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A kowtow /ˈkaʊtaʊ/ is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. In...16 KB (1,970 words) - 07:54, 1 June 2024
is translated to "kowtow diplomacy" or "kowtow foreign policy". In general, dogeza is translated into English as "prostration" or "kowtow". In the Japanese...4 KB (437 words) - 21:46, 8 March 2024- Buddhist legends about Emperor Wu of Liang (section Emperor Wu's "order" of the Execution of the Kowtow Monk)nicknamed the "Kowtow Monk", whom the Emperor respected highly and summoned him often to chat with him. One day, the Kowtow Monk paid a visit to the palace...8 KB (1,112 words) - 16:05, 6 April 2023
monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word court may also be applied to the coterie of a senior member of the nobility. Royal courts may have their...30 KB (3,595 words) - 22:09, 15 February 2024
as well. In ancient Chinese society, kowtow, or kneeling-bowing, was common for students to express gratitude to their teachers. Before learning any skills...34 KB (3,957 words) - 14:50, 18 May 2024
prostrations are similarly used to show respect to rulers, civil authorities and social elders or superiors, as in the Chinese kowtow or Ancient Greek proskynesis...23 KB (2,595 words) - 15:56, 24 May 2024- Dogeza: I Tried Asking While Kowtowing (Japanese: 土下座で頼んでみた, Hepburn: Dogeza de Tanondemita, "I Tried Asking While Kowtowing") is a Japanese sex comedy...39 KB (2,366 words) - 16:56, 25 November 2023
Macartney Embassy (redirect from First British diplomatic mission to China)(he saw the Kowtow as too excessive). Throughout his meetings with Chinese officials, Macartney was repeatedly urged to perform the kowtow during his audience...49 KB (6,460 words) - 18:41, 25 May 2024
1952 United States presidential election (section States that flipped from Democratic to Republican)manipulated American foreign policy and were eager to kowtow to the Soviet Union, although such attitudes had begun to change among the younger generation who had...77 KB (6,404 words) - 13:06, 1 June 2024
pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called añjali mudrā; the standing posture incorporating...23 KB (2,208 words) - 05:15, 28 May 2024
Dalai Lama (section Visit to Beijing)although the Dalai Lama was not required to kowtow to the emperor, who rose from his throne and advanced 30 feet to meet him, the significance of the visit...155 KB (19,873 words) - 08:03, 2 June 2024
12 Rules for Life (redirect from 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos)29, 2018. Varney, James (March 26, 2018). "Jordan Peterson's refusal to kowtow to modern liberal pieties makes him a star — and a marked man". The Washington...75 KB (6,265 words) - 15:05, 1 June 2024
Pendragon (band) (redirect from KowTow)direction, documented in the Kowtow album and the Red Shoes and Saved By You EPs, but despite these efforts failed to break through to a mainstream audience...10 KB (857 words) - 10:29, 20 May 2024
pandemic by government officials in Taiwan as an alternative to handshake. Bowing Handshake Kowtow Proskynesis 国家人文历史 (2020-05-06). "如果见面不能握手，你会选哪种古代礼仪代替？"...3 KB (335 words) - 21:39, 7 April 2024- Kotow may refer to: Kotów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, A village in Poland Kowtow, act of prostration in Imperial Chinese protocol This disambiguation page...165 bytes (50 words) - 03:47, 29 December 2019
- while in the West, the whole face tends to be used. Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise...46 KB (1,599 words) - 17:53, 28 May 2024
one was expected to kowtow before the emperor. In a conversation with the emperor, it was considered a crime to compare oneself to the emperor in any...37 KB (4,170 words) - 22:35, 22 May 2024
Raised fist (redirect from Power to the people fist)strike. A large raised fist rising from a crowd of striking workers was used to promote a mass strike in Budapest in 1912. In the United States, clenched...21 KB (2,187 words) - 20:48, 19 March 2024- diplomacy and ritual. The other states had to send a tributary envoy to China on schedule, who would kowtow to the Chinese emperor as a form of tribute...27 KB (3,224 words) - 02:16, 16 May 2024
his meeting the Jiaqing Emperor in 1816, Amherst refused to perform the traditional kowtow, an act that the Qing saw as a severe breach of etiquette...180 KB (23,027 words) - 04:04, 1 June 2024
- Rhymes: -aʊ kowtow (third-person singular simple present kowtows, present participle kowtowing, simple past and past participle kowtowed) (intransitive
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 15 Kowtow 33097101911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 15 — Kowtow KOWTOW, or Kotou, the Chinese ceremonial act of
- main sugar plantation of the American monopolies; Turkey is prepared to kowtow before any United States proconsul and Canada is the boring second fiddle
- a Sinocentric system. Nearby tributary nations would send emissaries to kowtow to the Chinese emperor, seeking protection in return. These states were