Unit 10: Prescribed texts (open-book Paper 2)
Topic 10.2: The Analects — Confucius Questions
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Fill the gap: Confucius calls ______ — filial piety, care for one's parents and elders — the 'root' of ren.
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For Confucius, a junzi is noble because of:
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The scope of li in the Analects is best described as:
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What does xiao mean in the Analects?
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On Confucius' view, why does ren also need li?
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Confucius' rule shu — 'do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself' — works by:
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Is ren better understood as a feeling or as an action?
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In the Analects, ren is best described as:
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Fill the gap: Confucius' practical test for ren is ______ — 'do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself'.
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Confucius' idea of 'government by virtue' is that a ruler leads best by:
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In the Analects, li refers to:
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True or false? For Confucius, ren is something you are simply born with, already complete.
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Why does Confucius say ritual (li) needs benevolence (ren)?
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True or false? Confucius holds that perfect manners with no real care behind them are enough to make a person good.
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Which best captures why ren is the CORE virtue of the Analects?
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For Confucius, a person comes to have ren by:
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Confucius' surprising claim about ritual is that:
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The 'rectification of names' means that:
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Is the junzi ideal elitist, on Confucius' view?
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Fill the gap: Confucius often reverses feeling and form — practising the outward ______ helps grow the inner virtue.
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