Exam 10: China: Nü Kwa, Kuan Yin, and Monkey

Kuan Yin is respected in Chinese mythology for her ________________.

Monkey's trip represents a chance for him to redeem himself from a sentence of eternal punishment for his ______________ways.

Anthony Yu explains that the "cherished inviolable law of the monk's faith," is the Buddhist injunction not to ______________________.

Before Monkey is imprisoned in stone, his job is to________________________________________.

Journey to the West describes the journey undertaken by________________.

Like most tricksters, Monkey is not imposing in_______________________________________.

Disguised as an old woman, Kuan Yin brings a cap and robe for Monkey that will serve to____________________.

In Chinese mythology, Nü Kwa created humans because she ____________________.

Monkey is released from his stone box in order to_______________________________________.

In this chapter, Bettina Knapp provides a(n) ______________________ analysis of a myth, explaining that it concerns the ritual and theological matters found in it.

The story of the Monkey King is based on an actual historical figure, ________________.

The one thing Monkey had never been able to bear was to be ____________________.

"Cord-made men" refers to _________________.

In the story about Nü Kwa's sexual relationship with her brother, the pair made a ___________ to hide their faces.

"Yin-yang," a representation of nature's cyclical processes and opposite forces at work in the universe, is a symbol based on _________________ philosophy.

The term _______________________ is used to describe the marriage of a deity and a human.

The Taoist version of the Nü Kwa myth seems to value her less than other versions because in it ____________.

Confucianism and _____________________ considered the feminine as fearsome and destructive, although necessary in the procreating process.

Early Chinese scholars presented questions about Nü Kwa, such as: __________________________________.

Another name for Sun Wukong is _________________________________.