World Religions - Chapter 7: Confucianism

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Confucius was an apparent failure when he died in 479 BC

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Confucius argued that love, not justice, should be the primary response when dealing with an enemy

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Confucius offered extensive teachings on life after death

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Confucius advocated the continuation of ancestor worship

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Confucianism can be equated only with the teachings of Confucianism

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Mencius claimed hat human beings are naturally evil...

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The Tao is basic to all forms of Chinese religion

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Good government is a primary goal of Confucianism

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Three of the Five Constant Relationships involve family

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According to Confucius, it is important to correct one's parents...

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Confucians, like people in modern Western society, tend to regard old age...

To be human

Confucianism's central project is learning...

Government official

At one point in his life Confucius was a...

Eager student and diligent teacher

Confucius seems most of all to have been a...

Transmitting traditional ways

Confucius was most concerned with...

Challenges from Taoism and Buddhism

Neo - Confucianism was largely a response to...

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How many Confucian texts are considered most important to this day?

Merit and steadfast learning

Confucius viewed nobility as being bestowed by...

Benevolence

The supreme virtue in Confucianism is...

Rite, or sacred ritual and deceit

Li means...

The rectification of names

A significant aspect of li is that proper behavior is largely dependent on one's ...

The cultivation of te

Confucius believed that good government comes about through...

Five Constant Relationships

A Confucian doctrine summarizing the proper ethical principle for each basic human relationship is the...

Individuality of the self and unchanging self

Confucianism emphasizes the...

Analects

The collection of Confucius's sayings

Chu Hsi

Neo - Confucianism's most important figure

Chun - tzu

An ideal human being with perfect moral character

Jen

The supreme human virtue, doing one's best to treat others as one would wish to be treated

Master K'ung

Confucius was known by this name

Mencius

Revered as the second founder of Confucianism

Shu

A basic Confucian ethical principal that says not to do to others what you would not want them to do to you

Tao

In Confucianism this generally refers t the moral order that permeates the universe

Te

Virtue as shown through the power of example

Wen

The cultural arts and skills of behavior valued by Confucius as being of moral benefit