Survey Of World Religions Midterm 2

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Chuang Tzu

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Lao Tzu's disciple who lived 200 yrs after him and wrote about the Tao and interpreted the Tao Te Ching. His writings named after him are second in importance to the Tao Te Ching

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Confucius

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Founder of Concucianism and the philosophical opponent of Lao Tzu

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Fields of Cinnibar

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The three regions of the body which are located in the head, chest, and abdomen

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Hsien

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Those who become immortal

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I Ching

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Book of Changes. Explains systems of diviniations, on of the five classics of Confucianism

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Ko Hung

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Taoist scholar and proponent of the immortality school of religious Taoism, including alchemy, many of the hydiene practices, and the accumulation of goodness as a means to attaining immortality

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Kuei

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Bad and Unpredictable spiritis

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Lao Tzu

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The most familiar name of the founder of Taoism, meaning "old boy"

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P'Eng Lai

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The paradisiciacal island upon which the hsien were believed to dwell

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Shen

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Beneficial spirits, associated with the sun and the spring, who protected people from the kuei

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Shu Ching

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"Book of History" one of the five classics of confucianism

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Tao

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literally means "the way" or "order" but in Taoism it refers to the ordering principle of the universe. For things to be in their natural and proper state, they must be in harmony with the Tao

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Tao Chia

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Philosophical Taoism

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Tao Te Ching

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"The Book of the Tao" the basic text by Lao Tzu

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Wu-hsing

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the five elements: earth wood metal fire and wood

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Wu Wei

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Inaction, nonaction, not doing, the taoist form of action meaning to do nothing in such a way that all things are accomplished and the world is brought into subjection to the Tao

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Yang

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the male principle of the universe, characterized by light heat strength positivity heaven sun south

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Yin

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The female principle of the universe characterized by darkness cold weakness negativity moon earth and north

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Analects (lun Yu)

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a collection of sayings of Confucius compiled by his disciples, one of the four books

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Cheng Ming

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literally "rectification of names", accurate correspondence of words with objective reality

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Ch'i

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the physical element of being

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Chu Hsi

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Chinese Philosopher who formulated the Confucian canon and established Neo-Confucianist thought

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Ch'un Ch'iu

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"Spring and Autumn Annals" chronicling the history of the state of Lu, one of the five classics

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Chung Yung

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Principle of the "golden mean" similar to Aristotle's doctrine of the mean. It is decribed in one of the 4 books which bears the same title

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Chun Tzu

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the Confucian gentleman

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Confucius

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The founder of Confucianism. His name in Chinese is K'ung Ch'iu but he was called K'ung Fu'tzu hence the latinized version Confucious

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Hsiao

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Filial piety, the respect due to parents, elders, and superiors

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I Ching

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"Book of Changes" containing keys to divination and the identification of materials and objects with their associated yin and yang properties, one of the five classics

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Li

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(rational principle in Neo-Confucianism) Impels the vital physical force in every object toward movement or generation

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Li

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(ritual) the proper way in which relationships b/w people should be managed

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Li Chi

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"book of ritual" discussing the meanings of rituals one of the five classics incorporating as chapters two of the four books

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Mencius

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(Meng Tzu) Disciple of Confucius and influential interpreter of his doctrines

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Meng Tzu

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"Book of Mencius" one of the 4 books representing a compilation of Mencius's sayings and writignns

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Chih Ching

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"Book of History" featuring sayings and doings of the ancient sage-kings, one of the 5 classics

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Ta Hsueh

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"Great Learning" discource on promoting order in society through self-cultivation of individuals. It is one of the 4 books and was the "primer" text in a classical Confucian education

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T'ien

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Heaven. The supreme "deity" through much of Chinese History

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Tso Chuan

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One of three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals, and required memorization for the classical student

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Amterasu

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The Sun Goddess, who was born when Izanagi washed his left eye

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Bushido

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The code of the warrior, comparable to the code of the medieval chivalry, "the Warrior-Knight Way"

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Harai

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Ritual purification made preparatory to communion with the kami

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Haraiguishi

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Traditional purification wands used by the Shinto priests

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Ise

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the location of the Grand Shrine of Ise dedicated to Amaterasu

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Izanagi

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Primeval kami of the sky. He his wife, Izanami, creatived by the Japanese islands

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Izanami

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Primeval kami of the earth. She gave birth to a number of the islands of Japan and 35 deities

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Jimmu

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The grandson of Ninigi and first emperor of Japan

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Kami

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Powers of divine beings which reside in al lthings; they can bless or, if not appropriately treated, can cause unhappiness in life

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Kami-Dana

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Household shrine where prayers and daily offerings to the kami are made

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Kami no Michi

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Literally means "way of the gods" native Japenese term for Shinto

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Kojiki

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"record of Ancient Matters" contains the basic story of the Shinto myth

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Matsuri

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Festivals at Shinto shrines

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Naoral

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Sacred meal "shared" with the kami as a symbol of communion, often consists of a sip of rice wine, but may be a full banquet on certain occasions

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Nihongi

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"Chronicles of Japan" also known as Nihon Shoki. Like the Kojkiki it contains the basic myth about the creation of Japan

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Niname Matsuri

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Harvest festival at which the emperor offers first fruits to the kami

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Ninigi

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The grandson of Amaterasu and the first ruler of Japan

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Norito

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Prayers offered at home or communal shrines, accompanied by ritual bowing and hand-clapping

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Oharai

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"Great Purifications" a twice-yearly festival in which the whole of Japan and her people are purified

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Omizuya

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Ablution pavilion at the entrance of a shrine

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Sakaki

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An evergreen tree whose foliage is symbolic of purification

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Samurai

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The military class of the Japanese feudal tradition, comparable to knights in Western feudal culture

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Shinsen

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Offerings made to the kami at home (usually food or drin) or a shrine(usually money but may be goods, food, drink, or symbolic offerings

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Shinto

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Name of the religion, meaning "way of the gods", derived from the Chinese "shen" (gods) and "tao"( way)

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Shoguns

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Military leaders of Japan during its feudal era and the actual powers behind the emperor until the Meiji restoration

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Susano

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The storm god and mischievous brother of Amaterasu, created when Izanagi washed his nose

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Torii

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The gate before a shrine which separates the mundane world from the sacred enclosure

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Tsuki-yomi

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The moon god, who created when Izanagi washed his right eye