Unit 10: Prescribed texts (open-book Paper 2)
Topic 10.2: The Analects — Confucius Questions
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Confucius' surprising claim about ritual is that:
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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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Why does Confucius call xiao (filial piety) the 'root' of ren?
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Is ren better understood as a feeling or as an action?
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For Confucius, a junzi is noble because of:
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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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On Confucius' view, why does ren also need li?
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Is the junzi ideal elitist, on Confucius' view?
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Confucius' idea of 'government by virtue' is that a ruler leads best by:
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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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For Confucius, a person comes to have ren by:
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The scope of li in the Analects is best described as:
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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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Confucius says the junzi 'understands what is right' while the small person understands:
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True or false? Confucius holds that ruling by punishment gives people a genuine, lasting sense of right.
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Fill the gap: Confucius' image for government by virtue is that the people follow a good ruler the way grass bends toward the ______.
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True or false? For Confucius, the junzi is noble by birth, not by character.
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A sharp evaluation of 'government by virtue' would press the point that:
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