Across
- 3. Chinese K'ung-Fu-tzu
- 6. a large landmass smaller than a continent
- 9. a system of political organization (as in Europe during the Middle Ages) in which a vassal served a lord and received protection and land in return
- 11. the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
- 14. the recurring pattern of the rise and fall of ruling families
- 15. a class structure that is determined by birth
Down
- 1. a person (such as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak
- 2. of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Confucius or his teachings or followers
- 4. reverence for parents considered in Chinese ethics the prime virtue and the basis of all right human relations
- 5. a member of a civil service
- 7. the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness
- 8. a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement
- 10. an individual's duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law
- 12. the dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances and often mystical contemplation and ascetic practices
- 13. the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence