A) Confucius B) Buddha C) Laozi D) Mencius
A) Analects B) The Art of War C) Bhagavad Gita D) Tao Te Ching
A) Enlightenment B) Harmony C) Benevolence D) Suffering
A) Ming Dynasty B) Han Dynasty C) Tang Dynasty D) Qin Dynasty
A) Government B) Education C) Family D) Religion
A) Sunzi B) Huineng C) Bodhidharma D) Mencius
A) Artist B) Warrior C) Gentleman D) Monk
A) Compassion B) Selflessness C) Spiritual enlightenment D) Filial piety
A) Ruism B) Shinto C) Daoism D) Buddhism
A) Warring States period B) Han dynasty C) Hundred Schools of Thought era (c. 500 BCE) D) Qin dynasty
A) Yi (義) B) Ren (仁) C) Li (禮) D) Zhi (智)
A) Neo-Confucianism B) Daoism C) Legalism D) Mohism
A) 1949 B) 1950 C) 1911 D) 1905
A) Deng Xiaoping B) Mao Zedong C) Chiang Kai-shek D) Sun Yat-sen
A) Confucian work ethic B) Socialism C) Capitalism D) Communism
A) China B) South Korea C) Vietnam D) Japan
A) As a religion focused on an omnipotent deity B) As a form of mysticism C) As a purely political ideology D) As a philosophical system which regards 'the secular as sacred'
A) Zhi (智) B) Ren (仁) C) Yi (義) D) Li (禮)
A) A transcendent moral order B) The physical sky C) An omnipotent deity D) Human destiny
A) Individual freedom B) Virtue, social harmony, and familial responsibility C) Economic prosperity D) Military strength
A) Traditionalist B) Rú C) Ruism D) Kǒngjiào
A) Kǒngjiào B) Rújiā C) Rúxué D) 孔家店
A) 'Scholar', 'learned', or 'refined man' B) 'Shamanic methods of holding rites' C) 'Confucius's religious doctrine' D) 'Water'
A) Kǒngjiào B) Rújiā C) Ruism D) 孔家店
A) 'Confucius's teachings' B) 'Ru studies' C) 'Traditionalist philosophy' D) 'Water symbol'
A) Yuri Pines B) Zhou Youguang C) Robert Eno D) David Schaberg
A) Traditionalist B) 'Ruism' C) Rúxué D) Kǒngjiào
A) 'The ru school of thought' B) 'Confucius's religious doctrine' C) 'Traditionalist philosophy' D) 'Ru studies'
A) Tu Weiming B) Imperial Librarian Liu Xin C) Confucius D) Yao Xinzhong
A) Farmer, scholar, artisan, merchant B) King, minister, general, commoner C) Teacher, student, parent, elder D) Poet, musician, painter, calligrapher
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 are unnecessary for spiritual growth. D) They should be performed without personal involvement.
A) Li (propriety, rites) B) Ren (benevolence, humaneness) C) Yi (righteousness, justice) D) Zhi (wisdom, knowledge)
A) Standardized names across different cultures B) Chose names that directly corresponded with actualities C) Invented new languages D) Created abstract concepts for philosophical debate
A) Yi (righteousness, justice) B) Ren (benevolence, humaneness) C) Xin (sincerity, faithfulness) D) Zhi (智; zhì)
A) Local officials are democratically elected. B) Local officials are selected via examination. C) Local officials are descendants of Confucius. D) Local officials are selected by peers.
A) A military strategy for conquest B) A divine favor bestowed on virtuous rulers. C) An economic policy D) A form of ancestor worship
A) Spontaneous actions B) Prescribed rituals C) Written laws D) Personal choices
A) Laozi B) Confucius C) Han Fei D) Sun Lutang
A) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz B) Voltaire C) Prospero Intorcetta D) Matteo Ricci
A) Zhi B) Yi C) Renqing D) Li
A) Owe their seniors reverence B) Ignore seniors C) Compete with seniors D) Lead seniors
A) The principle of liberal democracy. B) A proto-Rawlsian 'political difference principle'. C) The principle of one person, one vote. D) The principle of economic meritocracy.
A) Chǐ (耻) B) Gōng (恭) C) Lián (廉) D) Yǒng (勇)
A) Epistemic paternalism B) Meritocratic equality C) Democratic selection D) Social mobility
A) Through interpersonal relationships B) Through meditation C) Through material wealth D) Through isolation
A) 221–206 BC B) 551–479 BC C) 960–1279 AD D) 1046–256 BC
A) only immediate gains B) ethical and moral development C) long-term benefits for others D) inner peace through virtue
A) Humor and wit B) Complexity and depth C) Nothing incorrect D) Poetic beauty
A) Ensuring all officials are elected democratically. B) Creating a tricameral government structure. C) Involving the people in public affairs at the local level. D) Grounding authority in something sacred and traditional.
A) Cristobal Kay B) Herman Kahn C) Adam Smith D) John Maynard Keynes
A) "A method for personal enlightenment" B) "An obstacle to progress" C) "What makes the invisible visible" D) "A way to accumulate wealth"
A) Warring States period B) Han dynasty C) Tang dynasty D) Song dynasty
A) Pope Benedict XIV B) Pope John Paul II C) Pope Gregory XVII D) Pope Leo XIII
A) Mozi B) Lu Xun C) Sun Lutang D) Han Fei
A) Wang B) Tongdong Bai C) Bell D) Jiang Qing
A) Virtue politics. B) Political equality. C) Meritocratic liberalism. D) Progressive conservatism.
A) xiaoren B) ren C) sage D) junzi
A) Confucius B) Zhuangzi C) Laozi D) Dong Zhongshu
A) Propriety, rites B) Sincerity, faithfulness C) Righteousness, justice D) Benevolence, humaneness
A) Qufu City B) Guiyang, Guizhou C) Shanghai D) Beijing
A) The lack of moral rectitude among rulers B) The emphasis on filial piety C) The absence of loyalty from ministers D) Its autocratic nature
A) Chǐ (耻) B) Jié (节; 節) C) Xiào (孝) D) Zhōng (忠)
A) Military strength and conquests B) A spiritual-ethical foundation rather than coercive power C) Fear of punishment D) Economic incentives and rewards
A) Legalism B) Confucianism C) Daoism D) Mohism
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) Zhou Beichen C) Confucius D) Kang Xiaoguang
A) Prospero Intorcetta B) Voltaire C) Matteo Ricci D) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
A) Sun Yat-sen B) Chiang Kai-shek C) Ma Fuxiang D) Mao Zedong
A) Li B) Bravery C) Ren D) Yi
A) The Boxer Rebellion B) The Taiping Rebellion C) The Cultural Revolution D) The Xinhai Revolution
A) Hong Kong B) Beijing C) Qufu City D) Shanghai
A) Laozi. B) Mencius. C) Yan Hui. D) Zeng Shen.
A) Jiang Qing B) Kang Xiaoguang C) Confucius D) Zhou Beichen
A) The Boxer Rebellion B) The Cultural Revolution C) The New Culture Movement D) The Taiping Rebellion
A) The crane B) The phoenix C) The dragon D) The tiger
A) 2005 B) 2015 C) 1999 D) 2003
A) Freedom of speech B) The 'one person, one vote' model C) Individual rights D) Economic liberalism
A) Cheng Yi B) Zhu Xi C) Sima Guang D) Ban Zhao
A) Zhì B) Zhōng C) Jié D) Xiào
A) A military leader B) A superior man (junzi) C) The most intelligent person in the kingdom D) An elected official
A) Ignore the opinions of his ministers B) Dismiss any form of criticism C) Accept his ministers' advice D) Rule with absolute authority
A) Han Fei B) Kim Kyong-il C) Lu Xun D) Sun Lutang
A) Four Virtues B) The Three Obediences C) Yin-yang theory D) Luxuriant Dew |