Heng O – Moon goddess – China
Heng O: A sacrifice to the moon Who was Heng O? Heng O was the Chinese goddess of the moon. In Taoist thought about yin and yang, Heng O is the [...]
Heng O: A sacrifice to the moon Who was Heng O? Heng O was the Chinese goddess of the moon. In Taoist thought about yin and yang, Heng O is the [...]
The boddhisatva Avalokitesvara, with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes, about 950 AD (Musee Guimet, Paris) Under the Han Dynasty (about 200 BC to 200 AD), scholars working for [...]
What is tao? A Later portrait of Lao Tzu Lao Tzu: What is Tao? Taoism is a philosophy or way of life. A man named Lao Tzu (or Lao Tsu) may [...]
"Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are one" (Song Dynasty, ca. 1100 AD) The first major philosopher who lived in China was Lao Tzu (if he really existed). He lived about 600 [...]
Confucius life: Later portrait of Confucius, from the provincial museum of Shandong, China Confucius' childhood The philosopher Confucius' main interest was to figure out ways for the government to do [...]
Flute players like Xue Tao (T'ang Dynasty China) Xue Tao's childhood Like Bai Juyi, the poet Xue Tao was born in China during the T'ang Dynasty. She was a little [...]
Romance of the Three Kingdoms hero Guan Yu, in a small statue made during the Ming Dynasty (about 1495 AD) Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms around [...]
This is a poem by Bai Juyi, written in China about 800 AD, during the late T'ang Dynasty. It's about the famous philosopher Lao Tzu. "Those who speak know nothing; Those who [...]
Around 300 BC, during the Warring States period, a Chinese general called Sun Tzu wrote a book about the best ways to win wars, called The Art of War. Sun Tzu's main [...]
Empress Wu of the T'ang Dynasty Who was Wu Chao? Wu Chao was one of T'ai Tsung's girlfriends. After he died, she became his son's girlfriend too! The son's name [...]