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 * B Kim Sangbin Tim Unit III Ancient History**


 * WHAT DO RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY HAVE IN COMMON? And, WHY IS THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IMPORTANT?**Religion and Philosophy's similarity is that they both provide guidelines for people to follow. They often exemplifies what is right and wrong. Study of both are very important because they share multiple perspective of the world and let's people escape from the narrow mindedness.media type="file" key="New Project - Medium.m4v" width="300" height="300"



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Tao of pooh questions

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?

Prepare an answer for the following questions" 1. Why does the author choose a butterfly? Maybe because butterfly reflects the free soul. 2. What is the importance of the water cycle? It reflects the flow of the world and people. 3. What is the point about the 'man raising melons'? It represents the idea that something that once came will go away. 4. What is the author attempting to convey to the reader? The author conveys the idea about letting the desire go away.

__**Essential Quotes of Taoism**__ Go to the Essential Quotes of Taoism above and read through them. Be sure to note down answers to the following questions. (Be prepared to share your answers): 1. 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?
 * Assignment 2**

This quote is very similar to the concept of heaven and hell in christianity. Christians would say that getting rid of all the sins and desires will allow one to enter the gateway to Heaven. Do to the belief in heaven or hell, people thought about things like devils and angels, although none of us have been there.

2. See Passage 2, "Not honoring men....Not wanting rare things...Not paying attention..." How does this help one understand how Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism found common ground and were not mutually exclusive belief systems?

The sentence says that all of those belief systems were found on the belief that warned us against favoring those with advantage, wanting rare things, and greed. In other words, they were all found with the will of eliminating greed and favoritism, which would lead to competition, thievery, and disaster.

3. In Passage 2, what do you think is meant by the lines, "relaxing the mind, reinforcing the abdomen, gentling the will, strengthening the bones"?

This line means by controlling one's own body and achieving inner peace, you can finally reach a stage where greed can be controlled. By reinforcing the abdomen, we gather strength to control our body. Then with gentling the will, we can control the desires. By strengthening the bones, we can finally make our body rigid.

4. 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.

This system is somewhat similar to the laissez faire, which the invisible hand will correct all the things eventually. Lao Tzu says that government should let people take the leading role. However, Confucius says that the government should set an example for the country to follow.

5. 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?

He is trying to say that people with too much ambition will eventually fail. However, I do not think the same. In order to lead the society and set a model example, one needs to be very ambitious about future and society. Unambitious people will not take the actions necessary to lead the people. Still, too much ambition will lead to fall since it will cover the important things and turn people into selfish and greedy people.

At the end of this lesson you should be able to: To begin, create a document in which you have a chart similar to the one below. Use this as a foundation to document the information you need to record the timeline of Christianity in Korea. This goes into your wiki as the last section in preparation for your essay test.
 * describe the emergence of the Christian community in Korea.
 * explain why Christianity gained more adherents in (South) Korea than in other East Asian nations.
 * Reading number and Title || Period being addressed || Three major (the power of three, sometimes you get two sometimes four) points drawn from this period ||
 * 1 ||  ||   ||
 * 2 ||  ||   ||
 * 3 || 1880s - 1910s ||  ||
 * 4 ||  ||   ||
 * 5 ||  ||   ||