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    Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China: How Understanding Chinese Culture Is Key to Building Relationships
    Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China: How Understanding Chinese Culture Is Key to Building Relationships
    Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China: How Understanding Chinese Culture Is Key to Building Relationships
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    Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China: How Understanding Chinese Culture Is Key to Building Relationships

    By Dennis Smith, Edward V. Yang and Kate Ou

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    Even though instant communications and strides in transportation have made it easier for individuals to travel and communicate, the great divide across global cultures continues. Nowhere is this more evident than between the cultures of China in the East and the United States in the West.

    With Chinas elevation to global superpower status, it is vital for Americans to improve their understanding of the principles that are core to the way our friends and counterparts in China think and act. In Confucius Says There Are No Fortune Cookies in China, authors Edward V. Yang, Kate Ou, and Dennis Smith discuss the customs, history, and business practices in China, with an eye toward enhancing relationships through a better understanding of the culture of the East through American eyes.

    Yang, Ou, and Smith translate more than one hundred combined years of real-world living and working experience in China and across Asia into practical, everyday lessons intended for anyone wishing to build better business and personal relationships in China. This guide contains one hundred lessons, including common sayings, proverbs, idioms, quotes from ancient Chinese philosophers, and the authors own experiences.

    Yang shares fundamental lessons derived from his personal experienceknowledge gained through his upbringing, through his traditional Chinese and US education, through his work experience in Asia and the United States, and, most importantly, through his mistakes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    ISBN9781491706862
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      Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China - Dennis Smith

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      Confucius Says … There Are No Fortune Cookies in China

      How Understanding Chinese Culture Is Key to Building Relationships

      Copyright © 2013 Edward V. Yang

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      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0679-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0685-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4917-0686-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013916689

      iUniverse rev. date: 11/12/2013

      Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      History

      Chapter 1: Historic Originals

      I-Ching

      Lao Tzu

      Confucius

      Mencius

      Qin Shi Huang

      Sun Tzu

      Chapter 2: Cultural Forces

      Respect

      Listening With The Heart And The Ears

      Kung Fu Versus Boxing

      Feng Shui

      Yin And Yang

      Red

      Lucky And Unlucky Numbers

      The Chinese Zodiac

      The Dragon

      Classroom

      Education

      Ninja

      Chapter 3: Business And Meetings

      Business Cards

      Dress Code/Attire

      Limo/Taxi Seating Protocol For Arrivals

      Limo/Taxi Departure Courtesy

      Meetings

      Seating

      Bill Paying At Restaurants

      Attention To Details Is A Sign Of Respect

      Saving Face

      No Direct Rejection

      Don’t Ask Uncomfortable Questions

      Silence

      Seeking True Feedback

      Chapter 4: Social Encounters

      Handshake

      Eye Contact

      Harmony And Sharing

      Chinese Banquet

      Don’t Finish Everything On Your Plate

      Guanxi

      Patience And Hard Work

      Humility

      Gifts And Reciprocity

      Do Not Open Your Gift In Front Of Others

      Never Lose Your Temper

      There Is No Banquet That Never Ends!

      Chapter 5: Important Festivals

      Chinese New Year

      Red Envelopes

      Lantern Festival

      Qingming Festival

      Dragon Boat Festival

      Mid-Autumn Festival

      Chapter 6

      Each Grain In Your Dish Is A Fruit Of Hard Labor.

      Kong Rong Chose The Smallest Pear.

      Respect The Dress Before Giving Respect To The Person.

      We Never Know The Love Of Our Parents Until We Become Parents Ourselves.

      Laziness In Youth Spells Regret In Old Age.

      Digging A Well For Nine Thousand Feet And Quitting Right Before You Hit Water.

      There Are People Who Resign And Go Home, And There Are Also People Who Are Zealous To Apply For Those Same Posts.

      Bitter Medicine Cures Illness.

      One Should Shovel The Snow On His Own Driveway And Not Mind His Neighbor’s Icy Roof.

      Learning Is Like Rowing Upstream: If You Don’t Forge Ahead, You Will Be Swept Downstream.

      Humans Strive Upward; Water Flows Downward.

      If The Upper Pillar Is Crooked, The Base Will Be Warped As Well.

      Talking Too Much Will Lead To Mistakes.

      Shop Three Stores To Get A Good Deal.

      When Journeying Too Often Into The Mountains, One Will Eventually Encounter A Tiger.

      When You Don’t Have A Mentor Near The Emperor, Don’t Take A Government Post Outside The Palace.

      One Can Never Be Blamed For Being Too Courteous With Gifts.

      When A Family Is In Harmony, Everything Will Prosper.

      To Have Friends Come From Afar Is Happiness.

      Confucius Says, Food And Sex Are Part Of Human Nature.

      The First Generation Plants The Tree; The Second Generation Enjoys The Shade.

      Real Gold Can Withstand High Heat.

      If You Click With Someone, Even A Thousand Glasses Of Wine Will Seem Like Not Enough.

      No One Knows When You Have Been Studying Hard For Ten Years, But Everyone Will Know Overnight When You Have Achieved Success.

      When Heaven Is About To Place A Great Responsibility On A Person, One Will Be Tested With Great Hardships.

      The Strictest Coaches Produce Champions.

      Man Proposes; Heaven Disposes.

      Armies Are Trained For A Thousand Days To Be Used In The Nick Of Time.

      If You Cut The Weeds Without Digging Up The Roots, They’ll Grow Again When The Spring Breeze Blows.

      When You Work The Hardest Among The Hardworking, You Will Become The Best Of The Best.

      If Three Of Us Walk Together, One Of Them Can Be My Teacher.

      A Man Dreads Fame Just As Pigs Dread Growing Fat.

      There Are Always Higher Mountains.

      The Worth Of Other Pursuits Is Small; Learning Through The Study Of Books Exceeds Them All.

      As Distance Tests A Horse’s Strength, So Does Time Reveal A Person’s Heart.

      Traveling A Thousand Miles Is Like Reading Ten Thousand Books.

      Well Informed Of Events, The Scholar Need Not Leave The House.

      To Know One’s Own Strength And The Enemy’s Is The Sure Way To Victory.

      Four Ounces Of Energy Can Divert The Force Of A Thousand Pounds.

      Using A Cup Of Water To Put Out A Burning Wagon Full Of Wood Is Next To Impossible.

      Wealth Does Not Pass Three Generations.

      Right Time, Right Place, Right People.

      A Boat Will Straighten Itself Out When It Approaches The Bridge.

      Heaven Has Endowed Me With Talents For A Purpose.

      The Same Rice Builds Different Characters.

      A Prodigal Who Returns Is More Precious Than Gold.

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