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1400 Week 6 Flashcards

1
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What were considered the three teachings of China?

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Confucianism, Daosim, Buddhism

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How did Buddhism reach China

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Imported from India during Han dynasty

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What was Daoism called in Pre-Huan dynasty?

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Huang-Lao

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Alias for Han Wudi

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Daojia

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5
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Two categories if the Daoist Canon

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  1. Inner

2. Outer (used for public consumption)

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Which type of text was focused on in the Daoist repository from 1477?

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Liturgy

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7
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Who wrote the first work of Daoism?

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Laozi

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Who was the second Daoist philosopher?

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Zhuanzi

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9
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What is Wuwei?

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A key Daoist concept, focused on non-action, path of least resistance, allows things to run their natural course

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10
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The role of the monarch in Daoism?

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Known as simply being there, doesn’t need to actively govern if all things run their natural course

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Key beliefs in religious Daoism

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Yin-yang, wuxing, fundamental dao

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What is yin-yang?

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Black and white but colours aren’t entirely separated

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What does yin-yang represent?

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The unity of opposites

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14
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What is yang?

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The active principle (white)

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What is yin?

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The passive principle (black)

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Examples of yin-yang attributes (know 5)

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Yielding, firm
Dark, light
Cold, hot
Water, fire
Night, day
Moon, sun
North, south
Earth, Heaven
Female, male
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17
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What are the Wuxing (five elements)?

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  1. Metal
  2. Wood
  3. Water
  4. Fire
  5. Earth
18
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How are the elements produced?

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Produced by the interaction between yin and yang, there is a cycle in which they each produce each other

19
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Mutual production cycle:

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Wood-fire-earth-metal-water-wood

20
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Mutual conquest cycle:

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Wood-earth-water-fire-metal-wood

21
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Example of mutual masking

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Wood conquers earth but fire produces earth

22
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What is covered in the fundamental dao

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Humanity as a microcosm, spirits and ghosts, immortality

23
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Important Daoist scriptures:

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  • the xiang’er commentary to the laozi
  • commands and admonition for the families of the great dao
  • scriptures of the inner explanations of the three heavens
24
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What are Shangqing?

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Texts submitted by celestial beings aimed at elite patrons, drew from new terminology and insights

25
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What was Lingbao

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Antithesis to Shangqing through direct confrontation of Buddhism

26
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Basic concepts of Chinese Buddhism

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  • samsara
  • karma
  • nirvana
27
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What is samsara (buddhism)?

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Cycle of birth, death, rebirth

28
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What is Karma (Buddhism)?

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Things we do will dictate our next lives

29
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What is Nirvana (Buddhism)

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Salvation

30
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Four Noble Truths of Chinese Buddhism

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  1. Life is full of suffering
  2. Suffering is caused by desire
  3. Eliminate desire to eliminate suffering
  4. Eliminate desire by following the eight-fold path
31
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Ethical conduct in the eightfold path

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Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood

32
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Mental discipline in the eightfold path

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Right effort
Right mindulfness
Right concentration

33
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Wisdom in the eightfold path

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Right thought

Right understanding

34
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Three Jewels of Chinese Buddhism

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  1. Buddha
  2. Dharma
  3. Sangha
35
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Five precepts of Chinese Buddhism

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  1. Refrain from destroying living creatures
  2. Refrain from taking that which isn’t given
  3. Refrain from sexual misconduct
  4. Refrain from incorrect speech
  5. Refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs
36
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Whose dream marked the introduction of Chinese Buddhism

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Emperor Ming

37
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What happened during the period of disunity?

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Spread of Buddhism, a simple way of salvation for common people

38
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Emperor Wuzong response to Buddhism

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Forced most buddhists to be commoners

39
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Popular Buddhist sects of the 18th century

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  1. The meditative school

2. The pure land school

40
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What did Huineng realize about nirvana?

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All dharma are inseparable from self-nature and nirvana could occur within one lifetime

41
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The Pure Land School position on saving

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All one needs to do is chant the Nan wu Amituofo with sincerity

42
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How to remove desire

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You must first transgress so that you know what to move away from

HUMA 1400 (21 decks)

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