college 2

Question 1

Wie waren Fuxi and Nüwa?

Answer 1

• Children of creator god Pangu
• Pangu got up, his body became
the universe, rivers, mountains,
plants, animals
• Being: Hua Hsu
• Hua Hsu gave birth: Fuxi and
Nüwa (twin brother and sister)
• Human upperbody/dragon or
snake lowerbody

Question 2

Wat is een andere versie van Fuxi and Nüwa?

Answer 2

First: no order
Fu Xi looked up (heaven: round) and down (earth square)
Made fire with Nüwa, then they decided to become
husband and wife

Question 3

Wat zijn de acts of Fuxi and Nüwa?

Answer 3

• Created humanity (incest)
• Hunting, fishing, cooking, animal husbandry, music
• Chinese writing characters (turtle, shoulderblade)
• trigrams
• SILK cultivation and weaving
• Attributes:
• Fuxi: square, hook, female, earth, Big Dipper, Polar star
• Nüwa: round, pair of compasses
• heaven

Question 4

Wie was Concubine Lei Zu?

Answer 4

• Dochter van emperor Xuanyuan
• a cocoon fell in her teacup
• Princess took silk in her hairdo to Khotan

Question 5

Wat deden de Nestorian monks?

Answer 5

under Iustinian to Constantinople (6th ce)
silk worm eggs smuggling
einde aan Chinese monopolie

Question 6

Wat was er met Alexander and the wakwak tree?

Answer 6

Along the way, Alexander the Great saw a tree where human heads were growingin. These heads were talking, giving all kinds of information. The expedition of Alexander has been the inspiration for stories and legends.

Question 7

Wie waren Barlaam and Josapha?

Answer 7

also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are legendary Christian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha,[1] and tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian king persecuted the Christian Church in his realm.