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