East Asian Religion in Historical Context | REL 1014 - Asian Religions, Quizzes of World Religions

Download East Asian Religion in Historical Context | REL 1014 - Asian Religions and more Quizzes World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Explain the significance of ancestral worship and related ancient ritual practices DEFINITION 1 Ancient chinese using oracle bone divination to worship, speak to ancestors. Important because of Fillial Piety, basis and roots for Confucianism TERM 2 What is "One Hundred Schools of Thought"? DEFINITION 2 Represents competing ideologies during the Warring States. Different interpretations of Daoism, "Axial Age", Buddhism not one of them. TERM 3 Describe the relation between Confucian/Dao/Buddh and traditions/aspects of ChnseRelig DEFINITION 3 All are interpretations of Dao, they compete. In Han dynasty, Confucianism triumphed, used as state orthodoxy until it was deprived of that status in 1911. TERM 4 Filial Piety DEFINITION 4 In Confucian ideals, filial piety is a virtue of respect for one's parents and ancestors. The Confucian classic Xiao Jing or Classic of Xio, thought to be written around 470 BCE, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian tenet of xio / "filial piety". TERM 5 Axial Age DEFINITION 5 German philosopher Karl Jaspers coined the term the axial age or axial period to describe the period from 800 to 200 BC, during which, according to Jaspers, similar revolutionary thinking appeared in India, China and the Occident.