Chinese dimensions : their roots, mindset and psyche

The book explores Chinese history in chronological order as well as the key personalities involved. Events in history influence present thinking while the personalities serve as role models to generations of Chinese. Readers would gain an insight into quotations etched in the Chinese mindset, including proverbs, sayings, poems, and extracts from Confucius, Laozi, Sunzi as well as others. Concepts peculiar to the Chinese psyche are explained in an easy-to-understand manner, centering on yin-yang, the five determinant elements and the I-ching. Collectively they impact on a whole spectrum of uniquely Chinese cultural practices such as the Chinese zodiac, fengshui, pillars of destiny analysis, divination, self-cultivation as well as Chinese medicine.

ISBN	9679789276	Publication date	01 Jul 2006
ISBN13	9789679789270 (What's this?)	Library of Congress	DS
Publisher	Pelanduk Pubns, MY/Coronet Books	Pages	470 p.
Format	Paperback	Volumes	001

Ch. 1	Crossing the ocean	1
Ch. 2	Cultural roots - Chinese names	9
Ch. 3	Cultural roots - the Chinese language	55
Ch. 4	Cultural roots - land of origin	95
Ch. 5	Source of culture mindset; history at play	124
Ch. 6	The Chinese mindset, collective wisdom from centuries of publications	186
Ch. 7	Some cultural practice	267
Ch. 8	In search of Chinese psyche - revisiting ancient paradigms	307
Ch. 9	The pillars of destiny : an application of the ancient paradigms	338
Ch. 10	Living in a continuously changing world	398
Ch. 11	Conclusion : what about the future?	442

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