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