Chinese Religions p. 281, 282, 284

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  1. 1. A Chinese philosopher originally named K'ung Fu-tzu
  2. 5. The Shang Dynasty believed that ancestors ___________ between gods and descendants on earth.
  3. 7. A written collection of Confucius' sayings.
  4. 10. Ancestors were not so much worshipped as deities, but revered as older ____________ members of the family unit.
  5. 11. The history of Chinese religions parallels Chinese _____________.
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  1. 2. According to the Chinese religious practice of divination, the configuration of the stars and planets were __________ for either good or evil.
  2. 3. For Confucius ____________ was not merely an accumulation of knowledge, but an important means to build moral character.
  3. 4. The high god of the Chou Dynasty.
  4. 6. Confucius was more interested in helping cultivate gentlemen or sages for a better world on _______, as opposed to the afterlife.
  5. 8. Rulers of the Shang Dynasty venerated their ______________.
  6. 9. The high god of the Shang Dynasty.