Neo-Confucianism

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Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions

Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal

How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).

How Many Countries Are There in the World?

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

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Kogaku Shushigaku Ōyōmeigaku Shintō Silhak Confucianism ren xiao tianming li

Key People

Yamazaki Ansai

Japanese philosopher

Nakae Tōju

Japanese scholar

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

shogun of Japan

Hayashi Razan

Japanese scholar

Kaibara Ekken

Japanese philosopher

Kumazawa Banzan

Japanese philosopher

Quiz

Statue of Confucius in Beijing, China

Confucianism