A) Confucius B) Mencius C) Buddha D) Laozi
A) Bhagavad Gita B) The Art of War C) Analects D) Tao Te Ching
A) Benevolence B) Enlightenment C) Suffering D) Harmony
A) Tang Dynasty B) Ming Dynasty C) Han Dynasty D) Qin Dynasty
A) Government B) Religion C) Family D) Education
A) Sunzi B) Mencius C) Huineng D) Bodhidharma
A) Monk B) Warrior C) Artist D) Gentleman
A) Selflessness B) Spiritual enlightenment C) Filial piety D) Compassion
A) Shinto B) Ruism C) Daoism D) Buddhism
A) Han dynasty B) Qin dynasty C) Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE) D) Warring States period
A) Zhi (智) B) Ren (仁) C) Yi (義) D) Li (禮)
A) Legalism B) Mohism C) Daoism D) Neo-Confucianism
A) 1950 B) 1911 C) 1949 D) 1905
A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Mao Zedong C) Deng Xiaoping D) Sun Yat-sen
A) Communism B) Confucian work ethic C) Socialism D) Capitalism
A) Vietnam B) China C) Japan D) South Korea
A) As a purely political ideology B) As a form of mysticism C) As a religion focused on an omnipotent deity D) As a philosophical system which regards 'the secular as sacred'
A) Li (禮) B) Zhi (智) C) Yi (義) D) Ren (仁)
A) A transcendent moral order B) The physical sky C) An omnipotent deity D) Human destiny
A) Individual freedom B) Military strength C) Virtue, social harmony, and familial responsibility D) Economic prosperity
A) Rú B) Kǒngjiào C) Traditionalist D) Ruism
A) 孔家店 B) Rújiā C) Rúxué D) Kǒngjiào
A) 'Water' B) 'Shamanic methods of holding rites' C) 'Scholar', 'learned', or 'refined man' D) 'Confucius's religious doctrine'
A) Kǒngjiào B) 孔家店 C) Rújiā D) Ruism
A) 'Water symbol' B) 'Ru studies' C) 'Confucius's teachings' D) 'Traditionalist philosophy'
A) David Schaberg B) Robert Eno C) Yuri Pines D) Zhou Youguang
A) Kǒngjiào B) 'Ruism' C) Traditionalist D) Rúxué
A) 'The ru school of thought' B) 'Ru studies' C) 'Traditionalist philosophy' D) 'Confucius's religious doctrine'
A) Confucius B) Imperial Librarian Liu Xin C) Yao Xinzhong D) Tu Weiming
A) Poet, musician, painter, calligrapher B) Farmer, scholar, artisan, merchant C) Teacher, student, parent, elder D) King, minister, general, commoner
A) Joël Thoraval B) Stephan Feuchtwang C) Kang Youwei D) Confucius
A) They have ethical importance, generating good life by overcoming the self. B) They are unnecessary for spiritual growth. C) They are only symbolic with no real impact. D) They should be performed without personal involvement.
A) Ren (benevolence, humaneness) B) Yi (righteousness, justice) C) Zhi (wisdom, knowledge) D) Li (propriety, rites)
A) Invented new languages B) Chose names that directly corresponded with actualities C) Standardized names across different cultures D) Created abstract concepts for philosophical debate
A) Yi (righteousness, justice) B) Zhi (智; zhì) C) Xin (sincerity, faithfulness) D) Ren (benevolence, humaneness)
A) Local officials are descendants of Confucius. B) Local officials are selected by peers. C) Local officials are selected via examination. D) Local officials are democratically elected.
A) An economic policy B) A military strategy for conquest C) A divine favor bestowed on virtuous rulers. D) A form of ancestor worship
A) Spontaneous actions B) Prescribed rituals C) Personal choices D) Written laws
A) Sun Lutang B) Confucius C) Han Fei D) Laozi
A) Voltaire B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz C) Matteo Ricci D) Prospero Intorcetta
A) Zhi B) Yi C) Renqing D) Li
A) Owe their seniors reverence B) Lead seniors C) Ignore seniors D) Compete with seniors
A) The principle of economic meritocracy. B) The principle of liberal democracy. C) The principle of one person, one vote. D) A proto-Rawlsian 'political difference principle'.
A) Yǒng (勇) B) Chǐ (耻) C) Gōng (恭) D) Lián (廉)
A) Social mobility B) Meritocratic equality C) Epistemic paternalism D) Democratic selection
A) Through interpersonal relationships B) Through material wealth C) Through meditation D) Through isolation
A) 221–206 BC B) 960–1279 AD C) 551–479 BC D) 1046–256 BC
A) long-term benefits for others B) inner peace through virtue C) only immediate gains D) ethical and moral development
A) Nothing incorrect B) Complexity and depth C) Poetic beauty D) Humor and wit
A) Grounding authority in something sacred and traditional. B) Creating a tricameral government structure. C) Ensuring all officials are elected democratically. D) Involving the people in public affairs at the local level.
A) Cristobal Kay B) Herman Kahn C) Adam Smith D) John Maynard Keynes
A) "A way to accumulate wealth" B) "An obstacle to progress" C) "A method for personal enlightenment" D) "What makes the invisible visible"
A) Han dynasty B) Tang dynasty C) Warring States period D) Song dynasty
A) Pope Benedict XIV B) Pope John Paul II C) Pope Gregory XVII D) Pope Leo XIII
A) Lu Xun B) Mozi C) Han Fei D) Sun Lutang
A) Wang B) Tongdong Bai C) Bell D) Jiang Qing
A) Progressive conservatism. B) Meritocratic liberalism. C) Political equality. D) Virtue politics.
A) xiaoren B) junzi C) sage D) ren
A) Zhuangzi B) Confucius C) Dong Zhongshu D) Laozi
A) Propriety, rites B) Righteousness, justice C) Sincerity, faithfulness D) Benevolence, humaneness
A) Guiyang, Guizhou B) Shanghai C) Qufu City D) Beijing
A) The lack of moral rectitude among rulers B) Its autocratic nature C) The absence of loyalty from ministers D) The emphasis on filial piety
A) Zhōng (忠) B) Chǐ (耻) C) Jié (节; 節) D) Xiào (孝)
A) A spiritual-ethical foundation rather than coercive power B) Military strength and conquests C) Economic incentives and rewards D) Fear of punishment
A) Legalism B) Daoism C) Mohism D) Confucianism
A) "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." B) "Ren is only for the wise and learned." C) "Ren can be practiced without Li." D) "Ren is achieved through meditation and solitude."
A) Zhou Beichen B) Jiang Qing C) Confucius D) Kang Xiaoguang
A) Prospero Intorcetta B) Voltaire C) Matteo Ricci D) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Mao Zedong C) Sun Yat-sen D) Ma Fuxiang
A) Li B) Ren C) Bravery D) Yi
A) The Taiping Rebellion B) The Boxer Rebellion C) The Xinhai Revolution D) The Cultural Revolution
A) Hong Kong B) Qufu City C) Beijing D) Shanghai
A) Mencius. B) Yan Hui. C) Laozi. D) Zeng Shen.
A) Kang Xiaoguang B) Jiang Qing C) Confucius D) Zhou Beichen
A) The Cultural Revolution B) The New Culture Movement C) The Taiping Rebellion D) The Boxer Rebellion
A) The tiger B) The phoenix C) The crane D) The dragon
A) 1999 B) 2005 C) 2015 D) 2003
A) The 'one person, one vote' model B) Freedom of speech C) Individual rights D) Economic liberalism
A) Ban Zhao B) Sima Guang C) Zhu Xi D) Cheng Yi
A) Xiào B) Zhōng C) Zhì D) Jié
A) A military leader B) An elected official C) A superior man (junzi) D) The most intelligent person in the kingdom
A) Accept his ministers' advice B) Rule with absolute authority C) Ignore the opinions of his ministers D) Dismiss any form of criticism
A) Han Fei B) Kim Kyong-il C) Lu Xun D) Sun Lutang
A) Yin-yang theory B) Four Virtues C) Luxuriant Dew D) The Three Obediences |