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| 516217402 | Analects | The book of the sayings of Confucius; | |
| 516217403 | Dao | The mysterious origin of the universe, which is present and visible in everything;primordial emptiness, a process not a thing | |
| 516217404 | Daodejing (Dao De Ching) | The classic scripture of Daoism; Book of the way and it's power by Laozi and others (c. 350 BCE) | |
| 516217405 | Five Classics | The classical literature of the time preceding Confucius, including poetry, history, and divination | |
| 516217406 | Four Books | The major Confucian books, which include the sayings of Confucius and Mencius | |
| 516217407 | junzi/chun-tzu | "Noble person" the refined human ideal of Confucianism; superior person, model of virtuous behavior, a gentleman | |
| 516217408 | Lao Tzu | The legendary founder of Daoism | |
| 516217409 | Legalists | The strictest of the Chinese Philosophical school, which advocated strong laws and punishments | |
| 516217410 | li | Appropriate action, ritual, propriety, etiquette; | |
| 516217411 | Mohists | A Chinese school of philosophy that taught universal love | |
| 516217412 | qi (chi) | the life force; all material phenomena | |
| 516217413 | ren | Empathy, consideration for others, humaneness; a Confucian virtue; sympathy, benevolence, human-heartedness | |
| 516217414 | shu | Reciprocity; a Confucian virtue; don't do to others what you would not like yourself | |
| 516217415 | wen | Cultural refinement; a Confucian virtue; the art of peace, an appreciation of (high) art and culture | |
| 516217416 | wu wei | "No action," "no strian"; doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally; effortlessness; the way of the sage | |
| 516217417 | xiao | Family devotion, filial piety; a Confucian virtue | |
| 516217418 | yang | The active aspect of reality that expresses itself in speech, light, and heat | |
| 516217419 | Yijing | An ancient Confucian book of divination, one of the Five Classics, still in use today; book of changes, using oracle blocks | |
| 516217420 | yin | The receptive aspect of the universe that expresses itself in silence, darkness, coolness, and rest | |
| 516217421 | Mahayana Buddhism gets to China | 1000 CE | |
| 516424085 | Mahayana influences | Mahayana monastic celibacy is unlike the emphasis of family relationships for the Chinese; reincarnation does not square with Chinese concepts of afterlife; philosophical affinities with Daoism | |
| 516424086 | Daoist Polytheism | Gods of posterity, prosperity, longevity, and local earth gods and shrines | |
| 516424087 | The Warring States Period occurred | 700-200 BCE | |
| 516424088 | During the Warring States Period | intense social, political, environmental disorder; Confucius and Laozi philosophies in response | |
| 516424089 | Birth of Confucius | 551 BCE | |
| 516424090 | Confucianism | Originally King Fu Tzu; a humanist approach to social and personal development; non-theistic with emphasis on education | |
| 516424091 | Goals of Confucianism | To harmonize society through choreographing social relations, and to train moral exemplars to demonstrate virtuous behavior (yang in nature) | |
| 516424092 | Tian | "heaven"; an impersonal divine principle that regulates both natural and human affairs; a principle that asserts things happen in an orderly, natural way | |
| 516424093 | Zhou dynasty | model of a harmonious society; key concepts for conservation | |
| 516424094 | Five constant relationships | father/son, elder brother/younger brother, husband/wife, elder friend/ younger friend, ruler/subject; basically superior/inferior | |
| 516424095 | Rectification of names | a person should act in accord with their role; Confucius thought that, in many social situations, we need to always behave within the limits of the role that we occupy | |
| 516424096 | Confucianism becomes popular during the Han Dynasty | 200 BCE | |
| 516424097 | Ancestor worship | regular ritual attention to the spirits of departed family members | |
| 516424098 | The Daoist Sage | on who is 'in tune' with Dao; desireless, simple, does not teach or travel, pays close attention to nature and natural processes as expression of Dao, a vision of things beyond opposites | |
| 516424099 | Falun Gong | a 20th century blend of religious Daoism and Buddhism, spiritual and physical exercises designed to improve health; moral development of truth, compassion, forbearance | |
| 516424100 | Falun Gong started | by Li Hongzhi in the late 1990's | |
| 516424101 | Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) | Author of a book of whimsical stories that express themes of early Daoist thought |
