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In ancient Chinese religion, yang represents

A) female.
B) male.
C) coldness.
D) wetness.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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In what sense are the two notions of yin and yang fundamental to the understanding of Chinese religions?

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In the Analects, Confucius repeatedly comments on his intimacy with and profound understanding of _______, the ground of being and source of all morality.

The Neo-Confucian motto of _______, inner sagely moral perfection and outer political ability and administrative skills, captures the religious mission of Confucianism.

Please identify some of the Confucian and Daoist elements in contemporary China.

In ancient Chinese religion, yin and yang are the two primordial _______, energy or breath, that emerged out of an original state of undifferentiated chaos.

What is the definition of the following term: -li:

What is the definition of the following term: -neisheng waiwang:

In what ways do Confucianism and Daoism complement each other, and in what ways do they oppose each other?

What is the definition of the following term: -dan:

Daoist yangsheng (nourishing life) practices include all of the following except for

The Daodejing is an alternative title of the book allegedly written by Laozi.

_______ is the communal ritual of making offerings to the deities in an attempt to gain merit and seek pardon from transgressions.

On the day of qingming, Chinese do which one of the following?

Both Confucians and Daoists consider the state of_______ sagehood, to be the highest achievement of human beings.

Daoism became an organized religion in part thanks to the deification of Laozi.

What is the definition of the following term: -jiao:

Though subscribing to an opposite view of human nature held by Mencius, _______ was equally optimistic about human perfectibility.

The Celestial Masters represent the only surviving Daoist group in modern China.

Compare and contrast the Daoist notion of Dao with the Hindu concept of Brahman.