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Confucianism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/28/2010

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When did Confucius live?
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551-479 BCC
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Where was confucius born?
Definition
Lu (Shantung Province)
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Three goals of Confucius
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Serve government
Teach
Transmit ancient culture to posterity
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Five Classics: Shu Ching
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History
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Five Classics: Shih Ching
Definition
Poetry
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Five Classics: I Ching
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Book of Changes

Contains keys to divination and identification of materials and ojects with their associated yin and yang properties
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Five Classics: Ch'un Ch'iu
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Spring and Summer Annals
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Five Classics: Li Chi
Definition
Rituals
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Four Books
Definition
Analects

Chung Yung (doctrine of the mean)

Ta Hsueh (great learning)

Meng Tzu (Book of Mencius)
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Analects
Definition
Collections of sayings of Confucius complied by his disciples
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Cheng Ming
Definition
Rectification of names
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Chun Tzu
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"The Confuciun Gentleman"
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Chung Yung
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"The Golden Mean"

The Yin and Yang
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Duke of Chou
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Confusius's model ruler, from China's golden age (1120-221 BCE)
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Hsaio
Definition
Filial Piety, respect to parents, elders, ancestors, etc.
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Jen
Definition
"human heartedness" "true manhood"

The ideal human nature--compassionate, faithful

Goal of confucian education
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Li
Definition
Proper relationships (ruler-subject, husband-wife, father-son, brothers, friends)
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Mencius
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Disciple of Confucius

Influential interpreter of his doctrines
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Meng Tzu
Definition
"Book of Mencius"

Talks about proper government
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Pa Kua
Definition
Eight-sided divining device, used with the I Ching
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T'ien
Definition
"heaven" the supreme deity, through much of Chinese history (in early Chinese characters, it looks like a person)
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Yang
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Male, bright, warm, dry, active, positive, capable, intelligent, just ...
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Yin
Definition
Female, dark, cold, wet, secret, negative, fertile, intuitive, merciful
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