Dark Learning originated from north of China is inseparable from the development of the whole academic atmosphere in the centre of China between Han and Wei.

玄学之形成于北方，是和汉魏之际中原地区整体学风的变迁分不开的。

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Because of the influence of Dark Learning, at that time, the realm of Taoism was embodied with sweeping and vague symbolization in the description of hills and rivers.

由于玄学的影响，此时的山水描写多用浑融之象体现“道”的境界，但也有少数诗文开始尝试对山水的具象描摹。

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Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism Dark learning, literature, history, art, science and technology were all included. The moral culture was also a very important content of education.

不仅包含有儒、佛、道、玄、文、史、艺术、科技等，道德教育也成为一项重要内容。

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After all, a huge part of the Dark Souls experience is learning for yourself.

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To 15th and 16th Century scholars, the period following antiquity - the so-called "dark ages"- had almost succeeded in obliterating classical learning forever.

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These maps, which primarily adorned the world's churches and other places of power and learning, succeeded in returning mapping to the dark ages, getting much wrong and gleefully so.

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