebrity, hawking the moral teachings of a 2,500-year-old philosopher to an audience of millions in China.

Yesterday, Yu, a media expert and Beijing Normal University professor, released the Taiwanese version of her latest book -- a 200-page compilation of lectures she...

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Hong Kong to Celebrate Confucius in Lieu of a Holiday at Easter

April 23, 2007

Source: Asia News

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9071&size=A

For years now, China’s government has been rehabilitating the figure of the great philosopher as a cultural ‘bridge’ to the rest of the world but also as a mentor justifying obedience to authorities. Christians will have to give up one holiday at Easter in favour of Confucius’ birthday.

Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – A senior religious affairs official yesterday...

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