China's Influential Transformation on World History What creates a civilization that constitutes a prominent and historical influence on world history? As time has proven it is leadership in government, economy, people, conquest, trade, and military power. There have been myriads of civilizat...

"Describe the origins and historical development of Confucianism in China up to the present day." The history of Chinese civilisation spans thousands of years and encompasses countless ideas, beliefs, societal, and political doctrines. For the past two thousand years, the teachings of C...

Confucius And The Warring States Period Where I came from, Confucius is a very famous philosopher. We call him "Khong Tu" and the Chinese call him "Kong Qiu-zi" which means "Master Confucius." He was born in the Chinese state of Lu in 551 BC....

From the period of 1750-1914, many non Western countries such as China, Japan, Russia, and the Middle East were feeling the pressure from the West to modernize and industrialize. While Japan was quite successful in modernizing and industrializing through the Meiji Restoration, China never fully unde...

Chinese Culture The Chinese Lake Murders were written by author, Robert Van Gulik and can be used to learn about pre-modern Chinese civilization. The book was set during the Ming Dynasty in the town of Han-yuan, which is about 60 miles north west of the imperial capital. The novel tells the tal...