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Analects

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compilation of the sayings attributed to Confucius

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Chan

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school of meditation Buddhism in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan (Zen in Japan), influential in the arts

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Confucianism

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Western term for the broad and pervasive religious tradition involving the learned scholars (literati), study of Confucius’ Analects and the Five Classics, and the traditional rituals involving especially the family and ancestors

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Confucius, Kongzi

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teacher whose philosophy of life became the dominant in Chinese culture

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Cultural Revolution

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the period from 1966 to 1976 in China during which Red Guards attempted to destroy all forms of “old” religion and culture

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Dao (Tao)

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“way”, Chinese term for a spiritual path; for Daoists, the indefinable source of all reality, the way of nature

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Daode jing (Tao Te Ching)

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“Classic of Dao and Its Power”; earliest and very influential text of Daoism

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Daoism

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broad term for Chinese tradition based on the Daode jing and the Zhuangzi; and also the variety of Daoist practices involving rituals, priests, scriptures, and techniques for prolonging life

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Daoist Canon (Daozang)

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library of sacred texts and commentaries produced in Daoist religious movements, numbering over one thousand volumes

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daoshi (tao Shih)

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Daoist priest

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feng shui

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geomancy, the Chinese art of reading forces of yin and yang so as to determine the most beneficial location for graves and houses

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fillial piety, xiao (hsiao)

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primary Confucian virtue of respect toward parents and ancestors

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Five Classics

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the heart of the Confucian scriptures, including the Shujing (Classic of History), the Shijing (Classic of Poetry), the Yijing (I Ching, Classic of Changes), the Lijing (Classic of Rites), and the Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals)

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five elements or five agents

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Chinese ideas of five modes of energy in the universe that mutually influence each other: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water

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five relationships

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Confucian teaching of proper reciprocal roles and moral norms in the basic human relationships: father and son, husband and wife, elder and younger brother, ruler and subject, and friend and friend

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Guanyin (Kuan Yin)

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara,, widely worshiped in China as a god/goddess of great mercy (Kannon in Japan)

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gui (kuei)

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earthly yin spirits; malevolent spirits in Chinese popular thought

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Han dynasty

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period in China during which Confucianism became the state ideology and cult, Buddhism made its entry, and religious Daoism developed

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Heavenly Masters

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early sect of Daoism whose lineage continues today as the Orthodox Unity sect

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Huayan (Hua Yen)

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a Chinese school of Mahayna Buddhism based on the Garland Sutra

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Jade Emperor

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supreme god in Chinese popular religion

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Jiao (Chiao)

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important festival in religious Daoism, the Rite of Cosmic Renewal

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Laozi (Lao Tzu)

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legendary author of the Daode jing and founder of Daoism

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Legalists

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school of thought in China that emphasized the need for strict law and order

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li
rites, propriety; the Confucian code of ceremonial behavior
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li
see principle
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literati (ru, ju)
learned Confucian scholars
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Mandate of Heaven
in Chinese religion, the expression of Tian's moral will, especially in granting prosperity to virtuous rulers and cutting short evil ones
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Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)
leader of the Chinese Communist movement and of the People's Republic of China
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Matteo ricci
first Jesuit missionary to China
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Mazu (Ma Tsu)
widely worshipped goddess of Chinese seafarers; known as the Queen of Heaven
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Mengzi (Meng Tzu, Mencius)
leading thinker whose writings shaped the Confucian tradition
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Neo-Confucianism
revival of Confucian thought in the 11th century, with emphasis on the underlying principle of all things
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no-action (wuwei)
basic Daoist principle of not doing anything contrary to the flow of nature
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noble person (junzi)
ideal Confucian goal; a noble person defined by moral character
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Pangu (P'an Ku)
in Chinese tradition, mythic primordial person out of whom the whole universe developed
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principle (li)
Neo-Confucian teachings that identifies principle as the underlying source of all phenomena, operating together with qi (material force)
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Pure Land
school of Buddhism focusing on worship of Amitabha Buddha, with hope of rebirth in the Pure Land Buddha realm
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qi (ch'i)
material force, breath, flowing vital energy, in Chinese traditions
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qigong
broad term for variety of Chinese physical exercises to cultivate qi in body and spirit
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Qing Ming (Ch'ing Ming)
"clear and bright" festival; spring festival of visiting and renovating ancestral tombs in China
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rectification of names
Confucian program for the development of a moral society by properly structuring social relationships
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religious Daoism
variety of Daoist practices involving rituals, priests, scriptures, and techniques for prolonging life
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ren (jen)
humaneness, an important ideal in Confucianism
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Shang Di (Shang Ti)
supreme god worshipped by the Shang rulers in ancient China
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shen
in Chinese tradition, heavenly yang spirits; benevolent and honored spirits, including ancestors
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Son of Heaven
title of Chinese emperor
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spirit writing
in Chinese religion, writing on a tray or on paper by a spirit who moves the pen
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taji (t'ai-chi)
Great Ultimate that underlies and generates all things; a popular Chinese exercise is called taiji quan (fist of the Great Ultimate)
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Taiping Rebellion (T'ai P'ing)
abortive popular movement in the mid-19th century in China, based on religious ideas, attempting to change the hierarchical structure of society
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Three Ages of the Dharma
Buddhist teaching of increasing decline and degeneracy in humans' ability to follow the Buddhist path: the age of the Perfect Dharma, the age of the Counterfeit Dharma, and the age of the End of the Dharma
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Three Pure Ones
designation for the highest gods summoned by Daoist priests
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Tian (T'ien)
"heaven", from ancient times in China considered an ultimate power that rules especially through the moral order
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Tiantai (T'ien T'ai)
a school of Mahayana Buddhism in China, based on the Lotus Sutra
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Total Perfection
Daoist sect from the Song era that practices monastic life, still existent today
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Tudigong (T'u Ti Kung)
local earth god in Chinese religion
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Ulambana
Buddhist festival in China and Japan worshipping the souls of ancestors and providing for souls temporarily released from purgatory; called Obon in Japan
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wuwei
See no-action
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Xunzi (Hsun Tzu)
important Confucian thinker who advocated a realistic understanding of the human inclination toward evil
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Yijing (I Ching)
the Classic of Changes, an ancient Chinese divination manual based on sixty-four hexagrams (each of six unbroken and broken lines)
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Yin and Yang
Chinese idea of polarity of forces in the universe ; yin is passive, earthly force, and yang is active, heavenly force
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Zaojun (Tsao Chun)
God of the Cooking Stove in Chinese religion
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Zhou Dynasty (Chou)
long dynasty during which the classics were compiled and the Confucianist and Daoist traditions developed
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Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi)
Leading thinker of the Neo-Confucian movement
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Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
important early teacher whose book bearing his name has been very influential for the Daoist movement

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