Analects - Quiz
A) The Analects B) Oracle bone inscriptions C) Early Zhou dynasty texts D) Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian
A) An early Zhou ruler B) A later Confucian philosopher C) Sima Qian D) Confucius himself
A) As the sole creator B) As a transmitter C) As a fierce opponent D) As an indifferent observer
A) Shang dynasty B) Early Zhou dynasty C) Han dynasty D) Qin dynasty
A) Worship them daily B) Ignore them completely C) Fear them intensely D) Keep them at a distance
A) Moral philosophy, tradition, and a natural love for others B) Strict military might and absolute obedience C) Economic wealth and technological progress D) Divine revelation and supernatural laws
A) The cultivation of ren by every individual B) The total elimination of rituals C) The suppression of personal desires D) The centralization of state power
A) As strict adherence to military strategy B) As the accumulation of material wealth C) As absolute loyalty to a ruler D) As the quality of having a kind manner
A) To describe an all-encompassing state of virtue B) To mean simple politeness in speech C) To denote formal religious sacrifice D) To refer strictly to family relationships
A) No B) Yes, Confucius himself C) Yes, all rulers D) Yes, the early Zhou kings
A) By refusing to speak at all B) Indirectly, offering illustrations and examples C) By assigning them written tests D) With a precise dictionary definition
A) Loudly and authoritatively B) Carefully and modestly C) Artfully and ingratiatingly D) Fiercely and aggressively
A) Free from worry, unhappiness, and insecurity B) Overwhelmed by severe stress C) Filled with deep anger toward enemies D) Constantly anxious about the future
A) Moderate their desires and return to propriety B) Fulfill every desire without restraint C) Suppress all human emotions forever D) Abandon all propriety entirely
A) That the definition was a secret B) That they were not smart enough to understand C) That they would find it in future books D) That he was sharing all that he could
A) Displaying immense personal wealth B) Praising oneself loudly in public C) Seeking constant admiration from others D) Depreciating oneself through modesty
A) Honest speech and straightforward manners B) Simple speech and slow manners C) Modest speech and humble manners D) Artful speech and ingratiating manners
A) Flashy in dress and quick of speech B) Arrogant in posture and loud in voice C) Wealthy in property and proud in attitude D) Simple in manner and slow of speech
A) Seek revenge for any wrong committed B) Always obey whoever has power over you C) Treat others better than they treat you D) Do not do to others what you would not like done to yourself
A) Relies solely on his family's status B) Helps others establish themselves C) Crushes his rivals to get ahead D) Works completely in isolation
A) The ability to imagine and project oneself into the places of others B) The skill to govern a large military force C) The talent to accumulate vast financial fortunes D) The ability to memorize ancient historical dates
A) Performing grand religious sacrifices B) Traveling to distant foreign lands C) The exercise of devotion to one's parents and older siblings D) Writing philosophical treatises
A) Military tactics B) Agricultural science C) Self-discipline D) Political rhetoric
A) By practicing and cultivating one's understanding of li B) Through absolute obedience to an emperor C) Through rigorous physical punishment D) By isolating oneself from society
A) Rituals and forms of propriety B) Military ranks and titles C) Taxes and economic policies D) Spiritual ghosts and demons
A) Only interactions with foreign rulers B) Only major religious ceremonies C) Everything that one says and does D) Strictly business transactions
A) No, it meant doing whatever felt good at the moment B) Yes, it meant ignoring everyone else's feelings C) Yes, it meant destroying all personal wishes completely D) No, it meant learning to reconcile them with the needs of family and community
A) The accumulation of gold B) The expansion of military borders C) The public cultivation of li D) The total absence of laws
A) Practical social differences that exist between people in daily life B) The superiority of foreigners over locals C) The complete equality of all individuals in every aspect D) The elimination of all family structures
A) Ten B) Three C) Five D) Seven
A) Teacher to stranger B) Master to merchant C) General to soldier D) Ruler to ruled
A) Grandfather to grandson B) Father to son C) Uncle to nephew D) Teacher to pupil
A) Master to slave B) Landlord to tenant C) Neighbor to neighbor D) Husband to wife
A) Cousin to cousin B) Mother to daughter C) Father-in-law to son-in-law D) Elder brother to younger brother
A) Leader to follower B) Friend to friend C) Citizen to foreigner D) Master to servant
A) One's relationship with one's family and close community B) One's financial investments and trade C) One's military strategy during wartime D) One's interactions with all people across the world
A) It is practiced exclusively during religious festivals B) It is practiced broadly and informs interactions with all people C) It is practiced only between rulers and ministers D) It is practiced secretly and only within the household
A) Rulers have the absolute right to do whatever they want B) Subjects must never voice their opinions C) Oppression is necessary for a well-ordered society D) Rulers could oppress subjects only at their own peril
A) He is incapable of moral cultivation B) He has no right to participate in society C) You cannot deprive him of his opinion D) He must obey the Three Armies blindly
A) His absolute obedience to an evil ruler B) His accumulation of personal fame C) His conquest of enemy territories D) His devotion to loving others
A) Confucius's followers B) Ban Gu C) Zhu Xi D) Emperor Jing of Han
A) Late Song dynasty B) Early Han dynasty C) Eastern Han dynasty D) Warring States period
A) Military service B) Filial piety C) Public speaking D) Strict adherence to legal codes
A) 221 BCE B) 175 AD C) 5 BC D) 479 BCE
A) Cui Shu B) Arthur Waley C) Itō Jinsai D) Zhu Xi
A) Books 16–20 B) Books 1–2 C) Books 11–20 D) Books 3–9
A) 50% B) 25% C) 90% D) 75%
A) Four B) Three C) Five D) Two
A) Twenty-one B) Twenty-two C) Twenty D) Twenty-five
A) Twenty-five B) Twenty-two C) Twenty-one D) Twenty
A) Twenty-two B) Twenty C) Twenty-five D) Twenty-one
A) Huan Tan B) Liu Xiang C) Zhang Yu D) Cui Shu
A) Anhui B) Luoyang C) Dunhuang D) Pyongyang
A) 2011 B) 2015 C) 1973 D) 1992
A) 1973 B) 2011 C) 2015 D) 1992
A) 2009 B) 2015 C) 1997 D) 1973
A) 2011 B) 2009 C) 1992 D) 1997
A) Kongzi Said B) Dingzhou Analects C) Anda Manuscript Zhongni Said D) Pyongyang Analects
A) Zhang Yu B) Kongzi C) Lunyu D) Zhongni
A) Wangjiazui B) Luoyang C) Dunhuang D) Dingzhou
A) 330 B) 20 C) 11 D) 25
A) 70 BCE B) 479 BCE C) 175 AD D) 300 BCE
A) The Emperor B) The chief historian C) The Prime Minister D) The heir apparent
A) Wang Tong B) Zhu Xi C) Han Wudi D) He Yan
A) Laozi B) Wang Yangming C) Wang Tong D) He Yan
A) Wang Yangming B) Zhu Xi C) Confucius D) He Yan
A) Wang Tong B) Mencius C) Zhu Xi D) Laozi
A) 1130 CE B) 248 CE C) 195 CE D) 960 CE
A) The last two years B) The last thirty years C) His entire life from childhood D) The last five years
A) 1905 B) 249 C) 1271 D) 1130
A) Militarily aggressive B) Financially wealthy C) Strictly punitive D) Self-disciplined
A) Democratic B) Buddhist C) Legalistic D) Taoist
A) Chu B) Qin C) Lu D) Qi
A) Physical endurance tests B) Intuitive conceptual leaps C) Mastery of musical instruments D) Financial contributions to the school
A) Three thousand B) Twelve C) Five hundred D) Seventy
A) Ezra Pound B) Simon Leys C) Voltaire D) Elias Canetti
A) Yao B) Elias Canetti C) Confucius D) Simon Leys
A) Yao Yue B) Analects C) The Master D) Antiquity
A) The royal decree theory B) The accretion theory C) The censorship theory D) The translation theory
A) Shujing B) Ziyue C) Yao Yue D) Leys
A) Capital letters B) Spaces between words C) Punctuation marks D) Vowels
A) James Legge B) D. C. Lau C) Leonard A. Lyall D) Arthur Waley
A) 1938 B) 1909 C) 1893 D) 1861
A) Trübner B) Oxford University Press C) Penguin Books D) Cosimo
A) William Edward Soothill B) Arthur Waley C) James Legge D) Leonard A. Lyall
A) Paris B) Yokohama C) New York D) London
A) Chi-chung Huang B) Arthur Waley C) D. C. Lau D) Simon Leys
A) Burton Watson B) Edward Slingerland C) William Edward Soothill D) Chi-chung Huang
A) Burton Watson B) Henry Rosemont C) Edward Slingerland D) Taeko Brooks
A) E. Bruce Brooks B) Henry Rosemont C) Taeko Brooks D) Roger T. Ames
A) E. Bruce Brooks B) Arthur Waley C) James Legge D) Simon Leys
A) Edward Slingerland B) Chi-chung Huang C) D. C. Lau D) Burton Watson
A) Séraphin Couvreur B) Leonard A. Lyall C) William Edward Soothill D) Burton Watson
A) Kōjirō Yoshikawa B) Séraphin Couvreur C) Anne Cheng D) Pierre Ryckmans
A) Pierre Ryckmans B) Séraphin Couvreur C) Arthur Waley D) Anne Cheng
A) Anne Cheng B) D. C. Lau C) Séraphin Couvreur D) Pierre Ryckmans
A) Pierre Ryckmans B) Kōjirō Yoshikawa C) Séraphin Couvreur D) Anne Cheng
A) Medicine B) Architecture C) Agriculture D) Education
A) Martial arts B) Culinary arts C) Symphonic music D) Naval architecture
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