Yuan (缘) or Yuanfen (缘份; pinyin: yuan2 fen4) is a Buddhist-related Chinese concept that means the predetermined principle that dictates a person's relationships and encounters, usually positive, such as the affinity among friends or lovers. In common usage the term can be defined as the "binding force" that links two persons together in any relationship. The concept of synchronicity from the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung can be seen as similar to yuanfen, which Chinese people also believe to be a universal force governing the happening of things to some people at some places. Yuanfen belongs to the family ...

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• Yuanfen - Usage
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• Karma - Karma in the Dharma-based religions
• Karma - Hinduism
• Karma - Buddhism
• Karma - Analogs of Karma - God the judge
• Karma - Western interpretation
• Karma - New Age and Theosophy
• Karma - Psychology

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If we accept that the basic ethical purpose of Karma is to behave responsibly, and that the tenet of Karma may be simply stated 'if you do good things, good things will happen to you - if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you', then it is possible for us to identify analogs with other religions that do not rely on Karma as a metaphysical assertion or doctrine. Karma does not specifically concern itself with salvation - it is just as important within a basic socio-ethical stance. However, as a mechanic, Karma can be identifi ...

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Karma, Karma - Karma in the Dharma-based religions, Karma - Hinduism, Karma - Buddhism, Karma - Analogs of Karma - God the judge, Karma - Western interpretation, Karma - New Age and Theosophy, Karma - Psychology

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Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Cantonese pop music", a form of popular music that is a subgenre of C-pop. It is also known as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong pop". Cantopop draws influence not only from other forms of Chinese music, but from a variety of international styles, including jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, electronic music, Western pop music and others. By definition, Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed in Cantonese. Although Cantopop boasts a multinational fanbase, Hong Kong is the most si ...

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• Cantopop - Early development
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• Cantopop - The Golden age of Cantopop
• Cantopop - Cantopop market
• Cantopop - Cantopop stars
• Cantopop - Male artistes
• Cantopop - Female artistes
• Cantopop - Groups
• Cantopop - Recent developments in Cantopop
• Cantopop - Notes

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Love has several different meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure ("I loved that meal") to something one would die for (patriotism, pairbonding). It can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love. Probably due to its psychological relevance, love is one of the most common themes in art. Love might best be defined as acting intentionally, in sympathethic response to ot ...

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• Love - Impersonal love
• Love - Religious love
• Love - Scientific models
• Love - Attraction and attachment
• Love - Companionate vs. passionate
• Love - Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love
• Love - Love styles
• Love - Phases
• Love - Cultural views
• Love - Chinese
• Love - Japanese
• Love - Ancient Greek
• Love - Latin
• Love - Religious views
• Love - Christian
• Love - Buddhist
• Love - Hindu
• Love - Islamic
• Love - Jewish
• Love - Mythological
• Love - Theological
• Love - Human love
• Love - Other types of love philias

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Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. Its religious nature distinguishes it from other ideas concerning determinism and free will, and related concepts. In particular, predestination concerns God's decision to create and to govern Creation, and the extent to which God's decisions determine ahead of time what the destiny of groups and individuals will be. Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism. Including:

• Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism
• Predestination - Distinguished from preordination
• Predestination - Predestination and omniscience
• Predestination - Predestination in Christianity
• Predestination - Various Views on Christian Predestination
• Predestination - Bible reference
• Predestination - Jewish views
• Predestination - Islamic views
• Predestination - Islam and Christianity

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Karma - Hinduism. Main article: Karma in Hinduism Karma in Hinduism differs from karma in Buddhism and Jainism, and involves the role of God. Within Hinduism, Karma appears to function primarily as a means to explain the Problem of evil. One of the first and most dramatic illustrations of Karma can be found in the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The original Hindu concept of karma was later enhanced by several other mov ...

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Karma, Karma - Karma in the Dharma-based religions, Karma - Hinduism, Karma - Buddhism, Karma - Analogs of Karma - God the judge, Karma - Western interpretation, Karma - New Age and Theosophy, Karma - Psychology

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An academic and religious definition was mentioned above. Millions of people believe in it and is a part of many cultures and the psyches of millions of people. Others without religious backgrounds, especially in western cultures or with Christian upbringings, become convinced of the existence of Karma. For some, karma is a more reasonable concept than eternal damnation for the wicked. Spirituality or a belief that virtue is rewarded and sin creates ...

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Karma, Karma - Karma in the Dharma-based religions, Karma - Hinduism, Karma - Buddhism, Karma - Analogs of Karma - God the judge, Karma - Western interpretation, Karma - New Age and Theosophy, Karma - Psychology

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In Chinese Buddhism, predestination is a translation of yuanfen, which does not necessarily imply the existence or involvement of a deity. Predestination in this sense takes on a very literal meaning: pre- (before) and destiny, in a straightforward way indicating that some events seem bound to happen. Predestination may sometimes be used to refer to other, materialistic, spiritualist, non-theistic or polytheistic ideas of determinism, destiny, fate, doom, or karma. Such be ...

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Predestination, Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism, Predestination - Distinguished from preordination, Predestination - Predestination and omniscience, Predestination - Predestination in Christianity, Predestination - Various Views on Christian Predestination, Predestination - Bible reference, Predestination - Jewish views, Predestination - Islamic views, Predestination - Islam and Christianity

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Before the 1960s, the Cantonese music available in Hong Kong was limited largely to traditional Cantonese opera and comic renditions of Western music. Tang Kee-chan (鄧寄塵), Cheng Kuan-min (鄭君綿), and Tam Ping-man (譚炳文) were among the early artists releasing Cantonese records in Hong Kong during this period. The younger generation of the time preferred British and American exports, as well as Mandarin Taiwanese music. Some considered fondness for Western music to be a mark of education or sophistication; conversely, those who preferred Cant ...

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Cantopop, Cantopop - Early development, Cantopop - Cantopop lyrics, Cantopop - Characteristics of Cantopop, Cantopop - The Golden age of Cantopop, Cantopop - Cantopop market, Cantopop - Cantopop stars, Cantopop - Male artistes, Cantopop - Female artistes, Cantopop - Groups, Cantopop - Recent developments in Cantopop, Cantopop - Notes

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Love - Chinese. In contemporary Chinese language and culture, several terms or root words are used for the concept of "love": Ai (愛) is used as a verb (e.g. Wo ai ni, "I love you") or as a noun, especially in aiqing (愛情), "love" or "romance." In mainland China since 1949, airen (愛人, originally "lover," or more literally, "love person") is the dominant word for "spouse" (with separate terms for "wife" and "husband" originally being de-emphasized); the word once ha ...

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Love, Love - Impersonal love, Love - Religious love, Love - Scientific models, Love - Attraction and attachment, Love - Companionate vs. passionate, Love - Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, Love - Love styles, Love - Phases, Love - Cultural views, Love - Chinese, Love - Japanese, Love - Ancient Greek, Love - Latin, Love - Religious views, Love - Christian, Love - Buddhist, Love - Hindu, Love - Islamic, Love - Jewish, Love - Mythological, Love - Theological, Love - Human love, Love - Other types of love philias

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Discussion of predestination usually involves consideration of whether God is omniscient, or eternal or atemporal (out of the flow of time in our universe). In terms of these ideas, God may see the past, present and future, so that God effectively knows the future. If God in some sense knows ahead of time what will happen, then events in the universe are effectively predetermined from God's point of view. This is not predestination in itself (although it does involve determinism). Predestination implies that God has something to do with ...

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Predestination, Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism, Predestination - Distinguished from preordination, Predestination - Predestination and omniscience, Predestination - Predestination in Christianity, Predestination - Various Views on Christian Predestination, Predestination - Bible reference, Predestination - Jewish views, Predestination - Islamic views, Predestination - Islam and Christianity

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In Islam, "predestination" is the usual English language rendering of a belief that Muslims call al-qada wa al-qadar in Arabic. The phrase means "the divine decree and the predestination"; al-qadar derives from a root that means to measure out. The phrase reflects a Muslim doctrine that God has measured out and foreordained the span of every person's life, and their lot of good or ill fortune. When referring to the future, Muslims frequently qualify any predictions of what will come to pass with the phrase insh ...

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Predestination, Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism, Predestination - Distinguished from preordination, Predestination - Predestination and omniscience, Predestination - Predestination in Christianity, Predestination - Various Views on Christian Predestination, Predestination - Bible reference, Predestination - Jewish views, Predestination - Islamic views, Predestination - Islam and Christianity

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Chinese social relations are social relations typified by a reciprocal social network. Often social obligations within the network are characterized in familial terms. The individual link within the social network is known by guanxi (关系) and the feeling within the link is known by the term ganqing (感情). Social relations are often expressed by the exchange of gifts. An important concept within Chinese social relations is the concept of face and many other Oriental cultures. A Buddhist- ...

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Chinese society, Chinese society - Demographics, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Gender, Chinese society - Hong Kong, Chinese society - Socio-economic development, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Individualism and collectivism, Chinese society - Social relations, Chinese society - Civil society

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Although Cantopop record dropped for a time (sometimes attributed to online music file sharing and a lack of talented new artists), the popular labelling 'New Four Heavenly Kings'(?) revived Cantopop by introducing a sense of the nonsensical and contentious. Formed by veteran singer Alan Tam with the primary aim of resuscitating the ailing industry, consists of Hacken Lee, Andy Hui, Leo Ku and Edmond Leung. By her mid-twenties, Joey Yung established herself as the premier female singer of Hong Kong, and is much admired. Her success ea ...

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Cantopop, Cantopop - Early development, Cantopop - Cantopop lyrics, Cantopop - Characteristics of Cantopop, Cantopop - The Golden age of Cantopop, Cantopop - Cantopop market, Cantopop - Cantopop stars, Cantopop - Male artistes, Cantopop - Female artistes, Cantopop - Groups, Cantopop - Recent developments in Cantopop, Cantopop - Notes

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Fei Xiaotong - Fei’s Contributions to China. As a result of the influence by Malinowski and Tawney, Fei conducted in-depth studies on and in small towns in China and argued for their development. He believes that the small towns of China are the key to the growth of productive force, population distribution, urban-rural relationships, modernization and urbanization of China. He was crafty in integrating contemporary Chinese sociology with Confucian values. He states that sociology should be grounded in the conditions of Chinese society and advocates that sociology should grasp and ...

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Fei Xiaotong, Fei Xiaotong - Life, Fei Xiaotong - Fei’s Beginnings, Fei Xiaotong - Going Into Anthropology, Fei Xiaotong - Communism in China, Fei Xiaotong - Fei In The Depths, Fei Xiaotong - The Turning Point, Fei Xiaotong - Death, Fei Xiaotong - Accomplishments, Fei Xiaotong - Fei’s Contributions to China, Fei Xiaotong - Fei’s Contribution to Anthropology, Fei Xiaotong - Fei’s Contribution to the World, Fei Xiaotong - Education, Fei Xiaotong - Works, Fei Xiaotong - Awards, Fei Xiaotong - Politics, Fei Xiaotong - Sources

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Biological models of love tend to see it as a mammalian drive, just like hunger or thirst. Psychology sees love as more of a social and cultural phenomenon. There are probably elements of truth in both views — certainly love is influenced by hormones (such as oxytocin) and pheromones, and how people think and behave in love is influenced by their conceptions of love. Love - Attraction and attachment. The conventional view in biology is that there are two major drives in love — sexual attraction and attachment. Attachment between adults is presumed to work on the same principles that lead an infan ...

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Love, Love - Impersonal love, Love - Religious love, Love - Scientific models, Love - Attraction and attachment, Love - Companionate vs. passionate, Love - Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, Love - Love styles, Love - Phases, Love - Cultural views, Love - Chinese, Love - Japanese, Love - Ancient Greek, Love - Latin, Love - Religious views, Love - Christian, Love - Buddhist, Love - Hindu, Love - Islamic, Love - Jewish, Love - Mythological, Love - Theological, Love - Human love, Love - Other types of love philias

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Predestination, in the sense of preordination or foreordination, is concerned not only with the afterlife, but also with the roles and limitations that are assigned to things and people in life as well (temporal preordination). In Christian theology, usually all issues of preordination correspond directly with the issues of divine providence, with emphasis on God's particular determination of events: especially those events which arise from the choices made by men and angels. Predestination includes all of the issues of preordi ...

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Predestination, Predestination - Contrasted with other kinds of determinism, Predestination - Distinguished from preordination, Predestination - Predestination and omniscience, Predestination - Predestination in Christianity, Predestination - Various Views on Christian Predestination, Predestination - Bible reference, Predestination - Jewish views, Predestination - Islamic views, Predestination - Islam and Christianity

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List of China-related topics M-Z, List of China-related topics M-Z - M, List of China-related topics M-Z - N, List of China-related topics M-Z - O, List of China-related topics M-Z - P, List of China-related topics M-Z - Q, List of China-related topics M-Z - R, List of China-related topics M-Z - S, List of China-related topics M-Z - T, List of China-related topics M-Z - U, List of China-related topics M-Z - V, List of China-related topics M-Z - W, List of China-related topics M-Z - X, List of China-related topics M-Z - Y, List of China-related topics M-Z - Z

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In recent decades, Cantopop has established a tradition of writing lyrics in modern written Chinese (which is largely based on syntax and vocabularies of nothern Chinese spoken variants), but pronounced in Cantonese, hence like "Mandarinised" Cantonese. Relatively few have truly colloquial (and usually comical) Cantonese lyrics, and fewer songs contain Classical Chinese (Wenyan) lyrics. In the past, Cantopop maintained the Cantonese Opera tradition of matching the musical notes with tones in the Cantonese language. Since the 1980s, increasin ...

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Cantopop, Cantopop - Early development, Cantopop - Cantopop lyrics, Cantopop - Characteristics of Cantopop, Cantopop - The Golden age of Cantopop, Cantopop - Cantopop market, Cantopop - Cantopop stars, Cantopop - Male artistes, Cantopop - Female artistes, Cantopop - Groups, Cantopop - Recent developments in Cantopop, Cantopop - Notes

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