On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Comparative Reflections on Embodied Virtue, Performance and Competition in China and Greece
Stanford University presents a talk with UC Riverside's Lisa Raphals.
It is difficult to compare Greek and Chinese views of what, in both cases, look like athletic performance. In Greek views of sport as competitive there are clear winners and losers, but also a morality of competition that puts virtue ahead of victory. In the Chinese case, what on the surface looks like competitive sport may be a performance for (the entertainment of) a ruler or the gods (and incidentally, the general population). Professor Raphals explore these comparative questions through the intersection of three topics: (1) court performance and egalitarian competition; (2) physical "self-cultivation" and embodied virtue; and (3) the problematic of deception.
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