Confucianism

Question 1

Analects

Answer 1

compilation of the sayings attributed to Confucius

Question 2

Confucianism

Answer 2

the broad and pervasive eligious tradition involving the learned scholars, study of Confucius’ Analects and the Five Classics, and traditional rituals involving especially the family and the ancestors

Question 3

filial piety

Answer 3

primary Confucian virtue of
respect toward parents and ancestors

Question 4

Five Classics

Answer 4

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)

Question 5

five relationships

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Ii (rites, propriety)

Answer 6

the Confucian code of ceremonial
behavior

Question 7

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 7

in Chinese religion, the expression of
Tian’s moral will, especially in granting prosperity to
virtuous rulers and cutting short evil ones

Question 8

noble person

Answer 8

ideal Confucian goal; a noble person
defined by moral character

Question 9

ren

Answer 9

humaneness, an important ideal in Confucianism ( the good quality of a virtuous human when being altruistic)

Question 10

Tian

Answer 10

“heaven;’ from ancient times in China considered
an ultimate power that rules especially through
the moral order

Question 11

yin and yang

Answer 11

opposing yet interconnected forces that provide balance to the world