575. Benjamin Franklin An American Genius Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Publications

We have found that more and more authors quote Dr. Dave Wang's publications. Below you can find a very influential publication, Benjamin Franklin: An American Genius Graphic Biographies, has included Dr. Wang's paper, Benjamin Franklin and China--A Survey of Franklin's Efforts at Drawing Positive Elements from Chinese Civilization during the Formative Age of the United States.
We know that the New York Times introduced Dr. Wang's study of Chinese cultural influence on the great founding father in 2009.

574. The Study of Founders and China in India

Dr. Dave Wang's study of the subject, the Chinese cultural influence on the founders of the United States, has spread to some countries in the world. He conducted some talks in the field in many countries, including China, Denmark, England, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Singapore and the United States. I have found that his research has walked into India. Please find more information in the snapshot below

573 Dr. Dave Wang's Publications Quoted in Two Works Published in 2019

Dr. Dave Wang's pioneering research on the relationships between the founders and Chinese culture has been widely quoted by scholars worldwide in the academic works. Below I show you from the snapshots the two 2019 books that quoted Dr. Dave Wang's research papers, including The Rutledge Companion to Transnational American Studies and Narrative Inquiries from Fulbright Lecturers in China: Cross-Cultural Connections in Higher Education

572. From Rome to Copenhagen: Confuciuan Ideas and the Founders

Below I show my readers the two posters of showing that Dr. Dave Wang's two presentations. One shows that Dr. Dave Wang presented Benjamin Franklin and Confucius Moral Philosophy in Rome in 2009. The other shows that Dr. Dave Wang made his presentation on the topic of Confucian political ideas in the Making of American Democracy in Copenhagen in 2019.

571. Thomas Jefferson and Confucian Education Principles

 

University of Virginia's Graduate College and East Asian Languages, Literature and Culture College announced the publication of my paper on how Thomas Jefferson borrowed from Confucian educational ideas in his efforts to create a new educational system for the United States.





 

 

 

570. Dr. Dave Wang's Teaching Information Still Available on Line

I browse the web and find that the St. Johns University's graduate Bulletin is still available on line. It tells the early years when Dr. Dave Wang taught at the St. Johns University.

569. The Roots of US Wall Mentality

The Great Wall of China, a symbol of Chinese civilization, has had a meaningful impact on the culture of the United States, and perhaps unexpectedly so. In recent months, the idea of the Great Wall has frequently been employed in the context of President Donald Trump’s controversial Mexican American border wall. However, the notion of the “Chinese Wall” extends beyond this context and into fields as disparate as business, education, and the military. The Great Wall has cultural roots originating in the nation’s colonial era, when Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin and George Washington recommended that a similar barrier be constructed protecting and maintaining the newly born nation.

In this essay, I will examine the Great Wall’s influence on American culture, with the intent of exploring how broader Chinese cultural elements have imprinted the nation’s history. I will begin this essay with a brief history of the Chinese wall, and then discuss its impact on the young United States prior and immediately following the American Revolution.

568 Ruist Association Introduces This Blog

From Dr. Dave Wang's pioneer research we have learned that key America’s Founder’s–including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison had worked to use Confucian ideas to make a great new nation in North America. Clearly,  Confucianism was popular in colonial America.
The Ruist Association of America shares the  treasures of the Ruist tradition with anyone who desires to live better lives and improve themselves, their families, their communities, and the world. I have found that the association has promoted Dr. Dave Wang's weblog to its readers. Below you will find the snapshot from the association's website.

567 Dave Wang a Renowned Scholar in China's Influence on America's Founding Fathers

Back to 2009, Valparaiso University in the suburb of Chicago host a Chinese diplomat and Dr. Dave Wang,  a leading scholar of China's cultural influence during East-West Connections, a forum designed to increase understanding of the link between cultures in East Asia and the United States. Ten years passed, I still find the information is available. Below you can find the snapshot from the news on the forum.

 

566. Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Zurich and Dr. Dave Wang's Publications

 

In 2013, the University of Zurich established its Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies (IAOS). According to its website, the institute serves as the center of research and teaching on Asia and the Orient at the University of Zurich (UZH). The institute will be as one of the leading institutions in the field in the world. The founding of the institute demonstrates that UZH's strategic focus on Asian and Oriental studies. Clearly, as the institute stated that "With numerous research projects and a variety of programs at BA-, MA- and PhD-level in the aforementioned disciplines, there exists no other institution of comparable focus and scope in Switzerland." In the institute's academic report that includes major publications in the field of Asian studies several papers by Dr. Dave Wang are listed.

565. Fulbright Scholars Quote Dr. Dave Wang's Article

Dr. Jesse Butler , a professor of philosophy from the University of Central Arkansas was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, which supported his teaching philosophy in a Jinan University, a  Chinese University in Guangzhou for the 2016-2017 academic year. In an book published in June 2019, he mentioned my article, Confucius in American Founding, published in Virginia Review of Asian Studies, in 2014. His article titled Transformations in Understanding: Lessons on Self and Culture from Teaching Abroad. He admitted that "I was unaware that Confucianism itself as a distinct worldview may have played a role Franklin's own understanding of virtue." He then relayed, "according to Dave Wang, Franklin and other American founders drew upon Confucian moral philosophy in the development of their thoughts on virtuous citizenship. " I put the snapshot below, therefore you can continue to read his thoughts on Dr. Dave Wang's study of the founders' view of Confucian moral philosophy.

 

564. Benjamin Franklin: The Shaping of Genius Boston Years

No doubt, Benjamin Franklin is a genius. He is not only belong to the United States, that he helped to created in North America, but also the world.  How the genius was made? One of the reasons is that he made his efforts to learn from other cultures, including Chinese culture. My readers can tell that Dr. Dave Wang's Paper, Benjamin Franklin and China still catches wide attention from academic circle as well as general readers.

563. The East Asian Journal of British History Cites Dr. Dave Wang Paper

In his article, The Perception of Ginseng in Early Modern England and Its Significance in the Globalizing Trade, published in the East Asian Journal of British History, Heasim Sul cited Dr. Dave Wang's article, Chinese Civilization and the United States: Tea, Ginseng, Porcelain Wars and Silk in Colonial America, Virginia Review of Asian Studies, September 13, 2011. Ms. Heasim Sul was Vice-Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Yonsei University.

562. Another American College Adopted Dr. Dave Wang's Article

Washington College has used Dr. Dave Wang's paper in its class room. According to the introduction from the college's homepage,  Washington College was founded in 1782. It was the first college chartered in the sovereign United States of America. General George Washington
donated 50 guineas to its founding and also lent it his name. The general even served on its first Board of Visitors and Governors. The college's goal back then was to cultivate responsible citizen-leaders. Nowadays, the college is committed to giving its students the chance to succeed on their own terms.

561. Jennifer Milam Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Article

 

In her recent published book, edited by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and Head, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Jennifer Milam cites Dr. Dave Wang's article,   “Thomas Jefferson’s Incorporating Positive Elements from Chinese Civilization.” Virginia Review of Asian Studies 145 ( 2012 ): 143 – 157 .  

The Book titled, Beyond Chinoiserie, published on October 16, 2018.

 

560. The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies Recommends Dr. Dave Wang's Works

The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies will be published on April 24, 2019, recommends Dr. Dave Wang's publications on Confucian influence on the early history of the Unite States. The Companion aims to provide those who are interested in American Studies with "theoretical and applied essays that help to define Transnational American Studies as a discipline and practice" . With this post, I show you the snapshot of the page that my works are cited and recommended below. In the mean time, I give you brief introduction to the three editors of this great book. Nina Morgan,  Afred Hornung and Takayuki Tatsumi. Dr. Morgan is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transnational  American Studies (Stanford University) and a professor and founder of the American Studies program, at Kennesaw State University.  Afred Hornung is Director of the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies and Research Professor of English and American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.Takayuki Tatsumi is Professor of American Literature and Critical Theory at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. He has served as President of The American Literature Society of Japan and The Poe Society of Japan, in addition to serving as Vice President of the Melville Society of Japan.

 

 

 

 

559. Three Recent Academic Books Cite Dr. Dave Wang's Articles



 

Dr. Dave Wang's academic papers on the founding fathers efforts to borrow from Chinese civilization in the era when the United States was established have been widely cited by top scholars in recent years. With this post I will introduce you three great books that cite Dr. Dave Wang's work. You can tell that those three books were published in the period from 2016 to 2018.

 

 

 

558. The Empress of China Sailed to China on February 22, 1784

Embodying Americans' hope to break through the British blockade and revitalize the depressed postwar economy, the Empress of China, the first American commercial ship after its independence, left New York for Canton (Guangzhou), China, on February 22, 1784. Before the Empress of China left the East River Harbor of New York, George Washington duly signed the sea letter, guiding the purpose of the Empress of China's voyage.

There was a great deal of uncertainty in the newly founded country. After the war for independence was over, the nation's fiscal system was on the brink of chaos. Many small farmers, the broad base of the new nation, were being thrown into jail for debt and many others were forced to lose their farms. The Congress, established under the Articles of Confederation, was attempting to bring order out of the turmoil. In Massachusetts, an agrarian revolt spread quickly.

In the meantime, Britain, which lost the war militarily, was seeking to defeat the Americans economically. It strengthened its economic pressure on individual states to compel them, one by one, to return to "Mother England". Britain closed all traditional trade partners to the new nation, and American merchants could no longer trade with Spain, Africa and West Indies. In the aftermath of the victory of the American revolutionary war, France, Holland and other European countries were willing to use the US as their market, but not anxious to take American wares in exchange.

Given the situation, commerce became "the lifeblood of America's recovery from its economic slump". New trade partners had to be discovered, new trade routes had to be opened and new connections had to be established. Otherwise, political independence wouldn't last long. It was in this critical situation that the first American voyage to China started.

557. Benjamin Franklin Published Confucius' Work in 1737

Probably, Benjamin Franklin was the first founding father, who published Confucian work in 1737.  I will show my readers the picture of his publication of Confucius work below. His publication of Confucius work helped spread Confucian moral philosophy in North American colonies. It also laid foundation for the Confucius' fever among the main founders of the United States  in the eve of the American Revolution.

556. Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Work

 

In Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Dr. Wilson Jeremiah Moses studies the Jeffersonian influence. It is well known that Jefferson's legacy is a field that scholars have long debated on.  In this new book, Dr. Moses provides his readers with "vigorous and insightful commentary" on Jefferson. I have no desire to make any comments on his assessment on Jefferson, but reveal the fact that Dr. Moses cites Dr. Dave Wang's article, Ideas From the East: The Founding Fathers and Chinese Wisdom.

 

From Dr. Dave Wang's academic publications we have found that Jefferson borrowed from Chinese civilization in his efforts to build a new nation out of British colonies in North America during the founding years of the United States. I am sure that my readers have learned that the efforts to learn from Chinese civilization and use its positive elements was also found in other founding fathers like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

 

555. Four Nations and Three Continents:worldwide Attention to Dr. Wang's Research

With the snapshot below I will show you that Dr. Dave Wang's study of Chinese cultural influence on the founding fathers of the United States has earned worldwide attention.
The item is that Valparaiso University invited Dr. Dave Wang to deliver speech on Chinese cultural impact on Benjamin Franklin in November  2009.  The Second is that a Korea scholar in 2017 cited Dr. Dave Wang's paper on Confucius and Benjamin Franklin. The third is that Association for Asian Studies, Magazine, Education About Asia, volume 16, no. 2, 2011 published Dr. Dave Wang's article, The US Founders and China. The fourth shows that the Italia National Center for American Studies invited Dr. Dave Wang to deliver his speech on Franklin's efforts to use Confucius moral philosophy to improve his virtue. This was in October 2006. The fifth is that Japanese magazine published Dr. Dave Wang's article, From Confucius to  the Great Wall of China: Chinese Cultural Influence on Colonial North America. The last one tells that a book, titled Power and Restraint: A Shared Vision for the US China Relations cited Dr. Dave Wang' s paper, Benjamin Franklin and China. It has included three continents, Asia, Europe and  North America and four countries, including, the United States, South Korea, Italy and Japan.

554. Impact of Dr. Dave Wang's Study of the Founders and China



The following snapshot is from Google.com. From it my readers will be able to have basic ideas on how Dr. Dave Wang' publication had an impact on academic fields of the US Founders and China.

The first article, Benjamin Franklin and China was published in 2007. The second one, How China Helped to Shape American Culture, 2012. The third one, Confucius In the American Founding , 2014. The fourth one, From Confucius to the Great Wall, 2010. The last one shows that the Johns Hopkins University has adopt Dr. Dave Wang' s paper as teaching text in its philosophy course, number 150.22.

 

 

553. Benjamin Franklin looked upon China as a model for the moral and scientific development

According to its homepage The Canadian Patriot " is both a geopolitical journal and a platform for a broader discussion about Canada’s role as a sovereign participant within this harmony of nations which is now emerging. As Canada increasingly becomes a part of the New Silk Road process and paradigm of brotherhood for all mankind, the Canadian Patriot will also help historians shed light upon the suppressed history which every Canadian has a right to know, with the faith that with a greater understanding of our past, we may not repeat its mistakes as we prepare for our future."
On October 29, 2019, it published the editorial in the title, The Transcontinental Railway and America’s Forgotten Bond with China. In this article, Dr. Dave Wang's paper was cited. His paper titled “Benjamin Franklin and Chinese Civilization” published by an Italian website , Resetdoc.org’s Dialogue on Civilizations, on Sept. 15, 2007.

552. Business Leaders Interested in the Connection between Confucius and the Founders

It is not a new story that Dr. Dave Wang's research on the influence of Chinese culture on the founders of the United States has gone far beyond academic circle. In 2010 a news reporter told the true story that a business man created more than 200 traditional tea stores. He cited Dr. Dave Wang's paper of examining Chinese tea and the tea trade in North America around the founding of the United States. However you will be surprised this time by Jon Nadler, who has focused on the precious metals market and its physical investment products, talked about Dr. Dave Wang's study of the founders connection to Confucianism, particularly Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
According to his own brief biography, Jon had a management degree awarded by the University or California at Los Angles.  Individual investors and institutional firms . He introduced himself this way "Nadler publishes gold market commentaries that are quoted on a daily basis by leading global financial media houses like Associated Press, Market Watch, CNBC, BBC UK Radio, Forbes.com, TheStreet.com, The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Bloomberg, Resource Investor, China Television, and Reuters. This makes him the most frequently quoted precious metals analyst on the Internet." 

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