In 1864, W.A.P. Martin had to invent the word quanli to translate the Western concept of "rights" in the process of translating Henry Wheaton's Elements of International Law into classical Chinese.
Professor Cheng's research interests are in the areas of Chinese logic, the I Ching and the origins of Chinese philosophy, Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy, the onto-hermeneutics of Eastern and Western philosophy, and Chan (Zen) philosophy.
In her research she mostly examines subjects related to Chinese philosophy, Chinese logic, Chinese epistemology, the methodology of intercultural research and the theory of knowledge.
The emblem of Phi Sigma Tau is in the shape of a pentagon; each of the five angles contains a symbol that represents one of the five streams of world thought: Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Hebrew, and Greek.
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His primary areas of research and teaching include Ancient Greek Philosophy (esp. Plato, Aristotle), and Ancient Chinese Philosophy (esp. Classical Confucianism).
She has published over fifty articles are these topics as well as on beauty, kitsch, virtue, feminism, marketing environmentalism, Indian aesthetics, Chinese philosophy, musical emotion, synesthesia, television, death, and the philosophies of nineteenth-century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and contemporary philosophers Arthur C. Danto and Robert C. Solomon.
Quong was deeply interested in Chinese philosophy, and studied it for much of her life; her presentations frequently included material from the I Ching.
In this essay, Sima Tan speaks of six philosophical lineages or "schools" (家 jia): Confucianism (儒家 Rujia), Daoism (道家 Daojia), Legalism (法家 Fajia), Mohism (墨家 Mojia), School of Names (名家 Mingjia), and School of Naturalists (陰陽家 Yinyang jia) – the central figure of this last "school" being Zou Yan.
The traditional colors of Japan trace their historical origins to the Twelve Level Cap and Rank System which was established in 603 by Prince Shōtoku and based on the five Chinese elements.