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