Quiz  /  Confucianism Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which of the following countries was influenced the least by Confucianism?

  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Japan
  • Korea

  • 2. 
    Which of the following figures profoundly transformed Chinese culture with his edition of the Confucian classics, his synthesis of Chinese philosophical traditions, and reformation of the civil service examination system?

  • Cheng Yi
  • Sima Qian
  • Zhu Xi
  • Wang Yangming

  • 3. 
    Which of the following neo-Confucian figures was associated with a movement called “Learning of the Mind-and-Heart” (xinxue)?

  • Zhu Xi
  • Cheng Yi
  • Wang Yangming
  • Cheng Hao

  • 4. 
    Which of the following is not among the five Confucian “Classics” (Wujing)?

  • Classic of the Way and its Power (Daode jing)
  • Classic of Odes (Shijing)
  • Record of Rites (Liji)
  • Classic of Changes (Yijing)

  • 5. 
    During which dynasty did Confucianism become the orthodox philosophical system of the Chinese empire?

  • The Qing
  • The Shang
  • The Tang
  • The Han

  • 6. 
    Which of the following is not one of the “Four Books” (the Confucian texts that Zhu Xi had hailed as “the ladder to [study of] the Classics”)?

  • “Doctrine of the Mean” (Zhongyong)
  • Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu)
  • Analects of Confucius (Lunyu)
  • Great Learning (Daxue)

  • 7. 
    Which of the following is considered by tradition to be the foundational virtue of Confucianism?

  • Righteousness (yi)
  • Ritual propriety (li)
  • Humaneness, or benevolence (ren)
  • Knowledge, or wisdom (zhi)

  • 8. 
    Which neo-Confucian scholar formulated a theory of qi (vital force) in the tradition of the Song thinker Zhang Zai?

  • Yi T’oegye
  • Wang Anshi
  • Yi Yulgok
  • Kaibara Ekken
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