Quiz 3

Question 1

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 1

Power not authority
If heaven said you should rule you must rule heavenly
Class has power to overthrow profs but not authority

Question 2

Ren

Answer 2

Human heartedness

Moral excellence, companionate hell people

Question 3

Li

Answer 3

Propriety- doing proper thing in proper way

Want to have harmonious society

Question 4

Filia piety

Answer 4

Show respect to elders- especially family

Question 5

Chi

Answer 5

Life energy

We all share it/everything

Question 6

Dao

Answer 6

Indescribable way of nature (yin and yang)

Direct experience with the universe

Question 7

Yin and yang

Answer 7

Balance of opposites

Opposites are necessary

Question 8

Wuwei

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Feng-shui

Answer 9

The ancient art of placement
In touch with doa, observer of where energy is
Find best and most harmonious place for things

Question 10

Tai chi

Answer 10

Meditation in motion

Martial arts based on the Dao for defense and health

Question 11

Kitchen god

Explain

Answer 11

Sits on counter watching family

Farewell party when it goes back to report to jade emperor

Question 12

Alchemy

Explain

Answer 12

Transforming things into something more valuable 
Internal alchemy (harmonize self with Dao, long life)
External alchemy (potions for immortality)

Question 13

Courage

Explain

Answer 13

Explain

Fighting for order, sacrifice yourself for greater good

Question 14

Gods

China
Explain

Answer 14

No high god
Filled with deities, spirits, ancestors
Make offerings to spirits

Question 15

Ancestor veneration

Explain

Answer 15

Ancestors hell descendants if treated with proper respect or cause trouble if ignored

Question 16

Harmony

Explain
China

Answer 16

Explain

Harmonize self with Dao
Put the group first and individual last, all part of something larger
Harmony I society

Question 17

Kami

Answer 17

Part of world
All powerful not perfect
Associated with specific function

3 kinds
First ancestor
Kami of natural object
Human with outstanding achievement

Question 18

Torii

Answer 18

Gateway between two worlds

Marks a space where Kami is

Question 19

Amaterasu

Answer 19

Goddess of sun

Brother and her got in a fight and she went in a cave

Question 20

Kokoro

Answer 20

Heart, mind, mentality, emotions, feelings

Must have pure and cheerful mind/heart to experience

Question 21

Creation
Japan
Explain

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Connection with nature
Explain
Japan

Answer 22

Japan full of natural beauty
Personal connection to land
Certain places have higher spiritual energy

Question 23

Purification
Explain
Japan

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Consumer mentality
Explain
Japan

Answer 24

Only go to gods when you need something

Do not really worship otherwise

Question 25

Harmony with Kami

Answer 25

Explain
Focus In Shintoism
Places of beauty and power inhabited by Kami
Must me sensitized to their presence to experience