Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Pure and Bright Festival celebrate and how it relates to the concept of yin and yang
|
Early April
Renewal of yang (light) forces in nature Graves of the ancestors are cleaned and redecorated |
|
|
Dragon Boat Festival and how it relates to the concept of yin/yang
|
June
Beginning of summer - the high point of yang power and the beginning of yin power Taoist have an exorcist of spirits |
|
|
2 key religious aspects of the Chou Dynasty
|
Had an awareness of a supreme god
Shang Ti is High God - judges morality 11th century B.C.E. |
|
|
2 key religious aspects of the Shang Dynasty
|
Shang Ti as patron ancestor
They were polytheistic and have multiple gods |
|
|
Chinese attitude toward the ancestors
|
Forgetting the ancestors brings disgrace
The dead ancestors of your family can help you contact the spirit world |
|
|
Taoist perspective on how life should be lived
|
Live a simple life
Life of a child Innocence, playfulness, simplicity |
|
|
Confucian perspective on how life should be lived
|
According to the hierarchy (Li) and the inner goodness concept of Gen.
|
|
|
Which dynasty introduced into Chine the idea that a Supreme High God appointed rulers and held them accountable to his moral standards. What is the name of this diety?
|
Chou Dynasty
Shang Ti |
|
|
Who believed that the root of most evil in the world could be traced to social and disrespect for social rank and hierarchy?
|
Confucius
|
|
|
Most influential Chinese divinatin text
|
I Ching
|
|
|
Beneficial spirits associated with lighted places & the evil spirits associated with dark, gloomy places
|
Shen = light
Kuei = dark |
|
|
Who added to the teachings of Confucius the notions that rituals are an important means of educating citizens and that people are basically evil?
|
Hsun Tzu
|
|
|
Which religion entered a rivalry with Taoism in the first millennium C.E.?
|
Buddhism
|
|
|
Confucian concept translated as "love" or "goodness"
|
Jen
|
|
|
Which religion believed that large scale government is folly>
|
The Taoists
|
|
|
Which religion advocated a feudal model of social-economic-political relationships? Why?
|
Confucianism
Believed that it was the feudal model that best described the concept of the 5 relationships and Li |
