RN103 exam 2
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- T'ien
- heaven, most likely refers to the ancestor of the Chou Dynasty; refers both to a theological term and a scientific one; comes to replace Shang Ti when the Chou conquer the Shang in the 12th century
- T'ien Ming
- "mandate of heaven," explanation given to the Shang people by the Chou when they were conquered; the logic is that heaven sets up new rulers as soon as the previous one turns away from virtue
- T'ien tzu
- king, the "son of heaven" who operates under t'ien ming
- Tao
- the way
- Tao te ching
- the Classic-of-the-Way (tao) and power(te)
- Tao tsang
- the Taoist Canon which is made up of 1600 texts
- Tsu
- ancestor, the first component of the character means "spirit"
- Wang
- King
- Wu
- a shaman
- Wei
- weft (the horizontal thread on a loom), suggests heterodoxy
- wu wei
- non-action
- yin/yang
- the darkened and sunny side of a hill respectively; yin associated witht the female, moon, and passivity, yang associated with male, sun, and aggression; facets of the same totality; their forces are constantly interacting, extending to all pairs of opposites
- Yuuh i-tsu
- Yuuh "with one foot," an example of reverse euhemerization, i.e., a mythological figure who eventually takes on the characteristics of a human being
- kuei
- ghosts, one's ancestral spirits can become theses if the ancestral sacrifice isn't performed regularly and correctly
- Lao Tzu
- the "old master," purported author of the Tao te Ching, but his historicity has been questioned; perhaps a composit name for three figures
- Li
- rites and propriety, a ritual attitude towards things
- Mencius
- Confucian author whose book becomes canonical in the 13th century; the first to expound on human nature (hsing), of which there are four components (li, i, jen, chih)
- pi-kuan
- "cliff gazing," refers to an intensely concentrated form of meditation practiced by Bodhidharma
- Sage Kings
- Yao, Shun, and Yu responsible for the founding of the Hsia, but there is no adequate archaeological evidence
- Shang Dynasty
- Earliest ruling dynasty known in China
- Shang Ti
- "ruler upon high," or "first ancestor," ancestor of the Shang Dynasty's royal family who becomes the main deity
- Shen Nung
- culture hero who invented agriculture and commerce
- Shih
- a form of divination; the character suggests the manipulation of yarrow stalks
- ta-hsueh
- "the great learning"; a chapter of the ritual classic Li Chi
- T'ang Dynasty
- 618-906 ce
- Shang Dynasty period
- 1766-1122 BCE
- Bodhidharma
- founder of the Ch'an school of Buddhism in China
- Ch'an
- a translation of the Sanskrit dhyana (meditation); originally ch'an-ma but the ma was dropped; important school of chinese buddhism
- cheng ming
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"rectification of names";
Confucian doctrine suggests given names have given meanings - chi
- generic terms for all forms of sacrifice; the old character shows a bird upside down with hands holding it
- ch'i
- "vital force" in taoism
- chien-hsing
- "looking into one's true nature"
- ching
- warp (the longitudinal thread on a loom), refers to a classic, of which there are five, suggests orthodoxy
- chou dynasty
- second ruling dynasty in china
- chou dynasty period
- 1120-256 BCE
- chu
- "master of ceremonies" who was in charge of divination rituals
- chuang tzu
- the "serious master", a humorous title since he was anything but; rather paradoxical and ironic
- chun tzu
- a nobleman or gentleman; originally means someone who was born of the aristocracy,m but Confucius uses it to mean someone who reaches perfection through learning, not birth
- chung yung
- the "mean" or "middle"
- Confucius
- a man of humble origins who held a menial government office and came from the state of Lu; eventually becomes a teacher and takes on disciples; the analects frsult from his teachings
- euhemerization
- a description of mythmaking which claims that historical figures gradually become deified
- fan
- "to return", refers to the Taoist notion of getting back on the path
- five classics
- book of history, poetry, ritual, changes, spring and autumn annals
- fu hsi
- culture hero said to have invented fishing and trapping
- Han Dynasty
- 200BCE-200CE
- hsiao
- fillial piety, proper relationships between children and parents
- Hsun tzu
- third most important confucian thinker; a major interpreter for centuries, but was looked down upon in the past
- Huang Ti
- the "yellow emperor" who invented metallurgy
- Hui-nung
- the 6th patriarch of ch'an who received the transmission of mind from Hung-jen, the 5th patriarch
- Hui K'o
- the disciple to whom the bodhidharma "transmitted mind"
- hun & p'o
- earliest words for soul; at birth they come together in the body and assume consciousness; hun goes up and p'o sinks down after death; no notion of rebirth
- i
- righteousness, implies morality
- jen
- humanness, benevolence, literally "man to manness," the character showing a doubling of man