Each March, many of the country’s most selective colleges and universities release their admissions decisions, reviving ...

Mencius challenged the common fear of shame, arguing that its absence is the true danger. He proposed shame as a vital moral guide, acting as an internal compass to distinguish right from wrong. This ...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles, says Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu.

Zhu Xi, a pivotal Chinese philosopher, synthesized Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism into Neo-Confucianism. His philosophy ...

Chinese philosopher Mencius in his quote tells people that when they start to understand what is right and what is wrong, that is the real beginning of wisdom. His quote reads the feeling of right or ...

Zhuangzi is remembered as one of the most influential thinkers in the Taoist tradition, a philosophy centered on living in harmony with the Tao — “the Way,” or the natural flow of the universe. His ...

It was November 28 in the year Taishō 13, according to the Japanese nengō calendar, which also happened to be Year 13 of the Republic of China’s post-imperial minguo calendar, and the year 1924 by the ...

When Meng Ke first crossed paths with the art of philosophy, the world looked nothing like it does today. The man later known as Master Meng embraced Confucianism and, as part of the fourth generation ...

The brain of Li Zehou, one of China’s most renowned modern philosophers, has been preserved in a leading cryonics facility in the United States since his death in 2021, his friend has revealed. In an ...

Pope Francis has appointed three new members to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences including Chinese political philosopher Tongdong Bai, the Vatican Press Office announced on June 5. Two other ...

BEJIING — There’s nothing looney about these toons. Two Chinese media firms have signed a deal with the Confucius Foundation to make a $5.3 million cartoon series on the legendary philosopher’s life ...

A visit to several philosophy departments in China by a group of American philosophers provides one writer with an opportunity to gauge the state of the field there, as well as the reception of ...