Exam 2: The Asian Sages: Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha

According to tradition, how long did the Period of the Warring States last?

Do you believe that material comfort and wisdom are necessarily opposed to each other? Explain your answer, and illustrate it by referring to the views of both Confucius and the Buddha.

Shu is

What must we pass over in silence, according to Wittgenstein?

What is the law of moral causation called, for a Buddhist?

Which set of Buddhist teachings is for monks?

The tree under which Buddha sat is known as the

Lao-tzu held that the more laws there are, the more criminals there are.

Siddhartha Gautama was born in

According to Confucius, only the stupid do not change.

Lao-tzu writes of the Undivided .

Wu wei means to act .

Heraclitus was a Chinese sage.

According to Chuang-tzu, what are all things longing for?

What is love of learning akin to, according to Confucius?

In what ways can naming something be important? Can naming something alter how we think about it? Or does the name that we give to something only communicate what we already think of it? Explain your answer, giving both concrete examples to illustrate your points and linking your answer to the thought of Lao-tzu.

What is meant by the Buddhist claim that to exist is to suffer ? Do you believe that this is necessarily true? Why, or why not?

For Confucius a Great Man is always

Confucius saw himself as a creator of something new.

Lao-tzu advocated doing nothing to accomplish greatness.