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F Park,James Ancient History Unit III



Shintoism Oct.10 The three things that surprised our group was the the ghost that trailed the errand boys, how the ghost easily killed the daughter of the noble, and how easily the daughter came back to life after the ghosts migrated somewhere else.
 * 1) How did the folktale enable your group to understand Korean culture? The folktale helped us understand Korean culture by showing the hierarchy (errand boys, noble, king, etc) in Korean society, people’s beliefs in supernatural existences such as the ghost, and the roles and abilities of fortune tellers of the time.
 * 2) List three things that surprised your group in reading the Korean folktale.

3.Compare and contrast the Korean folk tale to one in any other nation. Aesop’s folk tale, The Boy Who Cried Wolf is comparable to this folktale in several ways. First of all, the fortuneteller at first seems to trick people into believing that his skills are effective, also in the Boy Who Cried Wolf, the boy tricked people into believing that actual wolves were attacking the sheeps. For the fortune teller, the King finally believed him right before he was executed, and the fortune teller was executed and he didn’t get to prove by himself that his ability to bring people back alive and scare away ghosts were possible. A similar situation can be viewed from the Boy Who Cried Wolf. People finally believed in the boy after he was eaten by the wolf, the people refused to believe him when he finally told the truth at the end. However, the boy and the fortune tellers situation are not similar because the fortune teller’s situation is more serious and intense than the boy who cried wo

4.What role do folktales play in all cultures? Folktales of all cultures show at least one theme or moral and teach the people what one should do and shouldn’t.

In Lectures on the Tao Teh Ching, Lao-Tzu says, that, "The mystery of the Mysterious is the gateway to all indescribable marvels". Does this quote have an equivalent to in Christianity? Are there other parts of the Tao Teh Ching that remind you of Christian ideals? In this quote, the Tao has no name and we don’t exactly know when tao was found or the origin and the Tao is everlasting and mysterious. God of Christianity doesn’t really have the name to the people. Also when Moses ask to the god what is ur name, the god told him Yahweh which means I am and god of christianity was mysterious and everlasting similar to the Tao. Like for the mysterious Tao, Christians also must go through the mysterious God to experience marvelous things like the Holy Spirit.

See Passage 2, "Not honoring men....Not wanting rare things...Not paying attention..." How are does this help one understand how Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism found common ground and were not mutually exclusive belief systems? Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism are different in many ways but have common grounds when it comes to ethical beliefs. All three believes that people should live right and don’t be materialistic.

In Passage 2, what do you think is meant by the lines, "relaxing the mind, reinforcing the abdomen, gentling the will, strengthening the bones"? Taoism really emphasizes balance and nature. In this quote, we get advices on how to practice Taoism. For example the will always wants desire /greed so we should gentle it and since the abdomen is usually natural, we should reinforce it.

Consider the last three entries from D.C. Lau's Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu describes government. How is this ideal different from Confucius' ideal? What present day system of government are you reminded of when you read this section? Do you think this is a good system? Explain. If the rulers believe in Taoism, the taoist rulers will do nothing or not be meddlesome and everything will be completely balanced out. Besides, the Confucian was very different. In the mandate of heaven, every ruler should be a strong and powerful also involved in government. Regrading present day system, I am not sure, but I think the balancing part applies to many kinds of government. For example, if the government corrupts, then they will be more robbery. It just balances out. I disagree with Tao government because the idea of Tao says that everything will be balanced out but we don’t exactly know if its balancing out in a correct way or incorrect way.

Regarding the third treasure that Lao Tzu describes, what do you think is his message? Do you agree? What does this say about people who are ambitious? In this quote, Tao is saying don’t try to be the leader. I agree with Tao because when people always desire to be the leader, they never are happy doing anything else except being in the leading positiion also they never want to follow, learn, or listen. They just want to go to the place ‘leader’.

Some people only wants to be the ruler to get it, they don’t look over how are they going to control it or if it is responsible to do so.

=And The Butterfly Analysis= Chuang Tzu in dream became a butterfly, And the butterfly became Chuang Tzu at waking. Which was the real—the butterfly or the man ? Who can tell the end of the endless changes of things? The water that flows into the depth of the distant sea Returns anon to the shallows of a transparent stream. The man, raising melons outside the green gate of the city, Was once the Prince of the East Hill. So must rank and riches vanish. You know it, still you toil and toil,—what for? Why does the author choose a butterfly?

-Because butterfly meant to be freedom but since butterfly is a small thing, you can’t really see clearly. It just appears in front of you just a second and goes by.

What is the importance of the water cycle?

-Water cycle starts from the mountain in solid form and goes on a river in liquid form and as it evaporates, it becomes gas form so it is a change. Also in the poem, butterfly has changed from caterpillar and water cycle changes so it is a cycle.

What is the point about the 'man raising melons'?

-In man raising melons, I think melon is shows as a hard work and yang because man raising melon will be continue many times.

What is the author attempting to convey to the reader?

-World is keep changing to balance the yin and yang.

Tao of Pooh Questions


 * 1) What is the significance of the painting Hoff describes named The Vinegar Tasters? (2) The painting Vinegar Tasters expresses the different beliefs of the Three Teachings. You can identify the differences through the facial expressions of the three.
 * 2) What is the theme of life according to Hoff’s interpretation of Taoism? (5-6) Hoff’s interpretation of Taoism is that the harmonious way of nature and letting things be as they are is the way to make a happy life.
 * 3) How does Hoff explain the “uncarved block” metaphor? (10) The ‘uncarved block’ maintains its power through the original state of simplicity, and is changed when the simplicity is lost.
 * 4) What is the secret message of the “uncarved block?” (2) The message is that without complexity in life, one can remain natural, plain, and even child-like, and be able to spontaneoulsy have things work out.
 * 5) What was the main conflict between the Confucianists and Taoists according to Hoff? (24) To the Taoists, Confucianists were busy scholars trying to learn everything and become wise, unlike the Taoists who enjoyed and learned from the natural way of life.
 * 6) Which of Milne’s characters represent Confucianists and Taoists according to Hoff? Pooh represents the Taoists, and the Owl represents the Confucianist.
 * 7) What is Hoff’s opinion of Confucianist scholars? (26) Hoff believs that Confucianist scholars, or ‘desiccated scholars’, ‘studies Knowledge for Knowledge’ and writes pompous, abstract essays rather than trying to spread enlightenment to others.
 * 8) What does Hoff say about knowledge vs. experience? (29) Hoff says that knowledge and experience cannot necessarily be compared for they are two different things, but knowledge that comes from experience is more valuable than plain knowledge.
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do most scholars blame for problems in the world? Why isn’t it justified? (32) Most scholars blame the ‘uncarved blocks’, whom they think are ignorant. It isn’t justified because the problem is often indirectly or directly caused by the scholar’s limitations and nearsightedness.
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the difference between “cleverness” and “Inner Nature?” (38)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cleverness refers to the knowledge while inner nature is basic knowledge which cannot be measured.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is it important to discern your own Inner Nature? (41)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is important because you can find out where you belong in the world and make right or wrong judgements.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explain Hoff’s interpretation of the Chinese quote: “One disease, long life; No disease, short life.” (48)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In his quote, Hoff is stating that one who acknowledges their own problems and try to solve them in some way, will have a longer life. He also says that those who avoid their problems instead of trying to solve them, will live a more shorter life because they will not learn how to look after themselves.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What does Hoff mean when he states that we must learn to “work with Things As They Are?” (50)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He means that we should deal with and adjust to things in their pure form, instead of trying to change them or find new ways.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happens to people who do not listen to their Inner Nature? (57)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The people who don’t listen to their Inner Nature will easily lead them to the wrong path because they won’t be able to understand themselves.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the Way of Self-Reliance? (57-8)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Way of Self-Reliance is one in which starts with recognizing who we are, what we’ve got to work with, and what works best for us.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How can we change ourselves effectively through the principles of Taoism? (58)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We can change ourselves through the principles of Taoism by making a good use of the benefits by getting rid of the negatives and try to search for the path which suits us.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the Wu Wei or “The Pooh Way” according to Hoff? (67-8)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to Hoff, Wu Wei or “The Pooh Way” means without doing, causing, or making. But in practical speaking, it means without meddlesome, combative, or egotistical effort.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the quote, “Tao does not do, but nothing is not done,” explain Wu Wei or “The Pooh Way?” (70)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It means that things just happen by nature, without meaning it to happen. Tao doesn’t try to do things, but things just happen and end up in with a positive result.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does Tai Chi reflect Wu Wei or Taoism as a martial art? (87-8)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tai Chi reflects Wu Wei/ Taoism as a martial art which involves wearing your component down by deflecting his way.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you a Bisy Backson? (94)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No, because Bisy Backson is very active, and wastes time by trying to save it. I don’t tend to do that but rather, look ahead and deal with things ahead of me.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the Bisy Backson view of American history according to Hoff? (103-104)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bisy Backson believes that he has to overcome things in order to progress and make changes to everything.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the Bisy Backson waste time by trying to save it? (108-109)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As the Bisy Backson trying to save every bit of it, he ends up wasting the whole thing. And sine he has practically no time at all, he was too busy wasting it by trying to save it.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the Youthful Immortal? (108-9)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Youthful Immortal is the idea that is been made when Taoist discovered the Secrets of Life and it is divided into three things: a long life of youthful appearance, outlook, and energy.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What makes us happy in life the goals or the process we go through to reach the goals? Why? (111)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accomplishing the goals or processes we go through in life makes us happy. This is because the sensation of actually finishing something gives you great happiness and a feeling to do better. However, it’s also important to have further future goals, not to just be satisfied.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the significance of The Stonecutter? (118-9)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Stonecutter is significant because it’s actually the most important, strongest character. It’s just easy for people to disregard or not consider it as that. In the cycle he was the first, and in fact he goes through changes until he is finally a rock.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explain the significance of the following line from the Tao Te Ching: “From caring comes courage.” (128)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This line is important in which shows how human psychology sort of works. People receive kindness, they tend to appreciate it and therefore give it back. Kindness gives them more courage to give kindness in return as well.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where does one find Wisdom, Happiness and Courage? (137)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One finds wisdom/happiness/courage from a variety places, but it must be in the regular whole cycle.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the “Great Nothing?” (143)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Great Nothing is the main theme of Taoism, where having nothing is actually something; doing nothing is actually something.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is an “Empty sort of mind” so valuable according to Taoism? (146-7)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An Empty sort of mind is valuable in Taosim since it enables to think from a more objective perspective. In contrast, a filled, stuffed mind won’t be able to focus or concentrate as much. Also, being empty is being pure and innocent - better than knowing everything.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interpret the following quote: “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” (148-9)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a hard quote, where it shows that wisdom and IQ(knowledge) aren’t so much related. In fact, the quote basically means that they are inversely related. In order to gain knowledge, you just learn and learn, but there’s a certain limit. However, wisdom is perpetual, and an everlasting thing. It’s only obtainable when you’re in an open mindset, where you are in an objective view and accept things, and see everything in a wider view.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is the child the highest stage of development? (151)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The child is the highest stage of development since a child is innocent and pure, which means they have an empty mind (not stupid!). When they age, they lose wisdom, and gain knowledge due to nurturement,
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why may knowledge and cleverness destroy life as we know it? (154)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Knowledge and cleverness can destroy life as we know it since it creates chaos in which people aren’t unique, and are unable to share thoughts or collaborate. Also, it would destroy the wisdom since it affects how you view things; in other words, you get biased.


 * WHAT DO RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY HAVE IN COMMON?**
 * Religion and philosophy have in common is that it is a substance that shapes the straight, clear road of life, changes the lifestyle of people, and stabilizes the person's mind from being unstable like comforting from outrage or sadness. For the most people, religion and philosophy is mostly use to give hope to the people.**


 * And, WHY IS THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANT?**
 * The study of religion and philosophy is important because they are the ones that shaped the history and led some people to a road that becomes a great. Study of religion and philosophy gives the idea to the people and become worldwide.**

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 * Religion**
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 * How does your religion impact your identity? Be sure to describe your journey (even if it is on-going).
 * How does your religion impact your family?
 * How does your religion impact your society (and even the world)?
 * Be sure to show me a general outline of the script you will be speaking to for this project.**

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<range type="comment" id="233630">Be careful with your reading here If I was a ruler during the time of Confucius, I would have accepted his advice about government. In statement 4, Confucius said that to govern is to rectify which means that as the duty for a ruler, you should make the country better and the best way to do it is to rectify the ruler itself and the people will follow. But if the ruler do the bad thing and don’t rectify himself, he will not only rectify himself but also the people who follows him will do the bad thing that the leader did. Also in statement 3, Confucius said that let the ruler be a ruler, the minister be a minister, the father be a father, and the son be a son which shows that as the duty that each person has, they should try it best to stabilize the society. But if they don’t do their duty, they won’t be in a stable society.
 * 1) If you were a ruler during the time of Confucius, would you have accepted his advice about government? Why?


 * 1) Do you think any of Confucius's thoughts about government could be useful to government leaders today? If so, what do you think could be helpful? If not, what are some of the most important problems involved in his perspective?

I think any of Confucius’s thoughts about government could be used ful to government leaders today. In statement 6, if a ruler sets himself right, then he will be followed without his command which shows if the ruler is great and powerful, the people will follow the same in a good way. But if he doesn’t set himself right, even his commands will not be accepted to the people so if the people thinks that it is wrong, the people can overthrow the government or elect a new leader to try to accept what the followers think it is good.