Foreword
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Chapter 1: Crossing the Ocean
Crossing the Oceans; The Ethnic
Chinese; Ethnic Identity; Profiling the Ethnic
Chinese; Country of Origin; Name; Language; Religion;
Cultural Heritage; Political Doctrine; Physical
feature; A Chinese Profile?; Ethnic Chinese Identity;
Similar yet Different
Chapter 2: Cultural Roots – Chinese Names
Getting the Name Right; Names that tell
a story; Chinese Naming Structure; Christian Names;
Same Words After All; The Origin of Chinese Surnames;
Common Chinese Surnames; Top Hundred Surnames; Meaning
of Chinese Names; Surname Listing by Pinyin, in
Alphabetical Order; English Spellings; Given Names;
Siblings; Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Common Given
Names; Naming Word Combinations; Interpreting Chinese
Names; Adopting a Chinese name
Chapter 3: Cultural
roots - the Chinese language
A Snapshot of Chinese Language; Word
from Pictures; Evolution of Chinese Characters;
Character Forms; Further Development; Structure of
Chinese Characters; Sequence of Strokes; Example of a
Stroke Sequence; Top to Bottom, Right to Left;
Simplification of Chinese Characters; Calligraphy;
Chinese Character Radicals; Most Common Word Radicals;
Word Radical in Everyday Use; Other Applications;
Radical Development; Complexity of Chinese Characters;
Computer Fonts; Chinese Pronunciation; Pinyin;
Pronunciation System; Consonants; Vowels and Their
Combinations; Intonations; Comparison of Pinyin and
Zhuyin; Pinyin Pronunciation Chart;
Pinyin Guidelines;
Associated Sound or Meanings?; One
Word, Two Meanings; Chinese Grammar; Creating New
Vocabulary; Adopting New Concepts; Creating New Words;
Printing in Chinese; Digital Era of Chinese Language;
Learning Chinese
Chapter 4: Cultural
Roots – Land of Origin
Chinese Dialects; Overseas Chinese
Dialects; A Glimpse of Where The Overseas Chinese Come
From; Fujian Province; Southern Fujian; Northern
Fujian; Eastern Fujian; Central Fujian; Western
Fujian; Fujian Geography; Guangdong: Province;
Cantonese: Guangdonghua; Teochew Dialect; The Hakka
Dialect; The “Four Towns”; Guangdong Geography; Hainan
Island; Hainan Geography; Guangxi Province; Guangxi
Geography; A Note on The Hakkas; Multidialectal
Chinese; Future Trend; Dialects of Love
Chapter 5: Source of
Culture Mindset: History at Play
A Brief Tour to
5,000
Years of History; Chronology of Chinese History;
Legendary Emperor; Xia Dynasty; Shang Dynasty; Zhou
Dynasty; Spring & Autumn; Warring States; Qin Empire;
Han Dynasty; Western Han; Xin; Eastern Han; Three
Kingdoms; Jin; Southern Dynasties; Northern Dynasties;
Sui Dynasty; Tang Dynasty; Five Dynasties; Sung
Dynasty; Yuan Dynasty; Ming Dynasty; Qing Dynasty;
Republic of China; People’s Republic of China; Notable
Personalities in Chinese History; Economic and
Technology Imperatives; The Technology Decline; Other
Important Events
Chapter 6: The Chinese Mindset, Collective Wisdom from
Centuries of Publications
Words of Wisdom; Proverbs; Three
Hundred and Sixty-Five Commonly Used Proverbs; Chinese
Literature; Quotable Quotes; Education; Government;
Military; The Thirty-Six Stratagems; Sunzi’s Art of
War; Popular Reading Materials; Chinese Poetry;
Selection of Fifty Poems; Coupled Poems (Duilian)
Chapter 7: Some Cultural Practice
Culture; Daodejing; Confucius Studies;
The Analects; Great Learning; Doctrine of the Mean;
The Book of Mengzi; The Five Classics Scripts; The
Book of Change; The Book of Documents; The Book of
Odes; The Book of Rites; The Annals of Spring and
Autumn; Common Cultural Norms and Practices; Chinese
Social Etiquettes;
Hierarchy of Relationships; Family
Terminology; Formal Salutations; Formal Titles; Basic
Social Phraseology; Taboos; Family; Position of Women;
Gender Differentiation; Words of Congratulations
Chapter 8: In Search of Chinese Psyche — Revisiting
Ancient Paradigms
Chinese Cultural Practice; The Yin-Yang
Theory; Yin-Yang and its Endless Creativity; Yin-Yang
Concepts; Practical Implications; The Five Determinant
Elements; Wood; Fire; Metal; Water; Earth;
Application; Personality Profiling; Wood Personality;
Fire Personality; Earth Personality; Metal
Personality; Water Personality; A Place for Everyone;
Distribution of Five Elements in Space and Time;
Balance of Forces–Control and Generation; Balance of
Forces–Control; Resistance of Control; Balance of
Forces–Generation; Remedies; Applications; An Exercise
in Restoring Balance; Celestial Stems and Terrestrial
Branches; Celestial Stems; Refinement of the Five
Determinant Elements; Celestial Stem Clashes;
Terrestrial Branches; Combination of Celestial Stems
and Terrestrial Branches; Relationship between a
Celestial Stem and Terrestrial Branch
Chapter 9: The Pillars of Destiny: An Application of
the Ancient Paradigms
The Chinese Calendar; What is Your
Chinese Zodiac Sign?; Chinese Zodiac Interpretations;
Interpretations According to Animal Traits; The Rats;
The Oxen; The Tigers; The Rabbits; The Dragons; The
Snakes; The Horses; The Goats; The Monkeys; The
Roosters; The Dogs; The Pigs; When Zodiac Signs Meet;
Compatibility Charts; When Zodiac Signs Clash; The
Month Pillar; Chinese Seasons; The Twenty-four Period
Segments; The Day Pillar; The Hour Pillar; Combining
the Four Pillars; Analysis of Life Destiny; Destiny
Analysis; Conversion into Tiangan-Dizhi; Identify the
Determinant Component; Analyse Data from Five
Elements; Relationship of Components; Partners or
Competitors; Creativity; Resources; Power; Wealth;
Choosing a Career; Strength of Determinant Component;
Determine the Elements Favourable or Unfavourable to
Self; Work Out the Cycle of Destiny; The Time
Dimension; Specific Issues; Matching Individuals;
Analysis of Nations; Birth Data of China; Leadership
Profile; Other Interesting Works
Chapter 10: Living in a Continuously Changing World
Yijing; Some Interesting Scenarios;
Cyclic Nature of
Events;
Inherent Propensity for Change; Hexagram Presentation;
Extreme Difficulties; Humility; Conflict, Opposition;
Excitement, Joy; Contemplation; The Hexagrams; The
Trigrams; The Eight Basic Trigrams; Time Dimension;
Feng Shui Representation; When Trigrams Combine;
Applications; Divination; Formulating a Question;
Obtaining Hexagrams; Interpretation Hexagrams;
Analysis of Hexagrams; Anatomy of Hexagrams;
Interpretation of Hexagrams; Self versus Response
Line; Defining Lines; Time of Divination; Changing
Scenarios; Experience Counts; Hexagram Names; Listing
by Sequence; Listing by Trigram Combinations; Listing
by Palaces; Study of Yijing
Chapter 11: Conclusion: What About the Future?
Glossary of Chinese terms
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