Quiz 3

Question 1

Mahayana

Answer 1

The great vehicle; Bodhisattvas

Question 2

Hui-yuan

Answer 2

Chinese monk who helped initiate Amitabha cult

Question 3

Kumarajiva

Answer 3

Indian monk helped with Amitabha cult; translated texts

Question 4

Tripitaka

Answer 4

Three baskets of scriptures

Question 5

Amitabha

Answer 5

Buddha of shining light; dwelt in the Pure Land

Question 6

Pure Land

Answer 6

Faith, devotion & chnaging Buddha’s name; aim is rebirth in paradise

Question 7

Hui-neng

Answer 7

Sixth Patriarch; preachings in Platform Sutra

Question 8

Feng-chien

Answer 8

Feudal system

Question 9

Shih

Answer 9

Scholar-gentry; educated men obtaining positions through exams and study

Question 10

Chin-shih

Answer 10

Metropolitan / highest degree in examinations

Question 11

Sheng-yuan (hsiu-ts’ai)

Answer 11

First degree in examination system; cultivated talent; prefectural

Question 12

Chu-Jen

Answer 12

Second degree in exam system; provincial

Question 13

Wen-fang ssu-pao

Answer 13

Four Treasures of the Studio; brush, ink, ink stick, paper

Question 14

Pi-chi

Answer 14

Early form of fiction: tales and observations

Question 15

Hsi-yu-chi

Answer 15

“Journey to the West” ; monk who traveled to India for sacred texts with a pig and monkey; by Wu Cheng-en

Question 16

Hsuan-tsang

Answer 16

Buddhist monk who traveled to India for 16 years looking for texts

Question 17

Ch’in-ch’i shu-hua

Answer 17

Zitar, chess, calligraphy & painting

Question 18

K’ung (shunyata)

Answer 18

Abandoning inclinations of this world; empty void, nothingness

Question 19

Chun-hsien

Answer 19

System of county commanderies to enhance power of ruler

Question 20

Ch’uan-ch’i

Answer 20

Longer type of story about love, knights and history

Question 21

Shui-hu chuan

Answer 21

“Water Margin” novel; bandit leader and companions fight for justice; like Robin Hood

Question 22

Ju-lin wai-shih

Answer 22

“The Scholars” novel by Wu Ching tzu; tells of normal life of scholar class; status the most important

Question 23

Guanyin

Answer 23

Bodhisattva; delivers those of Pure Land to Amita Buddha

Question 24

Lotus Sutra

Answer 24

Influential Mahayana sutra; basis of many schools

Question 25

Maitreya

Answer 25

Buddha who will appear in the future and teach pure dharma

Question 26

Platform Sutra

Answer 26

Chan Buddhist scripture; perception of one's try nature; conduct, meditation and wisdom

Question 27

Ch'i-yun sheng-tung

Answer 27

Spirit resonance and closeness to nature in art

Question 28

Theravada

Answer 28

Small vehicle; school of thought | "Teaching of the elders"

Question 29

Tao-sheng

Answer 29

Emphasized a not so restricted diet; Buddha nature revealed: nothing wrong with us; rejected by fellow monks

Question 30

Chan Buddhism

Answer 30

Zen in Japan; associated with martial arts

Question 31

Nung

Answer 31

Peasants

Question 32

Kung

Answer 32

Craftsman

Question 33

Shang

Answer 33

Merchants

Question 34

Mo-fa

Answer 34

Buddha law

Question 35

Liu-pu

Answer 35

Board of departments