The Precepts of Ching-ying Hui-yüan

The Tao Te Ching

A number of problems arise when translating any work from a written language, such as early Chinese, into twentieth century English. One such problem is the difference between the written forms of the two languages, another is the difference between the two cultures, and a third is the time which elapsed between the writing of the original work, in this instance, some time between six hundred a...

Cultural Relativity of Moral Precepts

The foundation of most intellectual discourse is Western-centric to the exclusion of other views. This includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. Such a position is culturally myopic. Western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. The assumption is ...

Ching-Hua Chuan

This paper explores the concepts of metrical consonance and dissonance in a broad and yet articulate way. Krebs first gives a brief review of previously studies. He then extends the definition by Yeston to combine the concepts of levels of motion and musical meter to define metrical consonance and dissonance. Another modification of Yeston’s work is extending the applicable range of dissonance ...

Ying Tang

Downsizing – Precepts, Practices and Stratgies

This article addresses the concept, practices strategies, impact, and implications of downsizing in a commen way, followed by Indian context of downsizing in India. In the light of the above statement, it presents some cases on downsizing with a view to providing a multidimensional picture of this paramount phenomenon. The study express that there is a general tendency with firms to resort to d...