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| How many tones are there in modern standard Chinese? |
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| The great majority of Chinese characters have two components. What are these two components called, and what is the function of each? |
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| In Chinese, which comes first, the given name (John, Sally, etc.) or the surname (Smith, Johnson, etc.)? |
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| . In what year was China first made into a unified, imperial, bureaucratic state? |
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| What Chinese ruler is famous for having burned books and buried scholars subsequent to the unification referred to above? |
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| Why does Chinese make relatively little use of words borrowed from other languages? |
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| Name an Asian language other than Chinese that is that is also tonal, and in which single syllables usually carry meaning (as in Chinese). |
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| Vietnamese, Thai, Laos, Central Tibetan |
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| What is the name of the Chinese transliteration system used in this course? |
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| What does the four-wrod idiom "three people create tiger" mean? |
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| If three people claim there is a tiger in the market place, others will believe it too |
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| What two steps must you follow to find a character you do not know how to pronounce in a chinese dictionary? |
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| Find the radical and then find the rest of the character, use the number of strokes in both steps |
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| What are some features of Longshan culture that do no appear to have existed in the earlier yangshao culture? |
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| Longshan had gray pottery culture, higher state of technology, human area clay (male organ) has been found, evidence of social stratification |
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| In chinese myth, what two figures are regarded as the founders of the institution of matrimony? |
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| Nuwa and Fu Xi invented them after being married |
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| What mythical ruler is said to have eatne hundreds of herbs in order to discover which were beneficial and harmful to humankind? |
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| In what general area of present day China did Chinese civilization initially develop? |
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| The yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization |
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| According to legend, how did Yao and Shun handle the problem of succession? |
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| They made inquiries and conducted searches to find the wirthiest possible successor |
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| In Chinese legend who is said to have repaired the sky with multi-colored stones after a great cataclysm? |
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| Which is further north, Yangzi River or the Yellow River |
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| According to legend, what contribution did Fu Xi make to the art of record-keeping? |
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| Created 8 tangrams and is regarded as the founder of calligraphy |
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| Lei Zu (the consort of the Yellow Lord) ad the girl with the horse's head are both associated in legend with the origin of what? |
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| What dynasty is said to have been founded by Yu the Great? |
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| What mythical Chinese ruler is especially associated with the virtue of filial piety? |
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| What is the earliest Chinese dynasty authenticated beyond a doubt by archeology |
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| What millennium BCE did the Shang dynasty exist? |
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| What legendary Chinese ruler is said to have called a great meeting of tributary chiefs at Mt. Kuaiji or "Accounting Mountain" in modern Zhejiang Province? |
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| What Zhou ruler undertook the final conquest of Shang? |
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| What was the name of the military strategist whose counsel enabled the Zhou rulers to overthrow the Shang? |
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| Prime minister Jiang Ziya |
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| What was Jiang Ziya doing when he was first discovered by a Zhou Wen-wang? |
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| What dynasty is said to have almost come to an end when the entire ruling family was slaughtered except for the pregnant queen, who fled back to her own tribe? |
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| Xia Dynasty (Queen was Xiang's wife) |
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| Presented to King Zhou, last king of Shang dynasty |
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| Born from dragon spittle,, she was offered to king you as a gift |
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| Presented to King Jie and helped bring an end to the Xia dynasty through drinking |
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| What dynastic founder showed his virtue by keeping his hunting nets open on three sides so that only willing victims would be caught? |
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| What does Tian ming refer to |
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| What Chinese classic is said to have been composed in part by the founder of the Chou dynasty during a period of imprisonment? |
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| King Wen Sequence with 64 hexagrams |
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| What dynasty is said to have come to an end soon after the king started setting fire to signal pyres as a means of pleasing his favorite concubine? |
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| Name a language other than Chinese that is thought to belong to the same language family as Chinese |
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| According to tradition, how did King Wu Ding of the Shang dynasty identify, locate, and recruit his wise advisor Fu Yue |
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| Wu Ding had a dream of Fu Yue |
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| In what way is Shen NOng associated with the origins of traditional Chinses Medicine? |
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| He tasted each herb to personally find the properties and compiled a list. He also invented acupuncture. |
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| What legendary figure is held up as an example of public spirit because he passed by his home three times without going in rather than be distracted from his work on flood control? |
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Yu/ Da Yu/ Yu the Great
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| Upon what evidence did Yao decide that Shun was the worthiest person in the realm to succeed him? |
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| Yao gave him a district to gevern and two of his daughters to be married. Or Shun's filial behavior |
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| What pair of mythical figures were depicted in early times as having human bodies ending in serpent's tails that intertwined with each other? |
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| What figure in historical myth is credited with the invention of the Chinese writing system, and how is he supposed to have gotten the idea of using linear patterns to represent words? |
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| Cang Jie on tortoise shell |
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| To what era is the song attributed and significance: the sun rises and I work... What has the might of the king to do with me? |
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| Tang Yao disguised himself as a commoner and heard this song and realized his methods of rule were perfect. 2358-2258 BC |
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| What foolish aciton on the part of King You brought about the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty |
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| To amuse Bao Si, he lit up a beacon pyres used for signaling a threat of barbarian attack |
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| Why was the Shang dynasty sometimes referred to as the Yin dynasty? |
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| Yin was the last Capital of the Shang dynasty |
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| When Gugong dnafu was the leader of the Zhou people, barbarians came and demanded his wealth and possessions... what did he do? |
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| He gave them up because he did not wan his people to suffer |
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| In what Chinese classic are the oldest existing example of Chinese poetry collected? |
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| What Chinese classic consists entirely of dry, factual entries? |
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| 4 main catagories into which the poems of the Shijing were divided? |
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| Airs, Lesser courtly songs, Greater courtly songs, Sacrificial Hymns |
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| What dynasty suffered a 40 year interruption a few reigns after its inception due to a king's fondness for hunting? |
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| Xia Dynasty: King Tai-kang |
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| What of the Spring and Autumn period states was originally the fief awarded to Jiang Taigong and his descendants by the founders of the Zhou dynasty? |
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| Who is supposed to have said "As from the stump of a felled tree there are sprouts and shoots, heaven will perpetuate its decree in our favor in this new city" and what was the occasion? |
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| Pan Geng when he wished to remove the capital to Yin |
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| Why does Zhouzhuan say, Ying Kao Shu was wholly filial, his love for his mother passed over to Lord Zhuang (Zheng Zhuang-gong)? |
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| Ying Kao Shu resolved lorg Zhuang's vow to only see his mother on the opposite side of the spring of life |
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| According to legend, why did the two elder son of Gugon Danfu decline to accpet the throne and go to the barbarians of the eastern seacoast? |
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| The youngest brother was born in auspicious circumstances. |
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| What two ancient kings are said in Chinese legend to have been so powerful physically that they could do things such as twist iron bars about like rope and kill wild beasts with their bare hands? |
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| King Jie (fall of Xia) and King Zhou (fall of Shang) |
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| Why did Zheng Zhuang-gong keep refusing to launch an attack against his brother Duan even though it was obvious that duan was preparing to overthrow him? |
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| Duan had not tried to do so yet. There needed to be proof. Establish himself as ruler with the mandate of heaven |
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| Who sacrificed the Viscount of Zeng to the spirit of the river Sui? |
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