"Because the Past Influences the Present"
Goal: To enable Taiwanese students to see through the eyes of Westerners

The Classics and Their Impact

Overview

The Key Literature

Torah 律法書 (Moses, 1400BC) Required Reading: Beginnings by Moses
Greek Classics (Homer, Plato, Aristotle, 500BC) including Plato's dialogues on the Death of Socrates, i.e. Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. 申辩篇, 克里同篇,斐多篇 Required Reading: Apology
Injil 福音書 (concerning Jesus, 1AD) Required Reading: Luke's Gospel

Influenced, Influencing, Influential Lives

Politicians

William Wilberforce: Statesman and saint...* (end slavery in UK) (1759.08.24→1833.07.27) ISBN 978-1620453926
Abraham Lincoln: God's leader for a nation* (end slavery in USA) (1809.02.12→1865.04.15) ISBN 0915134934 Not Available (Examples: good, bad)

Scientists

Johannes Kepler: giant of faith and science* (Planetary Motion) (1571.12.27→1630.11.15) ISBN 091513411X
Robert Boyle: trailblazer of science* (Chemistry) (1627.01.25→1691.12.31) ISBN 0880621559
Isaac Newton: inventor, scientist, and teacher* (Physics) (1642.12.25→1727.03.20) ISBN 0915134950
Samuel F.B. Morse: artist with a Message* (-- --- •-• ••• •) (1791.04.27→1872.04.02) ISBN 0880621370
Michael Faraday: father of Electronics (1791.09.22→1867.08.25) ISBN 0836118642 (also 中文版在圖書館)
Louis Pasteur: founder of modern medicine*(1822.12.27→1895.09.28) ISBN 0880621591
James Clerk Maxwell - Electromagnetic Field (1831.06.13→1879.11.05) E-book(long)
George Washington Carver: man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist * (186? →1943.01.05) ISBN 0915134993

Musicians (Composers)

George Frederic Handel: composer of Messiah * (1685.02.23(O.S) → 1759.04.14) ISBN 088062048X
Johann Sebastian Bach - Music in the Castle of Heaven (1685.03.21→1750.07.28) ISBN 1400031435 (Long, Many Musical Terms)

Others

George Leslie MackayThe Black Bearded Barbarian (1844.03.21→1901.06.02) ISBN 978-1091214088
George Leslie Mackay of Formosa (49 pages) (1844.03.21→1901.06.02) ISBN 978-1090907523 Need Teacher Permission
David Livingstone: Africa's trailblazer* ISBN 1576581535
Klaus-Dieter John: hope in the Land of the Incas * ISBN 978-1576587553
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: in the Midst of Wickedness (Nazi Germany)* ISBN 978-1576587133
Corrie Ten Boom: keeper of the angel's den (Holland WW2) * ISBN 978-1576581360
Sundar Singh: footprints over the Mountains (Nepal) * ISBN 157658318X
Mitsuo Fuchida - Wounded Tiger (WW2,Japan) ISBN 978-0991229048 (also 日本語版,図書館で)
C. S. Lewis: master Storyteller* (Narnia) ISBN 978-1576583852

* indicates book written at a reading level is suitable for native speakers aged 9 to 14 years old (小四到國二). Other books are written with university level English.

** YZU Students: Links to all books in the library are also on the portal!

Influenced & Influencing: Videos of Influential Lives

Harriet Tubman: Risking her life to free slaves in the United States NA
Isaac Newton Life (9') + And Research (21' from 1977 sec to end) Do you know Isaac Newton?
Mary Slessor When Mary died in 1915, she was given a state funeral in Nigeria. In 1953 her grave was visited by Queen Elizabeth II. To Nigerians she is simply remembered as "Mother of All The Peoples". What made her risk her life to go where others refused to go?
Wang Ming Dao Bravery in standing for his beliefs under Japanese and CCP pressure. (in Chinese with English subtitles)
Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Founder of "The Local Church" + One event in his life(11')

Influenced & Influencing: Effect on Individuals Today

洪建郎 — Research Manager, in Zhong-Li (Contact Line: 洪建郎) (Chinese Only)
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Lin 林盛荣中校 — Former military officer (In New Taipei,contact: 886-2-2202-7325) (Chinese or English)
Dr. D. Vinay Kumar — Professor (Contact: Vnykmr.d@gmail.com) (English Only)
Mrs. Zina — Ad Designer (Contact: lalalala93@gmail.com) (Chinese or English)
Chih-Hung Hsieh (謝志宏) — EMBA YZU Professor (contact: john@saturn.yzu.edu.tw) (Chinese or English)
Ting Lie 李婷 — YZU Professor (contact: tinglie@saturn.yzu.edu.tw)(Chinese or English)
Chaochang Chiu 邱昭彰 — YZU Professor, Information Management (Chinese or English)
Chih-Yang Lin 林智揚 — NCU Professor, System Engineering （andrewlin@ncu.edu.tw）, (Formerly YZU Professor, Electrical Engineering))(Chinese or English)
Yong Kuang Chen 陳永光 — Former Chairman of National Sun Yat Sen University Dept of Opto-Electronics (contact: ykchen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw), (Chinese Only)
Sharon Ou 歐蕙心 — Former Head of Math Dept. at Taoyuan Wuling Senior High School (contact:sharonwhso@gmail.com) (Chinese Only)
Hà Văn Nguyên(何文源) — former drug addict, now working with migrants, and those in prison. (Vietnamese Only)