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A) Confucius B) Laozi C) Mencius D) Buddha
A) The Art of War B) Bhagavad Gita C) Analects D) Tao Te Ching
A) Benevolence B) Enlightenment C) Suffering D) Harmony
A) Qin Dynasty B) Ming Dynasty C) Tang Dynasty D) Han Dynasty
A) Religion B) Family C) Government D) Education
A) Huineng B) Mencius C) Bodhidharma D) Sunzi
A) Warrior B) Monk C) Artist D) Gentleman
A) Spiritual enlightenment B) Filial piety C) Selflessness D) Compassion
A) Ruism B) Shinto C) Buddhism D) Daoism
A) Qin dynasty B) Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE) C) Han dynasty D) Warring States period
A) Zhi (智) B) Ren (仁) C) Li (禮) D) Yi (義)
A) Neo-Confucianism B) Legalism C) Daoism D) Mohism
A) 1911 B) 1950 C) 1949 D) 1905
A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Sun Yat-sen C) Mao Zedong D) Deng Xiaoping
A) Communism B) Socialism C) Confucian work ethic D) Capitalism
A) Vietnam B) South Korea C) Japan D) China
A) As a form of mysticism B) As a purely political ideology C) As a religion focused on an omnipotent deity D) As a philosophical system which regards 'the secular as sacred'
A) Zhi (智) B) Li (禮) C) Yi (義) D) Ren (仁)
A) The physical sky B) Human destiny C) A transcendent moral order D) An omnipotent deity
A) Virtue, social harmony, and familial responsibility B) Economic prosperity C) Individual freedom D) Military strength
A) Rú B) Kǒngjiào C) Ruism D) Traditionalist
A) Rújiā B) Kǒngjiào C) Rúxué D) 孔家店
A) 'Confucius's religious doctrine' B) 'Shamanic methods of holding rites' C) 'Water' D) 'Scholar', 'learned', or 'refined man'
A) Kǒngjiào B) Ruism C) 孔家店 D) Rújiā
A) 'Water symbol' B) 'Ru studies' C) 'Confucius's teachings' D) 'Traditionalist philosophy'
A) Robert Eno B) David Schaberg C) Zhou Youguang D) Yuri Pines
A) Kǒngjiào B) Rúxué C) Traditionalist D) 'Ruism'
A) 'Confucius's religious doctrine' B) 'Ru studies' C) 'The ru school of thought' D) 'Traditionalist philosophy'
A) Yao Xinzhong B) Imperial Librarian Liu Xin C) Tu Weiming D) Confucius
A) King, minister, general, commoner B) Farmer, scholar, artisan, merchant C) Poet, musician, painter, calligrapher D) Teacher, student, parent, elder
A) Stephan Feuchtwang B) Kang Youwei C) Joël Thoraval D) Confucius
A) They are only symbolic with no real impact. B) They should be performed without personal involvement. C) They are unnecessary for spiritual growth. D) They have ethical importance, generating good life by overcoming the self.
A) Ren (benevolence, humaneness) B) Zhi (wisdom, knowledge) C) Li (propriety, rites) D) Yi (righteousness, justice)
A) Standardized names across different cultures B) Created abstract concepts for philosophical debate C) Invented new languages D) Chose names that directly corresponded with actualities
A) Xin (sincerity, faithfulness) B) Yi (righteousness, justice) C) Zhi (智; zhì) D) Ren (benevolence, humaneness)
A) Local officials are selected via examination. B) Local officials are democratically elected. C) Local officials are descendants of Confucius. D) Local officials are selected by peers.
A) A divine favor bestowed on virtuous rulers. B) A military strategy for conquest C) An economic policy D) A form of ancestor worship
A) Spontaneous actions B) Written laws C) Personal choices D) Prescribed rituals
A) Confucius B) Laozi C) Sun Lutang D) Han Fei
A) Matteo Ricci B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz C) Voltaire D) Prospero Intorcetta
A) Yi B) Li C) Renqing D) Zhi
A) Lead seniors B) Owe their seniors reverence C) Ignore seniors D) Compete with seniors
A) The principle of economic meritocracy. B) The principle of liberal democracy. C) A proto-Rawlsian 'political difference principle'. D) The principle of one person, one vote.
A) Yǒng (勇) B) Gōng (恭) C) Chǐ (耻) D) Lián (廉)
A) Meritocratic equality B) Epistemic paternalism C) Democratic selection D) Social mobility
A) Through interpersonal relationships B) Through isolation C) Through material wealth D) Through meditation
A) 1046–256 BC B) 221–206 BC C) 551–479 BC D) 960–1279 AD
A) long-term benefits for others B) ethical and moral development C) inner peace through virtue D) only immediate gains
A) Poetic beauty B) Complexity and depth C) Nothing incorrect D) Humor and wit
A) Grounding authority in something sacred and traditional. B) Ensuring all officials are elected democratically. C) Involving the people in public affairs at the local level. D) Creating a tricameral government structure.
A) Adam Smith B) Cristobal Kay C) John Maynard Keynes D) Herman Kahn
A) "What makes the invisible visible" B) "A method for personal enlightenment" C) "An obstacle to progress" D) "A way to accumulate wealth"
A) Han dynasty B) Tang dynasty C) Song dynasty D) Warring States period
A) Pope Benedict XIV B) Pope Gregory XVII C) Pope Leo XIII D) Pope John Paul II
A) Lu Xun B) Sun Lutang C) Han Fei D) Mozi
A) Wang B) Bell C) Jiang Qing D) Tongdong Bai
A) Political equality. B) Meritocratic liberalism. C) Virtue politics. D) Progressive conservatism.
A) xiaoren B) sage C) junzi D) ren
A) Confucius B) Laozi C) Dong Zhongshu D) Zhuangzi
A) Sincerity, faithfulness B) Righteousness, justice C) Propriety, rites D) Benevolence, humaneness
A) Qufu City B) Beijing C) Shanghai D) Guiyang, Guizhou
A) The emphasis on filial piety B) The lack of moral rectitude among rulers C) Its autocratic nature D) The absence of loyalty from ministers
A) Jié (节; 節) B) Zhōng (忠) C) Chǐ (耻) D) Xiào (孝)
A) Military strength and conquests B) Economic incentives and rewards C) Fear of punishment D) A spiritual-ethical foundation rather than coercive power
A) Confucianism B) Mohism C) Daoism D) Legalism
A) "Ren is achieved through meditation and solitude." B) "If contrary to ritual, do not look; if contrary to ritual, do not listen; if contrary to ritual, do not speak; if contrary to ritual, do not act." C) "Ren is only for the wise and learned." D) "Ren can be practiced without Li."
A) Jiang Qing B) Kang Xiaoguang C) Confucius D) Zhou Beichen
A) Matteo Ricci B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz C) Voltaire D) Prospero Intorcetta
A) Ma Fuxiang B) Sun Yat-sen C) Mao Zedong D) Chiang Kai-shek
A) Li B) Ren C) Yi D) Bravery
A) The Xinhai Revolution B) The Cultural Revolution C) The Boxer Rebellion D) The Taiping Rebellion
A) Beijing B) Shanghai C) Hong Kong D) Qufu City
A) Laozi. B) Zeng Shen. C) Yan Hui. D) Mencius.
A) Kang Xiaoguang B) Zhou Beichen C) Jiang Qing D) Confucius
A) The Boxer Rebellion B) The Taiping Rebellion C) The New Culture Movement D) The Cultural Revolution
A) The phoenix B) The crane C) The dragon D) The tiger
A) 2005 B) 2015 C) 1999 D) 2003
A) Freedom of speech B) Individual rights C) Economic liberalism D) The 'one person, one vote' model
A) Ban Zhao B) Sima Guang C) Zhu Xi D) Cheng Yi
A) Jié B) Zhōng C) Xiào D) Zhì
A) An elected official B) The most intelligent person in the kingdom C) A superior man (junzi) D) A military leader
A) Accept his ministers' advice B) Dismiss any form of criticism C) Ignore the opinions of his ministers D) Rule with absolute authority
A) Sun Lutang B) Lu Xun C) Han Fei D) Kim Kyong-il
A) Luxuriant Dew B) Four Virtues C) Yin-yang theory D) The Three Obediences |