Chinese Religions- Unit 3

Question 1

Li

Answer 1

Rituals, etiquette- the outward expression, being good person

• We do rituals because we have a sense of loving kindness
• (both Li and Jen) reinforce the five basic relationships
• (both) tools to develop into ‘superior’ human beings

Question 2

Jen

Answer 2

Humanity, humane-inward expression

• really hard/impossible to have Jen all the time, hard to have loving kindness and motivation all the time
• (both) reinforce the 5 basic relationships
• (both) tools to develop into ‘superior’ human beings

Question 3

Yin and Yang

Answer 3

Balance of nature
Yin: negative force/ black/ earth/ female
Yang: positive force/ white/ sun/ male

Question 4

Common characteristics of Chinese religions

Answer 4

Developed in isolation>resemble each other but not other religions

• Yin and Yang
• focus on ethics and not existence of deity
• divination- unity of the universe allows future events to be predicted in the future (known as religious people, looking at shapes and patterns and then determining (predicting) the patterns in the future)
  - I Ching

Question 5

Filial Piety

Answer 5

Devotion to parents and family, even honoring the parent’s memory after death

Question 6

Analects of Confucianism

Answer 6

Collection of teachings of Confucius

Question 7

5 basic relationships

Answer 7

1. father to son *necessary for social harmony
2. Elder brother to younger brother
3. Husband to wife
4. Elder to junior *subordinate person defers to and learns from superior
5. Rulers to subject *superior person cares for the subordinate person

Question 8

Reciprocity

Answer 8

Giving the same amount that you are getting back in a relationship

Question 9

Education

Answer 9

Essential to developing a persons character

Question 10

Daoism

Answer 10

No specific body of doctrines or rituals >loosely defined religion

• Sacred book is Tao Te Ching
• Founder is Lao-tuz

Question 11

Teachings of Daoism

Answer 11

Dao is the universal force ( the basic unity)
Life is the greatest of all possessions (Dao-nature will destroy everything, so just focus on life)
Live is to be lived simply
Glory and pomp (extravagance) is to be despised

Question 12

Legalism- realists

Answer 12

No specific teacher
Believed the chaos at the time demanded a strong government
Humans are too lazy to make decisions for themselves, they need the government to make decisions for them
No room for religion (philosophy instead)

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Question 13

I Ching

Answer 13

General over arching ideas and answers in all Chinese culture and religion

Question 14

Confucius

Answer 14

The founder and teacher of Confucianism