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Journal 2/19/09

I think that although it can be unfair towards the female sex, it is not that hard to understand this topic. I've seen it many times and dare I say that i am proud of being male. The author did a very well done job with organizing the evidence of the oppression against women. Before Confucianism was the main belief, women were significantly more independent, but more importantly, women were still considered human. However with Confucianism in place, women can't even go out at daylight, and their rights were very very limited. Even today, it is not uncommon to see Confucianism ideas being in place today, and that is why some women still have limited roles in Korean society today.

Journal 2/23/09

If Rabbit is too smart for his own good, Owl is the Brain and Piglet... Pooh...?

Piglet and Pooh value experience and knowledge, and so they would represent the old men

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

By ruling by inaction, the ruler accepts that the best ruler in the world would be nature, and thus nature rules all. In a Taoist state, everyone would live by inaction: going with the flow, gently floating like leaves into the amber piles below. A ruler must make sure this originality and peace must be enforced. However since everyone in a Taoist state is passive, the ruler has an easy job of doing what he is supposed to do

3/11 Explain right mindfuness and right concentration. Do you see how you could apply this to your daily life? why or why not.

4/1 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.

The development of the major restoration was so relentless that the historian compared it to a civilization's technological accomplishments over a span of 400 years.

**4/30 Do countries have an obligation to compensate each other for injustices done in time of war?

I believe that countries do have an obligation to compensate if possible, although the aggressor might disagree. Similar between young schoolchildren fighting and the forced apology afterward,** Extreme cases of injustice must be met with compensation in order to maintain a peaceful world. According to Newton, all actions have an equal reaction, and thus the reaction for injustice should not be hatred and loathing but a peaceful compensation such as a monetary gift and a heartfelt apology.

1. US had to consider that although the Chinese were probably not going to attack, if the US pushed the North Koreans all the way to the Yalu there would be no choice for the Chinese but the attack.

2. The main reason why China entered the war was because many Koreans died for Chinese causes in conflicts of the past, including the Anti-Japanese war and such.

3. The Chinese intervention tired the UN troops because the Chinese had many many many many many many many many many troops and of course Russion MiGs

__Questions on Reflections on the Cultural Revolution pages 82-84__ 1) When was this document written and by whom? 2) According to the document, who was largely to blame for the excesses and mistakes of the Cultural Revolution? 3) What errors does the CCP believe Mao was responsible for? 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? 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 6) Why do you think the document mentions achievements made by China during the Cultural Revolution? 7) Describe the tone at the end of the document. Why do you think it ends this way?

1. This document was written by the CCP on June 27, 1981 2. Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, and other Gang of Four members were blamed for the mistakes of the Cultural Revolution, but Mao himself was spared. 3. Mao Zedong was blamed for almost nothing, but was blamed for choosing Lin Biao and Jiang Qing to be granted power, whom eventually "decieved" Mao and this resulted in the disaster of the Cultural Revolution. 4. According to the document, it seems that everyone but Mao was to be blamed for the failure and mistakes of the Cultural Revolution. This included his right hand men Lin Biao and Jiang Qing who were deemed to "commit crimes behind his back." Mao's Cult of Personality helped preserve his image, because if Mao was blamed directly, many of his followers would be confused and cause uproars throughout the nation. 5. 1. number 4 was called revolution but didn't really bring any social progress or any social 2 states that Lin Biao and Jiang 6. China includes mentions of achievements made by China during the Cultural Revolution because they do not want the Cultural Revolution, a product of Mao Zedong, to look completely bad.