Tienzen wrote:... most of them has only the eighth grade level of proficiency on the Chinese language which is, in fact, illiterate for Chinese culture, Chinese value and Chinese way of thinking.
Calista wrote:Tienzen wrote:... most of them has only the eighth grade level of proficiency on the Chinese language which is, in fact, illiterate for Chinese culture, Chinese value and Chinese way of thinking.
There are a few Chinese scholars at The Heritage Foundation.
taiwan wrote:Value is the key, the Chinese value. Only something valuable to Chinese people can move them. As the Chinese value was never the central point of most of the China studies, those comments from those experts are very superficial and shallow.
taiwan wrote:Value is the key, the Chinese value. Only something valuable to Chinese people can move them. As the Chinese value was never the central point of most of the China studies, those comments from those experts are very superficial and shallow.
American wrote:taiwan wrote:Value is the key, the Chinese value. Only something valuable to Chinese people can move them. As the Chinese value was never the central point of most of the China studies, those comments from those experts are very superficial and shallow.
Chinese value was viewed as backwards and uncivilized. The “Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States (Anti-Coolie Act of California in 1862, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Pigtail Ordinance of California in 1873) although repealed, that shadow is still in the mentality of many Americans.
Tienzen wrote:taiwan wrote:Value is the key, the Chinese value. Only something valuable to Chinese people can move them. As the Chinese value was never the central point of most of the China studies, those comments from those experts are very superficial and shallow.
For Christianity, there is no other god allowed. This is not only the biggest joke for most of Chinese people but is a major violation to the human right, the right to be the disciple of the true Almighty, the 天.
Tienzen wrote:The word for him (or others) is 他 which is the composite of 人 (human, a neutral term) + 也 (the fusion of 九 九). The number 九 九 is the highest number that the 人 (human or humanity) can have. The number above 九 九 belongs to the Almighty 天. Thus, the word 他 encompasses the entire humanity. The Chinese morality is 他 centered. One person who cannot be a 己 (vanishes himself) cannot be a part of 他. While not a single expert of China studies knows about this, most Chinese people do know about the difference between 小 我 (the self) and 大 我 (the 他).
Tienzen wrote:The 小 我 only person has no morality.
yijing wrote:Almost every Chinese or Taiwanese know the concept of 小 我 (the self) and 大 我 (humanity), and we all take it for granted, an overused slogan. After knowing the etymology of 己 (vanishes himself) and 他 (人 九 九, the humanity), I am truly enlightened about the depth of Chinese philosophy. Thanks, Tienzen.Tienzen wrote:The 小 我 only person has no morality.
I grow up with this morality. Now, I understand it, at ago 60.
taiwan wrote:I always thought that the human right concept was the greatest human advancement.
I always puzzled for the fact that most of Chinese people do not care about the human right violations from the PRC.
tienzen wrote:For example, are Chinese people moved by our action of awarding a “Somebody” a Nobel Price?
yijing wrote:If the Western human right concept is not impressed by the Chinese people, does Chinese government under any pressure by our actions of hitting her repeatedly with the human right issues?
taiwan wrote:I am also shocked by the 己 (vanishes himself) and 他 (人 九 九, the humanity) etymologies. I taught Chinese language many years, but I just learn these now. I read the word 也 everyday but never know it is the fusion of 九 九, the most important number in Chinese theology. After being pointed out, it is so obvious and clear now.
Chinese morality is the guiding light of my life. But, I never know it is buried so deep in characters.
American wrote:taiwan wrote:I am also shocked by the 己 (vanishes himself) and 他 (人 九 九, the humanity) etymologies. I taught Chinese language many years, but I just learn these now. I read the word 也 everyday but never know it is the fusion of 九 九, the most important number in Chinese theology. After being pointed out, it is so obvious and clear now.
Chinese morality is the guiding light of my life. But, I never know it is buried so deep in characters.
Not every reader of this forum knows the meaning of the number 九 九.
Tienzen wrote:九 九 is stacking two 九 together. The stacking is a process. The important thing is about the creation (of that process), not about how many times it is applied. So, stacking 九 once guarantees that it can be stacked zillion times. Thus, 九 九 represents the “Highest” earthly virtue that can ever be. With the same logic, the Yijing hexagram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching ) is by stacking the three line trigrams only once, and once is enough.
Tienzen wrote:九 is 9 which is largest yang single digit number. The word 九 is the word 十 (perfection, 10) fused with the word 乙 (the crooked “l”, meaning not fully expressed and still weak). So, 九 is not yet the 十, the perfection. However, 九 is the highest yang can ever be. And, yang is only an earthly virtue, created after that creating stroke.
hantze wrote:Your short essay above shocks me way beyond its etymology. I am shocked by learning about such a depth of philosophy and theology which are behind such a simple word 九. I already am learning your system. I just find out that I have a long way to go. There is no chance for any Sinologist to comprehend such a depth of the Chinese language.
American wrote:There is no need for knowing this kind of etymology for doing the China studies.
Tienzen wrote:In Chinese theology, 無 極 (WUji, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuji_%28philosophy%29 ) is the state before the creation of the universe, being completely formless with the total homogeneousness and the total symmetry. Then, there is 一 劃 開 天, one stroke created the universe. This one stroke created the 太 極 (Tai Chi, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji ). In fact, this one stroke creates “three”, the ying, the yang and the dividing stroke. So, in Chinese theology, the concept of ying /yang and the number of 1/3 became the central pillars. As the number 1 is the creating power, all odd numbers are assigned to be yang power. And, the even numbers are assigned as ying.
The above theology is described with 羅 盤 (Luopan, Chinese geomancy campus, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luopan ) which detects the energy flows from all “directions”. The center of the 羅 盤 is a small water basin. When a magnetic needle is dropped on the surface of the water, the floating needle will point to North. With this one stroke (the needle), the universe is created, homogenous no more, the total symmetry no more. The universe is now divided into directions. This one stroke (一) became the first word in the Chinese word system, and 一 is heaven’s chi (energy, power and will).
mariaC wrote:I always thought that 一 劃 開 天 was the result of being ignorance about science. I am shocked to learn about its connection with the modern physics.
Why is the Chinese geomancy campus called 羅 盤?
Tienzen wrote: So, 羅 is a bird catching net.
Most of Chinese words go way beyond as only symbols for representing objects or concepts. A large framework of philosophy and theology is embedded in them. Not knowing these deep etymologies, 90% of the meanings of words or phrases are missed by the readers.
Tienzen wrote:Most of Chinese words go way beyond as only symbols for representing objects or concepts. A large framework of philosophy and theology is embedded in them. Not knowing these deep etymologies, 90% of the meanings of words or phrases are missed by the readers.
American wrote:Tienzen wrote:Most of Chinese words go way beyond as only symbols for representing objects or concepts. A large framework of philosophy and theology is embedded in them. Not knowing these deep etymologies, 90% of the meanings of words or phrases are missed by the readers.
There is no need for knowing this kind of etymology for doing the China studies.
Tienzen wrote:Before the discovery of this new Chinese etymology, everyone (including the Sinologists) is excused for not knowing it. Very soon (in 10 years), every Chinese or Taiwanese kid will know about this new Chinese etymology, and any Sinologist who knows not it will become a joke.
American wrote:Tienzen wrote:Before the discovery of this new Chinese etymology, everyone (including the Sinologists) is excused for not knowing it. Very soon (in 10 years), every Chinese or Taiwanese kid will know about this new Chinese etymology, and any Sinologist who knows not it will become a joke.
This self-claimed new Chinese etymology is not accepted by any university.
hantze wrote:American wrote:This self-claimed new Chinese etymology is not accepted by any university.
1. Gong’s new Chinese etymology is new.
a. It was never known by any Western sinologists, such as,
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b. It was never known by any Chinese philologist, such as,
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c. Most importantly, it is new to me. I was never taught about it all my life until I began to study his work.
hantze wrote:2. ...
Gong’s system presented in the above thread is simply an axiomatic system. And, the validity of his system can be understood by anyone with common sense, without a prerequisite knowledge of Chinese language. Not knowing Chinese language is not an excuse for not being able to determine the validity of his system. ...
hantze wrote:3. Gong’s system has revolutionized the language acquisition, changing Chinese written language from the most damn hard subject (with six years humility) to the easiest one to learn in the world (90 days of success and joy). ...
Please also examine the data and facts about the World Record of learning Chinese written language in 90 days with success and joy from the site at http://www.chineseetymology.com/
hantze wrote:4. Gong’s system is not just about Chinese language but is now the foundation for entire linguistics. Please read the “Linguistics Manifesto” (ISBN 978-3-8383-9722-1) at http://www.chinese-word-roots.org/cwy.htm
The book is available at
amazon.com
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Barnes & Noble
Tienzen wrote:yijing wrote:If the Western human right concept is not impressed by the Chinese people, does Chinese government under any pressure by our actions of hitting her repeatedly with the human right issues?
The human right concept of the West is the greatest human advancement. However, if it is not shared by the Chinese “people”, Chinese government does not truly care about our repeated demand on the human right issues.
In any combat (boxing or kungfu), a missed strike is always becoming an opening. If Chinese people do not share our view on human right, our demand of human right issues on Chinese government simply becomes a gift to her, as a bargaining chip. We always pay some kind of price for every Chinese government’s concession on our demand. She, at least, gains a name of being a reasonable player under a demand.
The human right concept of the West is the greatest human advancement, but it is not valued by the majority of Chinese “people”. By ignoring this fact, we are cheating ourselves.
It will take a long time to change Chinese people’s value system on this. If we want to have a quick result, we should sell our value to Chinese people by packaging it with Chinese ribbon.
bob wrote:yijing wrote:If the Western human right concept is not impressed by the Chinese people, does Chinese government under any pressure by our actions of hitting her repeatedly with the human right issues?
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While we should uphold our values (such as human rights, etc.) to maintain our own spirits and moral high ground, we also must consider Tienzen's points above on any practical strategy.
Tienzen wrote:... For example, are Chinese people moved by our action of awarding a “Somebody” a Nobel [Peace] Prize?
What did we (the America) gain from this?
Did we move more Chinese people to our side?
Or, we just helped Chinese government with our action?
What kind of action from us can move Chinese people, especially to our side?
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