Taoism and Confucionism

Question 1

Yang

Answer 1

Light, aggressive, solid, male

Question 2

Yin

Answer 2

dark, passive, soft, female

Question 3

Wu Wei

Answer 3

non-action, non-resistance, passive resistance

Question 4

Wu hsing

Answer 4

theory that the world is made of 5 elements

Question 5

The five elements

Answer 5

1. Fire
2. Earth
3. Metal
4. Water
5. Wood

Question 6

Lao Tzu

Answer 6

aged master. said to have lived 160 years. When he was ready to die, he rode off on the back of an ox.

Question 7

Lao Tzu’s birth

Answer 7

604 BC

Question 8

Tao Te Ching

Answer 8

The book of Tao, 81 short chapters, most important of huge Taoist canon. Main Teaching - requite hatred with virtue

Question 9

I Ching

Answer 9

“The Book” - an ancient book of sets of straight lines, full and broken representing all forces and possible responses

Question 10

Shen

Answer 10

Good, beneficial spirits

Question 11

Kuie

Answer 11

Evil, troublesome spirits

Question 12

Opposition

Answer 12

Yin and Yang - opposition in all things

Question 13

Kung Fu Tzu

Answer 13

Kung, the master. Born - 551 BCE. Died - 479 BCE

Question 14

Lun Yu

Answer 14

Analects - do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. One of the 4 books of Cunfucian literature.

Question 15

Jen (Ren)

Answer 15

Concept for personal relationships - kindness, goodness, love, benevolence

Question 16

Hsiao

Answer 16

Concept of honor and respect to elders - this is the basis of family unity and honor

Question 17

Chen Ming

Answer 17

“Rectification of Names” - speaking and acting in accordance with name, title, position

Question 18

Meng Tzu

Answer 18

one of the 4 books of Confucian literature - Mencius

Question 19

1st Relationship

Answer 19

Father to Son

Question 20

2nd Relationship

Answer 20

Older Brother to Younger Brother

Question 21

3rd Relationship

Answer 21

Husband to Wife

Question 22

4th Relationship

Answer 22

Elder to Younger

Question 23

5th Relationship

Answer 23

Ruler to Subject