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A) Laozi B) Confucius C) Mencius D) Buddha
A) Tao Te Ching B) Analects C) The Art of War D) Bhagavad Gita
A) Benevolence B) Harmony C) Enlightenment D) Suffering
A) Qin Dynasty B) Tang Dynasty C) Han Dynasty D) Ming Dynasty
A) Government B) Family C) Education D) Religion
A) Huineng B) Bodhidharma C) Sunzi D) Mencius
A) Monk B) Artist C) Gentleman D) Warrior
A) Filial piety B) Spiritual enlightenment C) Compassion D) Selflessness
A) Buddhism B) Daoism C) Shinto D) Ruism
A) Warring States period B) Qin dynasty C) Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE) D) Han dynasty
A) Zhi (智) B) Li (禮) C) Yi (義) D) Ren (仁)
A) Daoism B) Neo-Confucianism C) Legalism D) Mohism
A) 1949 B) 1911 C) 1905 D) 1950
A) Chiang Kai-shek B) Deng Xiaoping C) Sun Yat-sen D) Mao Zedong
A) Communism B) Socialism C) Confucian work ethic D) Capitalism
A) South Korea B) China C) Vietnam D) Japan
A) As a religion focused on an omnipotent deity B) As a purely political ideology C) As a philosophical system which regards 'the secular as sacred' D) As a form of mysticism
A) Zhi (智) B) Li (禮) C) Yi (義) D) Ren (仁)
A) An omnipotent deity B) The physical sky C) Human destiny D) A transcendent moral order
A) Military strength B) Individual freedom C) Economic prosperity D) Virtue, social harmony, and familial responsibility
A) Ruism B) Rú C) Kǒngjiào D) Traditionalist
A) Rúxué B) 孔家店 C) Rújiā D) Kǒngjiào
A) 'Water' B) 'Shamanic methods of holding rites' C) 'Scholar', 'learned', or 'refined man' D) 'Confucius's religious doctrine'
A) Rújiā B) 孔家店 C) Kǒngjiào D) Ruism
A) 'Ru studies' B) 'Confucius's teachings' C) 'Water symbol' D) 'Traditionalist philosophy'
A) Zhou Youguang B) Robert Eno C) Yuri Pines D) David Schaberg
A) Rúxué B) Traditionalist C) 'Ruism' D) Kǒngjiào
A) 'The ru school of thought' B) 'Traditionalist philosophy' C) 'Ru studies' D) 'Confucius's religious doctrine'
A) Confucius B) Imperial Librarian Liu Xin C) Tu Weiming D) Yao Xinzhong
A) King, minister, general, commoner B) Poet, musician, painter, calligrapher C) Teacher, student, parent, elder D) Farmer, scholar, artisan, merchant
A) Stephan Feuchtwang B) Confucius C) Kang Youwei D) Joël Thoraval
A) They are unnecessary for spiritual growth. B) They are only symbolic with no real impact. C) They have ethical importance, generating good life by overcoming the self. D) They should be performed without personal involvement.
A) Zhi (wisdom, knowledge) B) Yi (righteousness, justice) C) Li (propriety, rites) D) Ren (benevolence, humaneness)
A) Invented new languages B) Standardized names across different cultures C) Created abstract concepts for philosophical debate 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 form of ancestor worship C) An economic policy D) A military strategy for conquest
A) Prescribed rituals B) Spontaneous actions C) Personal choices D) Written laws
A) Han Fei B) Sun Lutang C) Laozi D) Confucius
A) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz B) Voltaire C) Prospero Intorcetta D) Matteo Ricci
A) Li B) Renqing C) Yi D) Zhi
A) Lead seniors B) Compete with seniors C) Owe their seniors reverence D) Ignore seniors
A) The principle of economic meritocracy. B) The principle of one person, one vote. C) The principle of liberal democracy. D) A proto-Rawlsian 'political difference principle'.
A) Lián (廉) B) Chǐ (耻) C) Gōng (恭) D) Yǒng (勇)
A) Meritocratic equality B) Social mobility C) Democratic selection D) Epistemic paternalism
A) Through isolation B) Through meditation C) Through interpersonal relationships D) Through material wealth
A) 1046–256 BC B) 551–479 BC C) 960–1279 AD D) 221–206 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) Humor and wit D) Poetic beauty
A) Involving the people in public affairs at the local level. B) Ensuring all officials are elected democratically. C) Creating a tricameral government structure. D) Grounding authority in something sacred and traditional.
A) John Maynard Keynes B) Adam Smith C) Cristobal Kay D) Herman Kahn
A) "A way to accumulate wealth" B) "A method for personal enlightenment" C) "What makes the invisible visible" D) "An obstacle to progress"
A) Tang dynasty B) Song dynasty C) Han dynasty D) Warring States period
A) Pope Gregory XVII B) Pope Benedict XIV C) Pope John Paul II D) Pope Leo XIII
A) Mozi B) Han Fei C) Lu Xun D) Sun Lutang
A) Tongdong Bai B) Wang C) Bell D) Jiang Qing
A) Political equality. B) Progressive conservatism. C) Virtue politics. D) Meritocratic liberalism.
A) sage B) xiaoren C) ren D) junzi
A) Dong Zhongshu B) Zhuangzi C) Laozi D) Confucius
A) Righteousness, justice B) Benevolence, humaneness C) Propriety, rites D) Sincerity, faithfulness
A) Qufu City B) Beijing C) Guiyang, Guizhou D) Shanghai
A) The absence of loyalty from ministers B) The lack of moral rectitude among rulers C) The emphasis on filial piety D) Its autocratic nature
A) Zhōng (忠) B) Chǐ (耻) C) Jié (节; 節) D) Xiào (孝)
A) Military strength and conquests B) Economic incentives and rewards C) A spiritual-ethical foundation rather than coercive power D) Fear of punishment
A) Confucianism B) Mohism C) Daoism D) Legalism
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 achieved through meditation and solitude." C) "Ren is only for the wise and learned." D) "Ren can be practiced without Li."
A) Jiang Qing B) Confucius C) Zhou Beichen D) Kang Xiaoguang
A) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz B) Voltaire C) Prospero Intorcetta D) Matteo Ricci
A) Mao Zedong B) Chiang Kai-shek C) Sun Yat-sen D) Ma Fuxiang
A) Bravery B) Ren C) Yi D) Li
A) The Taiping Rebellion B) The Xinhai Revolution C) The Cultural Revolution D) The Boxer Rebellion
A) Beijing B) Shanghai C) Qufu City D) Hong Kong
A) Yan Hui. B) Laozi. C) Mencius. D) Zeng Shen.
A) Confucius B) Jiang Qing C) Zhou Beichen D) Kang Xiaoguang
A) The Boxer Rebellion B) The New Culture Movement C) The Taiping Rebellion D) The Cultural Revolution
A) The phoenix B) The dragon C) The crane D) The tiger
A) 1999 B) 2003 C) 2015 D) 2005
A) The 'one person, one vote' model B) Freedom of speech C) Economic liberalism D) Individual rights
A) Ban Zhao B) Zhu Xi C) Cheng Yi D) Sima Guang
A) Jié B) Zhōng C) Xiào D) Zhì
A) The most intelligent person in the kingdom B) A military leader C) A superior man (junzi) D) An elected official
A) Dismiss any form of criticism B) Rule with absolute authority C) Ignore the opinions of his ministers D) Accept his ministers' advice
A) Lu Xun B) Han Fei C) Kim Kyong-il D) Sun Lutang
A) Luxuriant Dew B) Yin-yang theory C) The Three Obediences D) Four Virtues |