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Chapter 3, “Education, Science and Technology,” was written by the late Zhuang Dianzhou in the original work and translated by Ye Qingfen for this book. The chapter presents ancient China’s achievements in education, educational thought, and its representative educators; it also outlines the evolution of Chinese science and technology, with a focus on spectacular records in various scientific and technological fields after the establishment of the People’s Republic.
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Yin-Yang is an ancient Chinese philosophy that interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
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China’s highest ranking educational establishment at that time.
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The most influential civil service examination systems of ancient China included: Chaju in the Han Dynasty, Nine-rank System in the Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern dynasties: and Keju from the Sui and Tang dynasties.
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The Four Books is a collective name for the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Confucian Analects, and the works of Mencius.
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Led by distinguished scholars, including Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Lu Xun, and Hu Shi.
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Xu, G., Chen, Y., Xu, L. (2018). Education, Science, and Technology. In: Xu, G., Chen, Y., Xu, L. (eds) Understanding Chinese Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8162-0_3
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