Taoism

Question 1

Founder (3 parts)

Answer 1

Lao Tzu– “Old boy”
govt official fed up with corruption
dictated Tao te ching before leaving on black ox

Question 2

Tao Te Ching

Answer 2

Classics of the the Tao, the Way, and its virtue

Question 3

Denominations

Answer 3

Philosophical–nontheistic, passive (yin)

Religious–polytheistic, agressive (yang)

Question 4

The Tao

Answer 4

the influence, power, way of the universe (instead of supreme god); mysterious

Question 5

Filial piety

Answer 5

respect/revere ancestors/older generations
even more than spirits or gods
wisdom, gave you life
proper burial, maintain grave, honor w/ sacrifices

Question 6

Yin and Yang

Answer 6

Yin: feminine, negative, maternal, intuition, dark, earth, death
Yang: masculine, positive, paternal, intellect, light, heaven, life
complementary; all people/things have aspects of both

Question 7

Wu-wei

Answer 7

inaction–don’t resist, confront, defy natrual order of universe; don’t try to change others (just yourself), no selfish grasping
few laws by govt

Question 8

Elixir of Immortality

Answer 8

religious Taoists tried to create with herbs; exercise, etc (not in line with wu wei)

Question 9

Scripture

Answer 9

one of largest canons in world: spirit writers/ mediums inspired with scripture
Tao Te Ching
Chuang Tzu: moral guidelines; knowledge can be deceptive
I Ching: book of changes (hexagrams–divination)

Question 10

water as symbol

Answer 10

doesn’t resist, conforms to universe

Question 11

Hygiene school

Answer 11

3600 gods in body: no meat/wine; worms for death/old age/sickness; no gain or solids

Question 12

Wu-hsing

Answer 12

Five elements (basic to Chinese culture): fire, earth, metal, water, wood

Question 13

kuei and shen

Answer 13

Kuei: bad spirits, shen: good; everywhere, try to invite good (food) and scare off bad (fireworks)

Question 14

numbers

Answer 14

60-70 M in China