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National College Entrance Examination, Praying To Confucius, And Good-Fortune In China, Samuel Hinton
National College Entrance Examination, Praying To Confucius, And Good-Fortune In China, Samuel Hinton
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The purpose of this paper is to explore connections between the National College Entrance Examination, Confucius, and Belief in Good Fortune in China. These strands are discussed using the “analysis of narrative method” (Gay, Mills, & Airasian, 2009.) Some parents solicit the supernatural power of Confucius to help their children pass this examination. Prison authorities in a part of China have attempted to rehabilitate prisoners by having them study and take a test on the Analects of Confucius (Ames, 1999).
Worship of Confucius
The purpose of this paper is to explore connections between the National College Entrance Examination, Confucius, and …