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