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The Confucius Institute is in the process of purchasing a Second Life island. Second Life is the popular virtual meeting environment with over 1.7 million registered users. CIMSU plans on developing the Second Life island to offer "do it yourself" Chinese tutorials and presentations all presented in the environment. The island will have interactive exhibits for all citizens of Second Life to explore and learn about. More information about Second Life can be found here.
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To both ancient modern eyes, fantastic and improbable myths of Confucius should be added more recent myths about the sage that date from the earliest sustained contact between China and the West during the early modern period. The Latinization of Kong(fu)zi to "Confucius" originates with the interpretation of Chinese culture and thought by Jesuit missionaries for their Western audiences, supporters, and critics. Jesuits steeped in Renaissance humanism saw in Confucius a Renaissance humanist; German thinkers such as Leibniz or Wolff recognized in him an Enlightenment sage. Hegel condemned Confucius for exemplifying those whom he saw as "the people without history"; Mao castigated Confucius for imprisoning China in a cage of feudal archaism and oppression. Each remade Confucius in his own image for his own ends - a process that continues throughout the modern era, creating great heat and little light where the historical Confucius himself is concerned. Each mythologizer has seen Confucius as a symbol of whatever s/he loves or hates about China.
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Confucius had no opportunity to put his theories to a public test until the age of 52. At 52, he was appointed magistrate of Chung-tu. The next year, he became Minister of crime of the state of Lu. His administration was successful; reforms were introduced, justice was fairly dispensed, and crime was almost eliminated. Lu became very powerful under Confucius. As a result, the ruler of a neighboring state maneuvered to secure the minister's dismissal.
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When Tsze-hsia, being governor of Chu-fu, asked about government, Confucius replied, “Do not be desirous to have things done quickly; do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”
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On March 3rd 2007, the London Confucius Institute and the Taste of China Restaurant in Essex jointly held a special event to celebrate this year’s Chinese Lantern Festival. The event celebrates the Chinese Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar when Chinese people appreciate lantern shows with riddles and eat sweet dumplings. Nearly 100 local residents joined the event and enjoyed a wonderful Chinese acrobatic show and delicious Chinese food. During the show, people who joined the knowledge quiz concerning Chinese language and traditional holidays ... received gifts from the LCI. This event was also reported by the China News.
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The University of South Florida won a competitive bid to launch one of the newest Confucius Institutes, cultural centers that China has spread to universities globally. The Confucius Institute at USF is expected to help the educational and business communities in Tampa Bay and throughout Florida develop and promote closer ties with China, the world's fastest-growing economy. USF's campus is the only Florida location for the cultural center, branches of which have proliferated in 64 countries since 2004, including 40 in the United States. USF is running the Confucius Institute with its longtime partner, Nankai University in Tianjin, with which it has exchanged students and faculty for nearly 25 years. Two Nankai scholars will arrive at USF in February. A third will arrive in time for the fall semester, when the institute will begin a course on doing business in China.
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