Exam 11: Chinese and Korean Traditions

The Confucian hierarchy of character was all about the mastery of xin, which means which of the following?

Today, Korea has the largest network of what kind of shrines?

Which Confucian believed we need to be "straightened out" from "warped" innate desires?

Everything we now call "Confucianism" traces back to the Chinese sage Kongzi.

Wang Yangming (1472-1529) argued that our moral sense is innate in our heart-minds.

During the Six Dynasties era, which two distinctive streams of Chinese Buddhism emerged, and what did they focus on?

Techniques of the Mind I explains how restraining from desire can help a ruler attain tranquility.

What does the notion of wuwei, found in both philosophical and religious Daoism, mean?

The Queen Mother of the West became a head deity in the Latter Han dynasty.

What tradition was associated with Japanese imperialism in Korea in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

What were some of the reasons for the popularity of Buddhism in China? Discuss at least three.

Into what three streams can the concerns of the classical texts of philosophical Daoism be classified?

The First Opium War was the British response to the appeals made by Emperor Lin Zexu.

What does it mean to say that Chinese and Korean religions are syncretic?

In what ways has Buddhism and Daoism shaped Neo-Confucianism? Cite two examples to demonstrate the ways that Neo-Confucianism has embraced and framed other traditions.

The exemplary Confucian is known as the Shangdi.

Which of the following is an alternative name for Confucius?

The Buddhist concept of mofa refers to the end times.