taoism and Confucianism

  1. What are the aspects of Tao?
    • Ultimate Reality
    • Physical Universe
    • Human Life
  2. What is ultimate reality?
    Similar to Brahman, it encompasses everything and is not dualistic. We cannot fully understand it. Ch'i came from Tao. Contains five Agents. It's a macrocosm of the universe
  3. What is the physical universe?
    the physical manifestation of Tao that is visible and tangible to us. It is Tao that can be experienced in life.
  4. What is the aspect of human life?
    Ch'i flows through all beings as a breath and a vital energy that one must balance to be at peace.
  5. Describe Church Taoism
    Known as Popular Taoism starting around 5th century BC. Has an order of priests and rituals with many Gods. The Jade Emperor is the highest earthly emperor. Also has three Officials of Heaven, Earth, Water. Priests are free to marry. Celestial Master is the largest Sect.
  6. List the vitality practices
    • acupuncture
    • taoist yogas
    • nutritional and herbal techniques
    • sexual techniques
    • breathing techniques
    • Tai Ch'i
  7. Describe acupunture
    • One of the vitality practices
    • uses needles to unblock vital channels of energy called meridians
    • similar to Chakra
  8. describe taoist yogas
    • Patterned on Raja Yoga
    • waiting with a blank mind
    • erase desires
  9. describe the herbal and nutritional methods
    • thousands of herbs and food in the Taoist pharmacology
    • influence earth, wood, fire, water, metal
  10. what are the Five Agents?
    • earth
    • wood
    • fire
    • water
    • metal
  11. describe the sexual technique
    • one of the vitality practices
    • men and women withhold orgasms to have that energy float to their head and enlarge them
  12. describe the breathing techniques
    • one of the vitality practices
    • similar to hindu techniques to calm the mind
  13. describe Tai Ch'i
    • sacred dance of the body to channel ch'i
    • reenactment of the creation of the universe
    • left foot = yang
    • right foot = yin
  14. List the philosophical ideas
    • WuWei
    • Yin and Yang
    • Naturalness and simplicity
    • humility and pacifism
    • befriending nature
    • value of negative spaces
  15. describe WuWei
    • means actionless action
    • ch'i flows through them as they are ready and relaxed
    • go with the flow
  16. describe Yin and Yang
    • yin = dark - darkness, death, female
    • yang = light - light, activity, male
    • the opposites dovetail and share dots in center
    • male/female
    • life/death
  17. Describe naturalness and simplicity
    • do not abide by strict customs but be spontaneous
    • going with the flow of life
  18. describe humility and pacifism
    • love for those who are crippled and empoverished
    • soldiers at the bottom
    • symbolized by water
  19. describe befriending nature
    • not killing ANY part of nature
    • humans on same level as animals]
    • all are part of tao
  20. Describe Negative spaces and metaphyical emptiness
    • cups, doors. windows, are important because of their negative space
    • one should be empty of all desires and needs
  21. List the concepts of Confucianism
    • jen
    • chun-tzu
    • li
    • te
    • Wen
    • Shu
  22. Who is Confucianism based on?
    K'ung Fr-tzu who lived from 551bc to 479bc and was given the name Confucius by Christian missionaries
  23. Describe Jen
    • means man-to-man-ness or social respect
    • should be at center of family
  24. Describe Chun-tzu
    • ideal person which translates as "gentlemen" and "scholar"
    • possesses grace and ease of knowing what to do and say "savoir faire"
    • China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan
  25. describe Li and the concepts of it
    • means propriety or the way things should be done
    • -respect for elders
    • -doctrine of the mean
    • -rectification of names
    • -five constant relationships
  26. what is respect for elders
    • one of the concepts of Li
    • unconditional respect for ancestors
    • not earned
  27. what is the doctrine of the mean?
    • one of the concepts of li
    • be moderate in all things and balanced
    • avoid extremes
  28. what is the rectification of names
    • humans should live up to their titles and roles
    • not say one thing do another
  29. what are the five constant relationships?
    • husband and wife
    • parents and child
    • younger sibling and older
    • elder friend and junior
    • ruler and subject

    know your place
  30. what is te
    • one of the concepts of confucianism means "power" and "virtue"
    • government must be run by virtuous people
    • set by emperor
  31. describe Wen
    • confucianist concept meaning "arts of peace"
    • society judged on it's arts
    • edited the five classics
    • the analects are K'ung's sayings
  32. what are the five classics
    • books K'ung edited
    • -book of poetry
    • -book of rites
    • -book of history
    • -book of changes
    • -spring and autumn annals
  33. what are the analects
    book of K'ung's sayings and teachings compiled after death
  34. what is shu
    • confucianist concept meaning "reciprocity"
    • the reverse "golden rule"
    • do not do unto other what we wouldn't want for ourselves
  35. Is confucianism a religion?
    • No. it is a secular set of rules.
    • state religion of china for 2000 years
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