Author: pshallenberger

By the way of Confucian teaching, women are not able to think for themselves much and had to submit themselves up for their husband. And when their husband passes, they must not submit to anyone else. The strong point is then brought up supporting Confucius in the way that the time period of the feudal… Continue reading The Way of Confucius and Modern Life reflection

This has just made me realize how grateful I am to live in a republic society like America. In the saboteur story, a policeman spilled soup on a man and a wife and when the man tried to speak out, he was thrown in jail for what appears to us to be no reason at… Continue reading Saboteur and Bad Joke Reflection

Although this husband and wife may be what they need for one another, they just straight up do not like each other. Between the man not being able to provide enough and complaining about every action of the woman, and the woman not wanting to do anything for the man and gossiping about what he… Continue reading Letter from Feng Yen to his Brother-in-law Reflection

I just have to get it off my chest that Mencius and his mother are both a little odd. The fact that they had to move a couple times and the mother agreed to settle down in a place based upon the aspect playing a game of sacrificing an ancestor is a tad odd. It… Continue reading Mencius’ Mother Reflection

So to start off I just want to point out my favorite quote from the reading. “YOUR LIFE HAS A LIMIT but knowledge has none.” This basically states that if you pursue what has no limit, you will be placed in danger. And to top it off if you know this and still want to… Continue reading Chuang Tzu Reflection

The 7 pages regarding the thoughts of Mencius are somewhat repetitive I believe. Mencius believes in a sense that humans are not inherently good or bad rather neutral at birth and it is more outside influences and the values that one places on thoughts or actions that sways one to either side as their life… Continue reading Mencius Reflection

For number 76 when he explains how trees are born soft and tender but die withered and sere, it relates to human life in a sense that’s how everyone is born but after a fulfilled life our time really has come. Daoism advocates flexibility and humility when it talks about the weak overcoming the strong… Continue reading Tao Te Ching continued..

Aside from all the potential risks, the director and some of the crew wanted to reenact an old folklore about a man fighting a tiger for the approval of the governor and audience. The title of the story is very true because nobody wants to fight a tiger. The average sized man vs a wild… Continue reading “A Tiger-Fighter is Hard to Find” Reflection

Mr. Shapiro takes us on a story through his journey as a fast-food owner of Cowboy Chicken in China. He talks about how he role models his restaurant off of the American capitalist society and western civilization. Between having shipments come from America because they produce quality food, wine, and deserts, or the American treatment… Continue reading “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” Reflection

This short story is the tale of a man named Liu who was able to see the progression of others treatment towards him just through the gain of money. Liu had inspiration to be rich, as his country was also pushing him to be, by profiteering off cigarette redistribution. This job however was illegal and… Continue reading “An Entrepreneur’s Story” Reflection