Exam 3

Question 1

Junzi

Answer 1

A noble person dedicated to virtue

Question 2

Kami

Answer 2

Broad range of divine powers

Question 3

Kamidana

Answer 3

Is the shrine built in the home for the veneration of kami

Question 4

Zaojun

Answer 4

The kitchen god

• lives in stoves
• reports on New Years

Question 5

What is the ideal human society, according to Confucius?

Answer 5

To put aside one’s interests for the sake of the whole group. If all people do their part in their relationships society will be healed

Question 6

Filial Piety

Answer 6

Respect for parents, grandparents, and ancestors which holds the family together

Question 7

What is filial piety and how is it performed?

Answer 7

It is a respect for parents, grandparents, and ancestors that holds the family together. It is performed by honoring parents, taking care of parents, obedience, proper sacrifices after deaths, performing duties as son or daughter.

Question 8

Xia Dynasty and why it is important in Chinese thought

Answer 8

1)
The xia dynasty was before the Shang dynasty we need to understand this time and that there was a time when everything worked according to its ideal pattern and Chinese want things to go back to that golden age
2) helps us to make sense of what we see in the temples

Question 9

How religions and politics are related in China

Answer 9

The political community was deeply affiliated with religion. Welfare of the kingdom was thought to depend on the piety of the people. The king had to be a man of virtue (be faithful in rituals,etc). Taoism and C emerged in response to a political breakdown which was thought to be a religious break down.

Question 10

Yin and yang

Answer 10

• developed out of chaos
• when balanced guarantee long life
• neither force is good or evil
• not balanced=evil
• yin-negative(female) -yang -positive(male).

Question 11

Feng Shui

Answer 11

A system of laws

- in relation to flow of energy

Question 12

Fu

Answer 12

Posterity

Question 13

Lu

Answer 13

Prosperity

Question 14

Shou

Answer 14

Longevity

Question 15

Tao

Answer 15

Consisting of the right balance between yin and yang. Means the way. This is found in all of Chinese thought. Though all schools have their own interpretation of Tao. The Tao will never pass away. The Tao is mysterious. It cannot be understood easily. It is non dual. 5 characteristics : quietism, simplicity, passivity, contentment, longevity.

Question 16

What are yin and yang? Describe how they maintain balance in the world.

Answer 16

Yin and yang are two fundamental elements. Everything in the world has a certain way to be. If they are not that certain way then the yin and yang will be off balance. When they are off balance it is considered evil. When they are both in balance it is considered good. There is yin and yang in everything. The goal is to have the right balance of the both of them. Neither force is good or evil but yin is considered negative while yang is considered positive. Yin is more genome and yang masculine. For the world to be right we need a balance of both.

Question 17

Describe how Chinese fortune telling in the temple works. Describe the process from beginning to end.

Answer 17

First the man would kneel with incense and perform proper respect for the gods. Then the man will hold the tumbler at 45 degrees above him and shake it until a stick falls out in front of him. He then takes the crescent blocks and drops them to the ground. If they land with one hollow side up and one down then the answer resembles the yang and the answer is yes. If it lands in any other way it is either no or retry. If he receives a yes then he would need a diviner to determine what the stick says. At this point he will take it to a fortune teller who matches the stick with a specific piece of paper which shows the mans fortune.

Question 18

Makoto

Answer 18

Sincerity in the heart

Question 19

Yu

Answer 19

The Jade emperor. In Taoism is said to supervise the whole universe.

Question 20

How are Shinto followers to act ethically?

Answer 20

Placed emphasis on attainment of Makoto. Being a sincere person means one won’t undermine society or being harm to the family. Other ethics include: harmony, balance, and an appreciation for nature.

Question 21

Basic goal of Confusionism

Answer 21

To return to the ideal state from the golden age

Question 22

Silver rule

Answer 22

Don’t do unto others what you wouldn’t want done to you.

Question 23

Laozi

Answer 23

Was stopped at a gate and the gate keeper wouldn’t let him in until he wrote down all his wosdom. It was then that Laozi Sar and wrote a book that book is the Tao Che Ching.

Question 24

Ren

Answer 24

Benevolence

Question 25

Ren

Answer 25

Benevolence