China Flashcards

Chinese belief systems

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Daoism is what

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Ancient chinese philosophy

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what is Daoism mean

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All things - earth,heavan,and people - should follow the Dao “the way”or flow of nature and will find place and leave society to live close to nature

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Whomade Buddhism

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areligion based on Inddian spirtuial leader siddharta Gautama a.k.a, Budha

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Buddhism religon

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life involves suffering. The way to ease suffering is to give up world desires and seek enlighhtement. Reach enlightenment enter nirvana = state of complete peace gained strength during china’s period of disunion

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Confucianism

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based on teachings of confucius

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confucianism religon

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focuesd on ethics, or proper behavior. after confucuis death ideas spread but not widely accepted. by han dynasty, confucianism was offical state philosophy.

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period of dusnion

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confucianism overshoadowed by budhhism

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buddhism focused on what

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a more spirtual outlook to escape suffering

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neo-confusiansm is what

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under song dynasty it happened and neo means new it would empashized behaivor and spirtual matters also became offical goverment philosophy after song dynasty

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