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45 Cards in this Set
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shen
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good spirits
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kuei
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bad spirits
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Shang Ti
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high god of Shang dynasty
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Mandate of Heaven
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divine right of kings to rule
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t'ien
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name kings called the high god
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hsiao
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devotion to ancestors
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I Ching
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manual of divinations
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feng shui
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geomancy; interpretation of wind and water
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tao
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source of everything in cosmos
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ch'i
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energy that is in everything
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yin
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passive, feminine, evil, and negative force
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yang
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active, male, good, and positive force
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Five Classics
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religious and historical books during Chou dynasty
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I Ching
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Book of Changes; manual of divination and of yin and yang
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Shu Ching
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Book of History; describes an ideal ancient China; sayings of Chinese sages
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Shih Ching
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Book of Poetry; 305 poems recited to music; ideal vision of the good life
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Li Chi
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Book of Rites; collection of ancient rituals and ceremonies; rules for proper behavior
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Ch'un and Ch'iu
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Spring and autumn annals; history if kingdom of Lu which is Confucius' home state
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Kung
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Confucius' family name
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Analects/Lun Yu
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Confucius' sayings
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Chun-tzu
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superior man; person of high moral character
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Five Great Relationship
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father-son
elder brother-younger brother husband-wife elder-junior ruler-subject |
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semantics
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examines the meaning of words
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zheng-ming
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rectification of names; system for creating a moral society through proper social relationships
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Four Books
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sayings by Confucius and his followers about the Five Classics
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list the Four Books
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Lun Yu (analects)
Chung Yung (doctrine of the mean) Meng-tzu (Book of Mencius) Ta Hsueh (Great Learning) |
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Doctrine of the Mean
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teaches people how to follow a middle path
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Book of Mencius
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contains teachings of Mencius
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Great Learning
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about virtuous government
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Golden Mean
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belief that a good Confucianist is expected to avoid emotional and intellectual extremes
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literati
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scholars who taught Confucianism
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Mencius
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greatest orthodox instructor of Confucius' teachings; believed people would behave virtuously in proper environment
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Hsun Tzu
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least orthodox interpreter of Confucianism; greatly influenced by Taoism; denied basic goodness of people
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Mohist School
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founded by Mo Tzu; radical departure from orthodox
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Mo Tzu
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founded Mohists; criticized traditional Chinese religious rituals and ancestor veneration
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Legalists
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opposed Mohists; even harsher view about human nature; believe people are innately evil
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Chu Hsi
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most famous teacher of Neo-confucianism
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li
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law
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qi
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energy
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te
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virtue
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tao
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way
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jen
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benevolence
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li
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propriety
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shu
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reciprocity
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wen
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culture
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