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TCC Exam 2, Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Who is the founder of Buddhism? Confucius Siddartha Gautama Laozi Amitabha - ✔✔Siddartha Gautama Confucianism, Daoism and ______ ... were commonly referred to as the Three Teachings; they had an enduring influence on almost all aspects of traditional Chinese culture. Legalism Buddhism Yin-Yang Cosmology Christianity - ✔✔Buddhism Which of the following is NOT one of the "Four Noble Truths"? All life is inevitably sorrowful All things are transient Sorrow is due to craving Sorrow can only be stopped by the stopping of craving - ✔✔All things are transient In Buddhism, the root cause of the process of birth and death and rebirth is ______. sickness ignorance lust hunger - ✔✔ignorance The form of Buddhism that spread to China from north-western India was primarily of the ______ type. Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) Zen (Chan) Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) - ✔✔Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) It is generally believed that aspects of Buddhist culture were introduced into China around ____. 221 BCE the fifth and sixth century CE the first century CE - ✔✔the first century CE Kumarajva (Jiumoluoshi, 鸠摩罗什) is mostly remembered for ____ in the history of Buddhism in China. his preaching of Fanwan Sutra, which led to the establishment of Chinese Buddhism his marrying the Kutcha King's daughter his prolific translations of Buddhist texts into Chinese - ✔✔his prolific translations of Buddhist texts into Chinese Buddhism seemed attractive to the Tuoba ruling northern part of China for the following reasons except that ____. Buddhism allowed the emperors to marry more than one wife. Buddhism is not of Chinese origin. Buddhism offered possibilities of magical and superhuman feats. - ✔✔Buddhism allowed the emperors to marry more than one wife. The method of concept-matching (geyi) was used ____. in translating Daoist concepts into Sanskrit. in translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. in the philosopical debates between Indian Buddhist missionaries and Chinese monks. - ✔✔in translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. What is the main thesis in Mouzi's Disposing of Error? It is possible to be a Buddhist and a good Chinese. Confucianism offered a better world view than Buddhism. Confucius called Buddhism a barbarian religion. - ✔✔It is possible to be a Buddhist and a good Chinese. "Special transmission outside scriptures, not founded on words or letters" is the core doctrine of which Buddhism sect during the fifth and sixth centuries in China? Pure Land Buddhism Tian Tai Buddhism Zen (Chan) Buddhism - ✔✔Zen (Chan) Buddhism The verse below is attributed to the sixth patriarch of Zen (Chan) Buddhism, ____. The bodhi tree is originally not a tree, The mirror also has no stand. Buddha-nature is always clean and pure; Where can it be stained by dust? Dao Sheng Shen Xiu Hui Neng - ✔✔Hui Neng The tenets of Southern Chan Buddhism are more closely aligned with ____. Mencius' philosophy Confucius' philosophy Zhuangzi's philosophy - ✔✔Zhuangzi's philosophy The first patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism is [Show More]

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