Confucianism and Taoism

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What is the collected sayings of Confucius and one of the four books of Confucianism?

Analects

What is a compilation of philosophical interpretations of Confucian principles authored by Confucianism's second founder?

Book of Mencius

Who was the great Neo-Confucian philosopher who determined the four books now widely accepted as the core texts of Confucianism?

Chu Hsi

What religion emphasizes moral values and principles, focusing on human relationships?

Confucianism

Who is the second founder of Taoism, but not the author of the text Chuang Tzu?

Chuang-tzu

What is one of the four important books from among the Confucian texts?

The Doctrine of the Mean

What describes the five fundamental human relationships in Confucianism?

Five Constant Relationships

What Confucian text illustrates the vision of grand harmony among human relationships?

The Great Learning

In Confucianism, what describes the ideal behavior of doing one's best to reciprocate another's benevolence?

jen

What name refers to Confucius, who is the founder of Confucianism but not its sole teacher?

K'ung Fu Tzu

What is the Confucian concept of behaving properly given the situation?

li

What is the religious tradition that arose in medieval China in response to the popularity of Buddhism and Taoism?

Neo-Confucianism

What Confucian concept refers to reciprocity, or "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"?

shu

What is the central Confucian concept that translates as "way"?

Tao

In Confucianism, what represents virtue as shown through the power of example?

Te

Who is considered a perfect gentleman in Confucianism, but is not the author of the Chuang Tzu text?

Chuang Tzu

Who is the Taoist founder whose name means "Old Master"?

Lao Tzu

What Taoist tool uses seemingly contradictory statements to reveal deeper wisdom?

paradoxes

What branch of Taoism focuses on the mystery of the Tao and how it applies to life?

philosophical Taoism

What Taoist thinker taught the value of freeing the mind from assumptions and relative truths?

Chuang Tzu

What form of Taoism involves the worship of deities and use of ritual?

religious Taoism

What term describes a well-balanced human being in both Taoism and Confucianism?

sage

What is the unseen force that is the origin of the universe's order in Taoism?

Tao

What Taoist text holds that morality depends on individual circumstances and was written by Lao Tzu?

Tao Te Ching

What Taoist concept means "non-action," and involves humility, yielding, and naturalness?

wu-wei

What is the Taoist principle associated with masculinity, light, and activity?

yang

What is the Taoist principle associated with femininity, darkness, and earth?

yin