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19 Cards in this Set
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analects |
the book of sayings of confucious |
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doadejing |
the mysterious origin of the universe, which is present and visible in everything |
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five classics |
the classical literature of the time preceeding confucius, including poetry, history, and dividation |
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four books |
the major confucian books, which include the sayings of confucius and mencius |
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junzi |
"noble person" the refined human ideal of confucianism |
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loazi |
the legendary founder of doaism |
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legalist |
the strictest of the chinese philosophical schools, which advocated strong laws and punishments |
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li |
appropriate action, ritual, propriety etiquette |
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mohists |
a chinese school of philosophy that taught universal love |
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qi |
the life force |
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ren |
empathy, consideration for others, humaneness; a confucian virtue |
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shu |
reciprocity; a confucian virtue |
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wen |
cultural refinement; a confucian virtue |
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wu wei |
"no action" "no strain"; doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally; effortlessness |
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xiao |
family devotion, filial piety; a confucian viture |
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yang |
the active aspect of reality that expresses itself in speech, light and heat |
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yijing |
an ancient confucian book of divination, one of the five classics, still in use today |
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yin |
the receptive aspect of the universe that expresses itself in silence, darkness, coolness and rest |
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zhuangzi |
author of the book of the same name, of whimsical stories that express themes of early daoist thought |
