Quiz 3 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Mandate of Heaven
Power not authority
If heaven said you should rule you must rule heavenly
Class has power to overthrow profs but not authority
Ren
Human heartedness
Moral excellence, companionate hell people
Li
Propriety- doing proper thing in proper way
Want to have harmonious society
Filia piety
Show respect to elders- especially family
Chi
Life energy
We all share it/everything
Dao
Indescribable way of nature (yin and yang)
Direct experience with the universe
Yin and yang
Balance of opposites
Opposites are necessary
Wuwei
Non action
Take no action as an individual but in accord with the Dao
Follow along with universe do not act as an individual or you’ll get in way
Feng-shui
The ancient art of placement
In touch with doa, observer of where energy is
Find best and most harmonious place for things
Tai chi
Meditation in motion
Martial arts based on the Dao for defense and health
Kitchen god
Explain
Sits on counter watching family
Farewell party when it goes back to report to jade emperor
Alchemy
Explain
Transforming things into something more valuable Internal alchemy (harmonize self with Dao, long life) External alchemy (potions for immortality)
Courage
Explain
Explain
Fighting for order, sacrifice yourself for greater good
Gods
China
Explain
No high god
Filled with deities, spirits, ancestors
Make offerings to spirits
Ancestor veneration
Explain
Ancestors hell descendants if treated with proper respect or cause trouble if ignored
Harmony
Explain
China
Explain
Harmonize self with Dao
Put the group first and individual last, all part of something larger
Harmony I society
Kami
Part of world
All powerful not perfect
Associated with specific function
3 kinds
First ancestor
Kami of natural object
Human with outstanding achievement
Torii
Gateway between two worlds
Marks a space where Kami is
Amaterasu
Goddess of sun
Brother and her got in a fight and she went in a cave
Kokoro
Heart, mind, mentality, emotions, feelings
Must have pure and cheerful mind/heart to experience
Creation
Japan
Explain
Izanagi and Izanami created japan Woman took lead- child (Hiruko) no bones Birth island and Kami Fire birth kills woman Wife kills 1000 man makes 1500
Connection with nature
Explain
Japan
Japan full of natural beauty
Personal connection to land
Certain places have higher spiritual energy
Purification
Explain
Japan
No concept of Sin
Physically can be impure- doing bad things
Negative emotions (angry/jealous)-impure
Bring harmony to self and make self harmonious with nature
Purify new car
Consumer mentality
Explain
Japan
Only go to gods when you need something
Do not really worship otherwise
