Religion 203
One of the stimuli that influenced Daoism to take an organizational path was _____.
Buddhism
The great classic of Daoism that is accepted by most Daoists as a central scripture is the _____.
Daodejing
_____ is a yogic practice that aims at transforming and spiritualizing the life force of the practitioner.
Internal alchemy
Daoists trace themselves back to a legendary figure named _____.
Laozi
_____ is a physical discipline in Daoism that consists of a series of slow arm and leg motions thought to aid balance and circulation.
Taiji
The _____ are the most important deities in the Daoist pantheon.
Three Purities
True or false: Confucius valued education because it transmitted the lessons of the past into the present.
True
Tianshi is an ancient Daoist organization that can be translated as the _____.
Way of the Heavenly Masters
The Daoist organization, the Way of the Heavenly Masters, traces itself back to a second-century teacher called _____.
Zhang Daoling
In the context of Confucianism, if human nature is neutral, human beings need _____.
a ruler who governs primarily through example
The cautious reverence that the early Chinese showed to spirits was also naturally felt for _____.
ancestors
A feature of Daoism is that it has urged followers to _____.
appreciate the simple and the apparently ordinary
A true statement about the Dao is that it _____.
can be experienced by every individual thing that has a name
A feature of the Dao is that it _____.
can be perceived through intuition
According to the Daodejing, the Dao _____.
cannot be known
In the context of Confucian virtues, li originally referred to _____.
carrying out rites correctly
A characteristic feature of the Daodejing is that it _____.
contains more poetry than prose in each chapter
The Dao is not God because it _____.
does not have personality
Confucius believed that _____.
each human being is capable of being good, refined, and even great
recommends training in the cultivation of personal equilibrium and harmony
each human being is capable of being good, refined, and even great
A feature of the Daodejing is that it _____.
exhibits a deliberate lack of clarity
In a ruler-subject relationship, the ruler must act like a _____.
father
Based on the Confucian virtues, the word xiao is usually translated as _____.
filial piety
Based on the Confucian virtues, a feature of shu is that it _____.
helps people consider their actions from others' viewpoint
Unlike Daoism, Confucianism believes that _____.
human beings do not automatically become what they should be
The early Chinese believed that disturbances of nature, such as droughts and earthquakes, were punishments from spirits for _____.
human failings
Based on the Confucian virtues, a feature of wen is that it _____.
includes all the arts that are associated with civilization
A feature of the Dao is that it _____.
is nameless
In the context of Confucianism, if human nature is basically good, human beings should be _____.
left on their own and trusted
The Dao can be called the way or the rhythm of nature because it _____.
makes nature move the way it does
In the context of the main teachings of the Daodejing and the Zhuangzi, the term wu wei literally means "_____."
no action
The name Laozi means _____.
old master
A feature of the father-son relationship in Confucianism is that _____.
parents are expected to help in the selection of a career for each child
Both Buddhism and Daoism are similar in that they _____.
produced a vast number of sacred books with wide-ranging topics
In the context of Confucian virtues, a feature of li is that it _____.
puts ren into practice
A difference between Confucianism and Daoism is that Confucianism _____.
recommends training in the cultivation of personal equilibrium and harmony
The Chinese character for _____ illustrates the word's meaning by blending two simpler pictographs, for "person" and "two."
ren
A feature of Buddhism that went against Confucianism is that it _____.
seemed counter to the virtue of filial piety
Based on the Confucian virtues, the usual translation of _____ is reciprocity.
shu
The early Chinese believed that _____.
spirits are active in every aspect of nature and the human world
is the name for whatever mysterious reality makes nature to be what it is and to act the way it does.
tao
A feature of Daoists is that they _____.
tend to distrust any highly formal education
The Daodejing states that the Dao _____.
that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao
In the Daodejing, the ideal of wu wei implies _____.
the avoidance of unnecessary action or action that is not spontaneous
Daodejing can be translated as _____.
the classical book about the Way and its power
According to Confucius, excellence comes partly from _____.
the cultivation of an individual's virtues and intellect
In the context of the basic elements of Confucianism, the veneration of ancestors by the early Chinese provided _____.
the soil for the growth of Confucianism
A feature of the complementary principles of yang and yin is that _____.
they are not the same as good and evil
In the context of the Confucian virtues, the word xiao ideally means _____.
valuing the entire extended family—of past, present, and future
The Chinese character for Dao is commonly translated as "_____."
way
After about 1000 BCE, the Chinese commonly thought that the universe expressed itself in opposite but complementary principles known as ___ and ___ .
yin, Yang
