FINAL: Daoism/Taoism

Question 1

The way, the force that runs all through all of the natural world

Answer 1

Dao

Question 2

Ancient Chinese religion and philosophy that affecgts popular culture and national belief

Answer 2

Daoism

Question 3

Primary text of Daoism

Answer 3

Dao De Jing

Question 4

Author of Dao De Jing

Answer 4

Lao Tzu (500 BCE)

Question 5

The period at which Daoism started in, characterized by welfar and military reforms.

Answer 5

Warring states period

Question 6

Was a fundamental text along with Dao De Jing

Answer 6

Zhuangzi

Question 7

English translation of Dao De Jing

Answer 7

“The Book of the Way and its Virtue.”

Question 8

Meaning:
Dao
De
Jing

Answer 8

“The way ahead”
“Righteousness”/”Virtue”
“Doctrine”

Question 9

To accomplish harmony, it encourages acceptance and openness. What is needed to accomplish this?

Answer 9

Detachment, unconcerned with worldly affairs or material possesssions, focus on developing virtue and expanding knowledge of Dao

Question 10

Transliteration favored by earlier generations of Western Scholars

Answer 10

“Wade-Giles”

Question 11

T or F: Lao Tzu was only an extraordinary thinker

Answer 11

F: Lao Tzu was considered to be a supreme diety

Question 12

According to the SHiji, Laozi was born where?

Answer 12

Chu, a Zhou period southern realm

Question 13

Lao Tzu had a different name and a nickname: what were they?

Answer 13

Er Li

Dan

Question 14

Lao Tzu worked as ___ at ___

Answer 14

Archive Record Keeper

Zhou Court

Question 15

Consulted Lao Tzu over some ritual issues.

Answer 15

Confucius

Question 16

Advises us to follow the course of nature and take the part of least resistance

Answer 16

Disposition to not act

Question 17

3 Doctrines of Daoism

Answer 17

Inaction
Simplicity
Living in harmony with Nature

Question 18

The art of non-action

Accomplished by maintaining a distant attitude and refraining from reacting violently

Aligning our actions with nature

Answer 18

Wu wei

Question 19

Two sub concepts of wu-wei

Answer 19

1. Acting for the act itself
2. Uncarved Block

Question 20

What is the constant and unmistakable teaching of Dao De Jing?

Answer 20

Humans are indeed capable of intervening in life’s events, but the evidence of life which humans constantly ignore, is that such inteverntion is destructive to all involved, and that we therefore have a moral duty to refrain from taking such actions.

Question 21

Basic things to consider to cultivate tao within oneself (4)

Answer 21

1. Simplicity. Patience. Compassion
2. Going with the Flow
3. Letting Go
4. Harmony

Question 22

The condition of value:

Answer 22

Being morally upright