Helping Children Develop Good Character

For young children, everything in life is part of learning. Encouraging children to develop good character during play is essential to their development. Many parents think it is difficult for children to cultivate good character traits, but it is relatively easy to form bad ones when you pay attention to their behavior while at play; ...

Max Lu

Five young friends with smiling faces running outdoors.

4 Character Traits That Define a True Friend

Friendships can majorly impact your health and well-being, but it’s not always easy to develop or maintain friendships. Understand the importance of social connection in your life and what you can do to build and nurture lasting friendships. What are the benefits of friendship? Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during ...

Emma Lu

Friendship in Chinese and English carved into a stone.

Be Friends With People Who Have These 4 Good Character Traits

People recognize each other by appearance, but they interact with each other because of their character. Good character is the source of trust and the proof of deep friendship. No matter who you are or what you do, character plays a big role. People with good character usually have the following 4 traits 1.  Not ...

Nspirement Staff

Three women sitting on a bench laughing.

A Learned Person Possesses 7 Distinguishing Characteristics

There are seven characteristics that a learned person possesses. Parents who are truly sincere and genuine about their parenting responsibilities will nurture and educate their children to ensure they become well-rounded people with positive and endearing qualities. Parental upbringing certainly has some bearing on a child’s future character. A proper upbringing develops a person of good ...

Emma Lu

Closeup view of raised hands giving thumbs up in an office.

You May Be Poor, but Maintain Your Character

Although you may be poor, you must maintain your character. Mr. Huang is an old friend of mine. I have known him for about 10 years. When I first met him, he worked as a barber for a monthly salary. He was paid rather meagerly, but despite this, every time I went to him for ...

Emma Lu

Five silver stars, with 4 standing and one fallen over.

Simplified Chinese Characters Are Destroying the Chinese Language

In China’s Commercial Press’s sixth edition of the Modern Chinese Dictionary, 239 English words, including “NBA,” have been added. After its publication, 100 scholars reported that this dictionary violates long-established Chinese language rules. They also accused the Commercial Press of Latinizing some Chinese characters, i.e., using English vocabulary to replace Chinese characters. Doing so causes severe destruction ...

Max Lu

Traditional Chinese characters.

How Your Character Is Revealed Through Inner Qualities

It’s the little things that can reveal a person’s true character. According to accomplished Sinophile Sean Upton-McLaughlin: “Traditional Chinese beliefs have also emphasized a person’s character, or sù zhì (素质), which boils down to proper etiquette and the accepted way of behaving both in social and business situations.”   To the Chinese, Sù zhì — also translated as ...

Helen London

Sign post at an intersection that says 'Good' and 'Bad' instead of having street names on it.

Good Character Is the Only Invincible Arrow

The most important skill for an archer to develop is good character. In ancient times, a man called Gan Ying excelled at archery. As soon as he fitted an arrow to the bow and pulled on the drawstring, beasts became motionless, and birds fell from the sky. When Fei Wei heard about these skills, he ...

Helen London

An archery target filled with arrows.

How Wei Wen Hou Evaluated a Person’s Character

Wei Wen Hou or the Marquess Wen of Wei (445-396 BCE) ruled the State of Wei during the early Warring States period during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE). He was a member of the House of Wei, one of the noble houses that dominated politics in the region during the 5th and 6th centuries BCE. Wei ...

Max Lu

Wei Wen Hou.