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Chinese culture is a rich collection of traditions from its history. Here we share stories about these cultural traditions to build bridges to people of other cultures.
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Yan Fu: At the Crossroad of East and West in the Early 20th Century
(严复: 20世纪初中国与西方的对话者) 4 min read Modern China’s “age of awakening,” spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was a painful reckoning for Chinese
Sun Yat-sen—Founding Father of Modern China
(国父孙中山) 8 min read During the nineteenth century, China endured repeated invasions and plunder: the two Opium Wars (1839–42, 1856–60), the First Sino-Japanese War
The Book of Songs: the Fountainhead of Chinese Literature
(诗经: 中国文学的泉源) 6 min read Widely regarded as the fountainhead of Chinese literature, the Book of Songs, or Shijing (诗经, 11th–6th century BCE), is
How Has the Chinese Civilization Remained Resilient?
(中华文明何以历久不衰?) 4 min read While many of the world’s ancient civilizations survive only in museums, Chinese civilization has endured and continues to thrive after
Chinese Folk Heroes: Guan Yu—Man or God
(关羽) 5 min read Guan Yu (关羽, 160–220 CE), a general of the late Eastern Han dynasty (东汉) and the Three Kingdoms period (c.
Civilizational Legacy of the First Emperor of Qin
(秦始皇的文明遗产) 6 min read The First Emperor of Qin (秦始皇帝) has long been viewed as a tyrant. Yet his reforms profoundly shaped Chinese civilization.