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Please take a couple of minutes to respond to the reading. What stood out for you? What do you think of it, is it exaggerated?

The ideas that really stood out for me was that Confucian ideas did not have rules AGAINST women, but FOR men, and this idea of favoring the father and men was great enough to make the women look bad. The Confucian ideas were at first, in Korea, were merely for education purposes. Males were able to receive Chinese educations. I personally think that this is a little exaggerated, because in a Confucian society, it is clear that men were superior than women, however the packet states that there were no laws against women. Therefore, I found this information exaggerated, and I criticize it.

If rabbit is too smart for his own good, Owl is the brain, piglet... pooh...?

Piglet, according to Tao of Pooh, is an extremely simple character. According to the part I read, piglet is carefree about the day, and says that today is not tuesday or thursday, but just simply, today. Therefore, Piglet is a follower, without any kind of leadership, just does what the others tell him to do. Pooh represents taoism, where his ideology is that "Things will turn out good if we just leave them as they are" Pooh can resemble a flying leaf. The wind will carry the leaf to where ever the wind blows, and leaf will just flow with the wind.

The Tao says that the ruler should "rule by inaction" How do you make sense of this? Is it at all possible?

The idea of "rule by inaction" is not to be taken literally. This also related to the idea of "Act by not acting", which can be taken as "let the nature take care of things". This idea does make sense for me, because I have studied Taoism, however original Taoism did not survive in the world for long. Also, Taoism society will not be as successful because the ruler will not be able to hold his desire for power, and the society will eventually become corrupt.

In describing Japanese development, a British Professor in 1873 declared that he felt 400 years old by the end of the century. Explain the historical context behind this quote.

During the Japanese development, The British Professor said that he felt 400 years because the development that took was so quick. The same development that took longer to be successful in Britain felt that it was 400 years.

Japan had to westernize or be destroyed..

Japan, was known for its isolationism movements, since its geographical features supports the idea. However, Japan could not be isolated from the whole world forever. Soon, with the westernization rushing to the new world and other regions, Japan started to develop drastically, industrialization, modernization and education

**What do you find most shocking about what you have read so far? How do make sense of such cruelty?** The most shocking thing about what I read so far is the incident at 1930's, where the Japanese started to suddenly change their education system into a militaristic education, to raise more soldiers out of little kids. Shops were replaced with shops that sold weapons, propaganda were used to brainwash the Japanese and to make them think that it is all Chinese's fault. Also, with the invasion to China and raping women was shocking. This cruelty existed because of the Japanese's hatred toward the Chinese. Mainly, the disappointment to the Chinese triggered the seed of hatred, and further more, more and more conflicts began to rise. However, propaganda was a major element used to trigger such sense of cruelty. With the government constantly blaming the Chinese, hatred and cruelty toward Chinese grew bigger.

What is safer... Communist or non-communist

Non-communist would be safer, because in the end, non-communist were the ones who were able to hold out longer than the communists. Also, being communist and non-communist was equally bad... therefore I would choose to be non-communist simply because I am not familiar with communism.

**Do countries have an obligation to compensate each other for injustices done in time of war?** Yes, the countries have an obligation to make up for each other about the damage dealt within a country because by entering the other country to aid, it means that the country participating is also partially in charge of the country. Although many countries wouldn't like to compensate for their actions or injustice that occurred in their ally's country, as the country enters the war to help their ally, it means that the aiding country is partially in charge of the country and their actions. For instance, if Country A were to help Country B to fight off Country C, and Country A and B ends up being the victors, Country A will have to help Country rebuild and resupply with materials since they have also fought in the land.


 *  Explain the meaning of "Shattered Faith" how does it relate to the story? **

The meaning of "Shattered Faith " is the feeling of betrayal that people felt. With the loss of her son, her faith in life gets lost. She also gets angry at the religion, for not being able to keep her son alive.

Who is the subject - Mao Zedong Describe what you see - I see mountains, clear sky, and Mao in traditional clothes. and how is subject portrayed - Mao in this picture is portrayed as a traditional character, holding a scroll. I think that the picture is trying to portray the fact that Mao is the "great" leader. The background is drawn as all beautifully with clear sky.

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Red Guards smash the four olds

- written by red guards, in a middle school in Beijing, making propaganda - two main purposes - destroying bourgeois - to make proletariats - used propaganda, textbooks, news papers to convince others

Burning books

- Red Guards would burn books in library, but the books that were burned were books that did not have Mao's "greatness" in them. The library workers were also tortured, specifically were ordered to stand beside the fire of burning books.

Changes during the summer 1966

- written by anonymous, for far eastern economic review - After the revolution was hit, defects of educations and industries started to rise. - Red Guards, "Anti-revisionism", "Anti-imperialism"... etc - Hundreds of shops were renamed by the Red Guards to titles that appreciates Mao's greatness - Mao was displayed all over the place, large number of medias were forced to support Mao.//__

What do the primary documents tell you about the cultural revolution?

The students are destroying Buddha, as his ideas are encompassed in the "Four Olds." These pictures that represent the destruction of religions shows that China at this time under Mao's rule was the period where old ideas were trashed.

1) When was this document written and by whom? 1981, June 27th, by CCP 2) According to the document, who was largely to blame for the excesses and mistakes of the Cultural Revolution? The blame was largely put on Lin Bao and Jian Qing. They were blamed for rigging up two counterrevolutionary movements during the Cultural Revolution. 3) What errors does the CCP believe Mao was responsible for? Mao was responsible for the putting Lin and Jian into power, since the two officials ended up making problems. (Too much power given to Gang of Four, who commited crimes behind his back) another problem was that there wasn't suppose to be a class differences within communist society, however with the way Mao ruled, there were people who had more power, such as officials, and people with rather low standards, the citizens. 4) Who seems most responsible according to the document? How does this play into the memory of Mao as a leader and his Cult of Personality? According to the document, the person who seems most responsible for giving too much power to Gang of Four, and also the fact that there was no reason for the revolution, since the revolution didn't bring much change to Economy and Politic. 5) What does the CCP believe the consequences of the Cultural Revolution are? (4 of them) each person in your group read one, and explain it to others CCP belives that the consequences of the Cultural Revolution were mainly negative. Economy and Politcs didn't have any bases when the revolution occured, which conveys the fact that the revolution was.... rather unnecessary since it didn't improve China. 6) Why do you think the document mentions achievements made by China during the Cultural Revolution? The documents gives credit for the things that Mao did, such as improvements in industry, and also nationalism was kept in China, uniting people into one. 7) Describe the tone at the end of the document. Why do you think it ends this way? The documents ends this way Recalling My Parents' Experience in the Great Cultural Revolution pages 96-98 1) Who wrote the document? Approximately when do you think it was written? Mei jung, and 2) What is the significance of the social status of the author? The family was poor. Her father was the school principle, and her mother worked in journalism, and the family supports Mao, therefore they are part of CCP 4) Describe some important information in the document. However, Mei's family was betrayed by communists. During the New Year's Festival, 10 mobs entered into Mei's house, taking things away from her house. the shocking news is that one of the mob was Mei's school teacher. The family becomes isolated, although they supported Mao. Mei's father was publicly humiliated, and he is sent to some labor working place, and Mei is sent to the country side. 5) What is the significance of the document, what does it tell us about people’s experience during the Cultural Revolution. The significance of the document is that although the family supported Mao, they were in the end mobbed and the family members were separated. Also, with the Red Guards, it really didn't matter whether or not one supported Mao, they were equally treated badly... if one was to have conflicts with the Red Guards.

My Experience Going up to the Mountains and down the Countryside 1) How does the author's description compare to the above document? 2) What does Huang think of the Country Side movement? 3) Is this surprising?