Deck 7: East Asian Sacred Ways: the Eternal Dao

Question 1

Yin is __________.

A) active energy
B) passive energy
C) loyalty
D) rituals and rites

Answer 1

B

Question 2

East Asian religions have a variety of responses to the question, "Is there a god?"

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Zhong is an important part of the development of a person. It is __________.

A) love
B) harmony
C) loyalty
D) rituals and rites

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Dao is __________.

A) the way of nature
B) respect for ancestors
C) loyalty
D) action without effort

Question 5

The active energy is known as __________.

A) yin
B) qi
C) wu wei
D) yang

Question 6

The idea that we can accomplish much without effort is captured by the term __________.

A) tai chi
B) yin/yang
C) wu wei
D) shen

Question 7

The yin/yang symbol represents the union of opposites.

Question 8

The spirits of ancestors are known as __________.

A) li
B) shen
C) de
D) sages

Question 9

Rituals and rites are __________.

A) qi
B) shen
C) li
D) Dao

Question 10

Daoists believe nature is fundamentally out of harmony and it is up to humans to set it right.

Question 11

The practice of looking to the structure of the cosmos to understand one's place in the world is __________.

A) qi
B) Yijing
C) analects
D) divination

Question 12

The lowest position on the moral heirarchy of Confucianism is the __________.

A) Man of Humanity
B) Superior Person
C) Petty Person
D) Sage

Question 13

Qi is __________.

A) virtue resulting from harmony with the Dao
B) loyalty
C) matter and energy coming from Dao
D) love of nature

Question 14

A basic trait of the "superior person" is an effort to __________.

A) punish the petty person
B) seek personal profit at the expense of virtue
C) rise above the petty person and seek the Way
D) gain political power and respect from others

Question 15

The virtue which results from being in harmony with nature is known as __________.

A) Dao
B) Li
C) Shen
D) De

Question 16

Shu is __________.

A) empathy
B) loyalty
C) ancestors
D) the belief that people are fundamentally selfish

Question 17

Legalism refers to the __________.

A) assumption that all humans need government because they are selfish
B) assumption that government is unnecessary
C) assumption that every human has a role to play in the cosmos
D) belief that people are fundamentally good

Question 18

A visual representation of the combination of yin and yang is a __________.

A) trigram
B) bigram
C) shen
D) qi

Question 19

People in East Asian traditions do not practice multiple traditions at the same time.

Question 20

In the Daoist tradition, there are no scriptures.

Question 21

Give some concrete examples of how someone would practice living life in harmony with the dao.

Question 22

Buddhism did not change as a result of its relationship to Daoism and Confucianism in the East.

Question 23

How are dao and qi related to one another?

Question 24

How did Buddhism change in the East as a result of mingling with Daoism and Confucianism?

Question 25

The concept of ________ or action without effort, is a major part of many martial arts.

Question 26

The Yijing was written in the mid-19th century by a brilliant sage.

Question 27

________ Buddhists are known for chanting the Lotus Sutra: namu Myoho renge kyo.

Question 28

What are the basic stages of moral development for Confucianism?

Question 29

The belief that Daoism and Confucianism are naïve and that humans are essentially selfish, is called ________.

Question 30

How are yin and yang related to one another?

Question 31

People who practice tai chi are attempting to practice movements they see in the natural world around them.

Question 32

The real name of the man known in the west as "Confucius" is "K'ung-fu-tzu."

Question 33

Pure land Buddhists take refuge in ________, who made a pure land for those who rely on him.

Question 34

Using the trigrams, there are a possible 27 different combinations of yin and yang.

Question 35

Describe the Confucian sage in your own words.

Question 36

Who was Amitabha?

Question 37

How is Zen Buddhism different from Nichiren Buddism?

Question 38

Unlike Nichiren and Pure Land Buddhism ________ or ________ (in Japanese) Buddhism rejects the idea that there are any gods.

Question 39

What is the dao, and why is it so difficult to explain?

Question 40

What is wu wei? Give examples to illustrate this concept.