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  Three Character Classic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The work is not one of the traditional six Confucian classics, but rather the embodiment of Confucian thought suitable for teaching young children.
The classic, however, continued to circulate in other parts of the Chinese-speaking world with its inclusion in the Chinese Almanac (通勝) along with several other classics such as the Thousand-Character Classic.
The Three Character Classic in Chinese with translation of Herbert Giles,
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Character_Classic   (470 words)

  
 Chinese classic texts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese classic texts or Chinese canonical texts are the classical literature in Chinese culture that are considered to be the best or the most valuable.
The Classic of History (書經 Shū Jīng) is a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou period and before.
The Classic of Music (樂經) (Yueh Ching) is sometime referred to as the sixth classic, but is lost by the time of the Han dynasty.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_classic_texts   (872 words)

  
 Chinese classic texts: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Classic of Rites (Classic of Rites: the classic of rites (l jì, or liki) was one of the five classics...
Classics of Mohism (Mohism: founded by mo zi (whose actual surname was di, and whose given name was mo), mohism (),...
Guan Zi, attributed to Guan Zhong (Guan Zhong: guan zhong () (died in 645 bc) was a politician in the spring and...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/chinese_classic_texts   (1484 words)

  
 Literary Terms and Definitions C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
E. Forster describes characters as "flat" (i.e., built around a single idea or quality and unchanging over the course of the narrative) or "round" (complex in temperament and motivation; drawn with subtlety; capable of growth and change during the course of the narrative).
A character of tertiary importance is a tritagonist.
CLASSICAL: The term in Western culture is usually used in reference to the art, architecture, drama, philosophy, literature, and history surrounding the Greeks and Romans between 1000 BCE and 410 BCE.
web.cn.edu /kwheeler/lit_terms_C.html   (9924 words)

  
 History of Psychology Copyright 1998 by the Educational Publishing Foundation
As we have seen, character had been a dominant part of the cultural landscape of Victorian America, and it was precisely this association with the past that made it a liability for the new social work.
He renewed his attack on character in a 1927 article and again in a lengthy and influential literature review that appeared in 1930.34 The rationale was always the same: Character needed to be expunged from the lexicon of scientific psychology because it was a "moral" term.
He suggested that there were three "universal and indispensable" ways to "distinguish a fully developed personality from one that is still unripe." However, when Allport began developing his maturity criterion his universalistic ambitions led him straight back to the moral world of character.
htpprints.yorku.ca /archive/00000169/02/character.allport.htm   (7775 words)

  
 three word classic (三字经) - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
The "3 words classics" used to be an essential confucius text prepared for education of children in China, in ancient times.
The Sanzi Jing, usually translated as the Three-Character Classic, has been a required text for all Chinese children and was used in Taiwan at least as late as the 1960s.
The San Zi Jing (Three Character Classic), written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin (1223-1296), is not one of the traditional six Confucian classics, but rather is a distillation of the essentials of Confucian thought expressed in a way suitable for teaching young children.
www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=5688   (2041 words)

  
 Rogues, Cops, and Private Eyes
Once assigned to a particular duty, the character remains in that duty until he or she opts to change in a given year and makes the Change Assignment roll associated with the duty, or until the Change Assignment roll is 10+ whether the character wishes to change or not.
The character is not eligible for a skill roll in any year in which they obtain an automatic skill, including their first year of enlistment.
The number of terms the character has spent in Rogue service (including the current term) and the number of previous trials the character has faced are subtracted from the roll.
www.estarcion.com /kaleja/xrogue.html   (2091 words)

  
 Raj Kumar Singh: The Backlash! July 1998
Yet scholarly studies demonstrate observers typically make many, significantly positive attributions, both of character and life mastery, to the male who "wears" (i.e., does not artificially remove) facial hair or long cranial hair; and historically uncut male hair was religio-spiritually required with exceptions made only as an adjunct to worship.
Classically, of course, it's believed that that which is unclean should be shunned.
With these three points in mind, it can perhaps be better appreciated what an affront it must be to be ordered to scrape off the outer layer of one's faith everyday as an African-American man who practices the Sunnite path of Islam.
www.choisser.com /longhair/rajsingh.html   (6023 words)

  
 Why Turkey Is the only Muslim Democracy - Middle East Quarterly - March 1994
The nature and character, the methods and purposes, of democratic systems are usually understood--at most--by those who live by them.
The assembly held its three prescribed terms and was followed by other similar assemblies "elected" in 1769, 1876, and 1881.
What is remarkable is not that these interventions took place--that is, after all, the norm in that region and political culture--but that after all three, the military withdrew to its barracks, and allowed, even facilitated, the resumption of the democratic process.
www.meforum.org /article/216   (5630 words)

  
 WW WEG - D6 System Game Mechanics Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the D6 Classic System, your character's abilities and skills are defined by "die codes." Each die code represents the number of dice you roll when you use an attribute or skill (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, and so on).
At other times, the character competes against a gamemaster-controlled character at a task, so you need to beat one of his skill rolls in an opposed skill.
When a player spends a Fate Point, that means her character is using all of her concentration to try and succeed.
www.westendgames.com /html/plyd6-2.html   (1433 words)

  
 Personality Theory: References   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
ABSTRACT: A genetic model of basic personality traits is presented, proposing three "behavioral complexes", or traits, which are the expression of major pleiotropic genes (genes determining several related characteristics).
The resulting model is parsimonious in that it generates all of the classic personality disorders of the psychiatric literature.
It is suggested that diathesis-stress models of schizophrenia based on the lack of full expression of natural character traits are worthy of further exploration.
www.homestead.com /abenis2000/refs.html   (285 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Night of the Living Dead
In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation.
Indisputable classic of the horror canon, I''ve seen this, maybe 3 times now (after initially dismissing it) and since I KNOW (or sort of know) what''s going to happen, there''s more feeling of dread watching this.
The characters are caught in a melodramatic obsession with destroying living corpses in a gruesome game of capture the flag.
www.archive.org /movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=night_of_the_living_dead   (3553 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Glossary - BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This may be done in a variety of ways, including (1) direct descriptionof the character by the narrator; (2) the direct presentation of the speech, thoughts, or actions of the character; and (3) the responses of other characters to the character.
It usually occurs between two characters, the protagonist and the antagonist, or between the protagonist and society or the protagonist and himself or herself.
A soliloquy, in which a character reveals to the audience his or her private thoughts, is an example of a dramatic convention.
www.gale.com /free_resources/glossary/glossary_bc.htm   (3483 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Rumblings: The Brooklyn five
Stemmer and Rosen were taken into custody and charged with "bribery and conspiracy." The two players were not arrested as was the case with the three teammates who joined in the admission of accepting $1,000 collectively to throw the game.
Chapter 602 of the laws of 1945 (an act to amend the penal law, in relation to bribery of participants in games, sports, contest) was signed by Governor Dewey on April 9, 1945.
The jury had requested mercy for Rosen, who had an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps and was the father of three children.
espn.go.com /classic/s/basketball_scandals_rumblings.html   (1016 words)

  
 Shaw Floors: Understand Hardwood Characteristics That Make Hardwood Floors Unique and Beautiful   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The closer a plank is cut to the center of the tree, the darker its overall tone.
While all these "character marks" impact the appearance of finished boards, they do not affect their strength.
Classic wood floors exhibit a traditional beauty and richness that makes them popular from generation to generation.
www.shawfloors.com /FloorChoices/Hardwoods/HardwoodCharacter.asp   (244 words)

  
 San Zi Jing: The Three-Character Classic
Mencius' mother moved her residence three times to avoid bad influence for her son.
She remonstrated to her son by ruining a piece a cloth she was weaving to dramatize the effect of lack of diligence on studies.
Huang Xiang, one of the 24 classic examples of the filial piety, would cool down his parents' bed in the summer and warm in the winter.
www.yellowbridge.com /onlinelit/sanzijing.html   (447 words)

  
 Robert Anton Wilson | Cosmic Trigger Volume 3
He or she certainly cast contagious suspicion on the other denials being posted on the nets by various friends who had managed to contact me. Certainly, the conspiracy buffs who have followed my career ever since Iluminatus will not believe a report that includes the suspicious admission that nobody could find me....
She also doesn't like Western classic music in general, because of its "phallic violence" and "pelvic pounding." I insist I did not invent McClary or any of her ravings.
Three distinguished professors of Semitic studies, however, have all shown cordial support for Dr. Velikovsky: Prof.
www.rawilson.com /trigger3.shtml   (4641 words)

  
 Three Character Classic: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
With this short and simple text arranged in three-character verses, Chinese children learned many common characters, grammar structures, elements of Chinese history (Chinese history: more facts about this subject) and the basis of Confucian (Confucian: A believer in the teachings of Confucius) morality.
Even nowadays, the above two introductory quotes are very familiar to most youths in Taiwan (Taiwan: A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong), if not known by the heart.
Though it is no longer taught at public schools, some Taiwanese parents still use this classic to teach their infants to pronounce words.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/three_character_classic   (219 words)

  
 Norse Mythology in Comic Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Characters like Captain America and Superman were created wholly in response to the overwhelming threat of Hitler's regime, just as the Thor of Norse myth was created to rebuff the imposing frost giants (symbolic of the frigid Viking winters).
The character's interaction with aspects of the supernatural and the mundane, with otherworldly forces and American domesticity, allows the audience to experience the grandeur of divinity within the context of a familiar environment.
Throughout the history of this comic character, Odin has had a reputation as being a hard deity to please; the dual nature of his personality (his opportunities to be both fatherly and a harsh disciplinarian) is as prominent in modern appearances as it was in the Norse myths.
www.gettysburg.edu /academics/english/vikingstudies/davidsen/researchdocument.html   (18309 words)

  
 San Zi Jing: The Three-Character Classic Parody
The Three-Character Classic [三字經 Sanzi Jing] is a 700 year old classic which Chinese kids have been required to memorize even before they could read and write.
It is a very compact "poem" that summarizes all of the basic tenets of Confucianism, serving a very similar function that a catechism has in a Catholic school.
Below is the original (partial text) with our own "old-fashioned" translation and the new interpretation by an unknown author.
www.yellowbridge.com /humor/threecharacter.html   (221 words)

  
 SS Van Dine Biography - Information About   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This clearly gave him a deep grounding in the subject and he began work on three stories, all featuring his series character Philo Vance.
Although his plotting was at times fanciful, even verging on the absurd, the first three books were very influential to the development of the Golden Age in America.
Wright once stated he would only write six novels because "no one has more than six good detective novel ideas in his system." The success of his first six books, not only with critics and readers, but also with film adaptations, caused him to rethink this hasty statement.
www.classiccrimefiction.com /vandinebiog.htm   (350 words)

  
 CHINA BOOKS: *Language Learning: Classical Chinese: Language & Poetry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar is a comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese.
Focusing on the language of the high classical period, which ranges from the time of Confucius to the unification of the empire by Qin in 221, the book pays particular attention to the Mencius, the Lúnyu, and, to a lesser extent, the Zuõzhuàn texts.
Characters are looked up using the English word of the character's radical instead of the number of strokes or the pronunciation of the character.
www.chinabooks.com.au /language/lnclass_1.htm   (1541 words)

  
 Confucian News
Three-Character Classic is not one of the traditional six Confucian classics, but rather is a distillation of the essentials of Confucian thought expressed in a way suitable for teaching young children, who...
I was particularly struck by two recent posts on The Void Deck concerning the alleged Confucian character of Singapore, and the comments thereof.
By Willy Lam Call it the "Theory of the Three Harmonies." Three years after assuming power, President Hu Jintao has concocted the one slogan that his publicists hope will best sum up the statecraft of the...
www.topix.net /religion/confucian   (648 words)

  
 “Split” Character Studies in Crime and Punishment--Literature lesson plan (grades 9-12)--DiscoverySchool.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
For example, if they felt that the character was strongly “prone to violence,” they should describe incidents from the novel that illustrate this tendency.
Finally, ask students to discuss whether or not their characters were able to resolve any of the internal conflicts that tormented them.
Three points: Essay makes a well-reasoned argument for ways that Dostoevsky’s distinctive character creations influence/reinforce the novel’s themes; writer uses the three characters specified in the prompt to develop main points; writer presents a convincing selection of textual supports to back up main argument
school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/crimeandpunishment   (2378 words)

  
 Classic Films: Ann Savage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
I only worked three, three-and-a-half days [her first appearance is 32 minutes into the film].
I read the lines and he corrected the tempo, and that was the last bit of coaching he gave me. He had given me the key, which was the tempo.
It was difficult to speak that quickly, but it helped give the character her craziness-it was just right.
www.moderntimes.com /palace/savage.htm   (547 words)

  
 Sequart.com Columns > Sequential Culture #22: The DC Canon, Part 5: _Superman: Red Son_
This, then, acts as a guide for those new to DC's characters, for those who may be missing a classic of one of them, and for those who simply wish to argue what merits such concern.
In a repetition of the classic Superman origin, the brilliant Jor-"L" fires his infant son away in a ship to escape the planet's demise, which he alone recognizes, and we follow the ship not to another planet but back in time, landing in the Ukraine in 1938.
Concluding Julian’s examination of classic Flash stories, covering the recently ended run of writer Geoff Johns and the character’s classic Silver Age period.
www.sequart.com /columns?col=2&column=248   (2396 words)

  
 StyxCollector.Com - Center For Roboto Research And Preservation
Roboto was a fictional character created by Dennis DeYoung in 1983's classic Styx concept album Kilroy Was Here and the 1984 mini-movie in Caught In The Act Live.
Roboto, the first single from that album, was a #3 Billboard hit for Styx, and the Roboto character remains an enduring symbol for the band.
The mask itself is composed of three pieces which completely surrounded the actor's head: the front mask portion, the back of the neck, and a small middle section which joins the two together.
www.styxcollector.com /roboto.html   (1252 words)

  
 Long film review part 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
One of our central characters is in peril (facing, as Douglas Adams would say, 'certain death') and we really don't care, nor are we rooting for the three guys to get the paperwork sorted.
This is not surprising as he is an excellent comic actor who, though he tends to always play variations on the same character, can give a breath of understated fresh air to even the worst production.
Martin Freeman's portrayal of the story’s central character comes across, to be blunt, as an irritating little git.
planetmagrathea.com /longreview3.html   (2700 words)

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