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| Zhou and Eastern Zhou Dynasties |
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| (Wind & Water) geomancy; enhancing good fortune through the placement of structures; power of nature used to bless human actions; permits the flow of ch'i |
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| inner (horizontal) principle; connecting across divisions of class and gender |
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| Ruling principle; divine reward for good rulership. |
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| complimentary opposites. No deity; process includes formless to form. The primal energy of the Dao is expressed in nature's ch'i |
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(1600-1122) first recorded dynasty
written language based on pictographs/characters
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| Superior man; someone who Confucius pointed to; Victorian gentleman; kin but self disciplined. |
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| actionless/ intentionless action; how to act in a natural way; act with authenticity |
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| Dao De Ching/Tao Te Ching |
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| Codes of conduct/ appropriateness for lineages. |
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| wind, breath, flowing of vital energy |
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| Both yin & yang souls exist within every person. Upon death, you become either a shen (ancestral spirit) or a kuei (ghost; troublesome spirit) Must appease both souls with offerings and worship |
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| Went to China to find teachings of Buddhism. Learned Sanskrit & chinese. Scholar, poet, & painter. Settled on school focused on mantra and ritual. chose to be buried alive in Mount Koya to reach enlightenment. When Buddha Maitreya comes Kukai will reemerge |
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| (1185-1333 CE) Shift of political power from imperial court to feudal groups. Warlords fought for power. Order and peace instituted by the Shogun |
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