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