A Bridge to Cross -- Confucianism Underpins U of M Institute in Building Chinese-U.S. Understanding [Corrected 11/08/07]

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To most Americans, the name, at first, suggests only a set of tongue-twisting syllables as foreign as the dialects of China.

To the Chinese, the name suggests a possible lineage to one of the most venerated names in Chinese and world history. To Dr. Hsiang- te Kung, geography professor at the University of Memphis, there is no doubt. He is a 75th generation descendant of Confucius, the sage whose philosophy became a way of life in China and much of Asia.

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A Bridge to Cross -- Confucianism Underpins U of M Institute in Building Chinese-U.S. Understanding [Corrected 11/08/07]

It was one factor that weighed in his favor when Kung applied last year to the government of China to create a Confucius Institute at the University of Memphis. It would be one of a series of institutes planned by the Chinese government to help China and America learn more about each other, especially through language studies, as China emerges as a superp...

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