Test 2: Confucianism

Question 1

Period of time C. 1040-266 BCE. Confucius was born in the middle of this era, during The Warring States period.

Answer 1

Zhou Dynasty

Question 2

The early Zhou Dynasty’s characterization of highest/ultimate power. Means heaven/sky/day. A mostly impersonal, universal moral authority. Human ruler holds the “Mandate of Heaven”.

Answer 2

Tian

Question 3

Kong Qui, Kong Fuzi (“Master Kung”). Lived from c. 551-479 BCE. Did not consider himself an original thinker. Said he was only a “Transmitter of Tradition”. Promoted universal education for all social classes. Did not write texts. Founder of Confucianism

Answer 3

Confucius

Question 4

A proimary Confucian classic. Classic of changes/divination (natural science). Cosmology, how they understand the universe and how it comes into being. Recognizing the pattern of things and acting accordingly.

Answer 4

Yijing

Question 5

Sayings of Confucius. In the secondary books.

Fortune cookies used to commonly say passages from these

Answer 5

The Analects

Question 6

A disciple of Confucius born approximately 100 years after his death. Taught that human beings are naturally good and the reason why evil exists is because people havent educated themselves, so if they educate themselves the natural good of human nature will come out.

Answer 6

Mencius

The writings of mencius are just refered to by his name.

Question 7

Said human nature is inherently bad. Goodness comes from imposing strict discipline.

Answer 7

Xunzi

Question 8

“the way”. The underlying foundation from which everything comes.

Answer 8

Dao

Question 9

First emergence is the distiction between these. Dynamic balance, one is always flowing into the other. They are not good and evil. Good is the balance of these and evil is the imbalance of these. The interaction of these make up all the things in the world. “The 10 Thousand things”

Answer 9

Yin/Yang

Question 10

Goodness/benevolence/humanity. Made up of the characters for “human” and “two”. Originally a value made only for the junzi, but Confucius made it universal.

Answer 10

ren

Question 11

Noble person

Answer 11

junzi

Question 12

moral power

Answer 12

de

Question 13

Idea created by Mencius saying all children are born with 4 little sprouts of virtue which have to be cultivated.

Answer 13

The Four Sprouts

Question 14

propriety

Answer 14

li

Question 15

ruler/subject, parent/child, husband/wife, older sibling/younger sibling, (older) friend/(younger) friend.

Answer 15

The 5 Relationships