| Volume 8, Number 2, April 2011 |
The Religious Characteristics of Hakka
Culture and the Catholic Faith of the Hakkas
by 张宪 Zhang Xian |
From Oracle Bones to DVD
Jean Lefeuvre (1922-2010):
Jesuit, Lexicographer, Sinologist
Yves Camus 赵仪文 |
“The door to paradise has been shut to the first human beings for a long time / The way to happiness was built only by the Son / I am willing to accept the Son of God / Being God's children we are able to receive eternal life”.
By Emperor Kangxi
Prologue—Understanding the Religious
Characteristics of Hakka Culture
As a new folk culture from the Han culture, the Hakka culture is undoubtedly a unique culture with special characteristics within the Han culture and is also an indispensable part of Chinese culture. The characteristic of the Hakka culture is not only reflected in the fact that it shares the same origin with the cultures of ancient Yue people (the earliest inhabitants in southern areas of ancient China) and the central plains, but also is reflected in the fact that it has absorbed and integrated the Sheyao ethnic culture during its long migration and movement. Furthermore, when Western religions such as Catholicism entered eastern Guangdong, during its encounter with Catholicism... [ Read more ] |
THE many fields of Chinese studies as developed in the world and in China proper have recently been the object of important gatherings.(1) At these conferences, mention was made of the birth of Chinese studies during the lengthy revival of the cultural encounter between China and the West since the time of the European Renaissance. This was done at the level of an always deeper exploration and search for mutual understanding thanks to the development of necessary tools, first of all the compilation of dictionaries and the publication of many translations of classical texts. But as far as linguistic studies are concerned, it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that a new field of research on the origins of the Chinese script was opened. The discovery of oracle bones inscriptions as old as the Shang dynasty offered new data for the interpretation of the inscriptions on bronze. These studies developed as an important new field and yet an ancient source for seminal interpretation of Chinese cultural notions and concepts... [ Read more ] |
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