It’s tough to keep up with all the IoT events that are taking place around the world. Here’s a list of the ones taking place in Q3 this year. We’ll add the major ones scheduled for Q4 over the weekend. Please feel free to send me an email if you would like us to add yours. Continue reading Device-to-device connectivity: from China to the world
Loyalty (忠/zhōng) is one of what some commentators classify as the secondary values of Confucius. It is often mentioned together with trustworthiness (信/xìn). The first instance of this pairing can be found in Chapter 8 of Book 1 in which Confucius advised that a leader (君子) should, “Hold loyalty and trustworthiness as your highest principles.” Continue reading Analects Book 1: Confucius on loyalty
Virtue (德/dé) and goodness (仁/rén) are both at the summit of Confucius’s moral hierarchy. The main difference between the two is that while goodness is the highest value that a normal person can aspire to, virtue is the highest state that a ruler can aim for. Continue reading Analects Book 1: on virtue
King Wen (周文王) is honored as the founder of the Zhou dynasty (周朝), even though in actual fact it was his son who actually established it after defeating the last Shang dynasty (商朝) king Zhouxin (紂辛) at the bloody battle of Muye (牧野之戰) in ca. 1046 BC. Continue reading King Wen of Zhou
Yu (禹), also known as Yu the Great (大禹), was one of the five legendary sage kings of ancient China in the 23rd or 22nd century BC. After being handed the throne by his predecessor, Shun (舜), Yu went on to become renowned in Chinese history for building a system of irrigation canals that reduced flooding in the rich agricultural plains surrounding the Yellow River and brought unprecedented prosperity to the nation. Continue reading Yu
Music Master Zhi (師摯) was a famous court musician of Lu, who may also have been the conductor of the state orchestra. Like most musicians of the time, he was blind. Confucius was a huge fan, commenting in Chapter XV of Book 8: “What rich and beautiful music fills my ears when Zhi, the master of music, is conducting…” Continue reading Music Master Zhi
Meng Jingzi (孟敬子) was the son of Meng Wubo (孟武伯), who first appeared in Chapter VI of Book 2 of the Analects. Like his father, Meng Jingzi was also a minister. Apparently, he had a reputation for micromanagement and an inability to focus on the big picture. Continue reading Meng Jingzi
Tai Bo (泰伯), which literally means Great Uncle, was the eldest son of King Wen of Zhou (周文王), the founding father of the Zhou dynasty (周朝).
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The Duke of Zhou (周公) is a legendary figure in Chinese history and Confucius’s hero for the pivotal role he played in unifying the country under the Zhou Dynasty (周朝) and putting the foundations in place for its social, economic, and cultural development while acting as regent until his nephew assumed the throne as King Cheng (周成王). Continue reading Duke of Zhou
Wu Mengzi (吳孟子) was the name that Duke Zhao of Lu (魯昭公) gave to his wife to mask the fact that he had violated a serious social taboo by marrying a woman with the same clan name (姬/Jī) as his own. Continue reading Wu Mengzi