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.