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38 Cards in this Set
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Analects
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the book of sayings of Confucius
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Five Classics
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the classical literature of the time preceding Confucius, including poetry, history, and divination
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Four Books
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the major Confucian books, which include the sayings of Confucius and Mencius
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junzi (chun-tzu)
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"noble person" the refined human ideal of Confucianism
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Lao Zi (Lao Tzu)
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the founder of Taoism
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Legalists
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the strictest of the Chinese philosophical schools, which advocated strong laws and punishments
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li
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appropriate action, ritual, propriety, etiquette
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Mohists
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a Chinese school of philosophy that taught universal love
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qi (ch'i)
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the life force
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ren (jen)
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empathy, consideration for others, humaneness; a Confucian virtue
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shu
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reciprocity; a Confucian virtue
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Tao
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the mysterious origin of the universe, which is present and visible in everything
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Tao Te Ching
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the classic scripture of Taoism
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wen
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cultural refinement; a Confucian virtue
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wu wei
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"no action", "no strain"; doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally; effortlessness
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xiao (hsiao)
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family devotion, filial peity; a Confucian virtue
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yang
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the active aspect of reality that expresses itself in speech, light, and heat
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yin
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the receptive aspect of the universe that expresses itself in silence, darkness, coolness, and rest
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Yi Jang (I'Ching)
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an ancient Confucian book of divination, one of Five Classics, still in use today
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Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu)
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author of the Zhuangzi, a book of whimiscal stories that express themes of early Taoist thought
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Amaterasu
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"shining in heaven"; goddess of the sun
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bushido
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"warrior knight way"; military devotion to a ruler, demanding loyalty, duty, and self-sacrifice; an ideal promoted by State Shinto
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gagaku
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the stately ceremonial music of Shinto
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Ise
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location in southeastern Honshu of major shrine to Amaterasu
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Izanagi
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"male who invites"; primordial female parent god
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jinja
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a Shinto shrine
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kami
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a spirit, god, or goddess of Shinto
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kamidana
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a shelf or home altar for the veneration of kami
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kamikaze
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"spirit wind"; suicide fighter pilots of World War 2
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Kojiki
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the earliest chronicle of Japanese history
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misogi
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a ritual of purification that involves standing under a waterfall
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Nihongi
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the second chronicle of Japanese history
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Noh
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dramas performed in mask and costume, associated with Shinto
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Omoto
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a New Religion which stresses art and beauty
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samurai
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feudal soldier
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shimenawa
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twisted rope, marking a sacred spot
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Tenrikyo
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a New Religion devoted to human betterment
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torii
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a gatelike structure that marks a Shinto sacred place
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