Chi'en, the father in Chinese cosmology, is:

a. authority to rule as a mandate from God
b. doing without doing
c. the energy of the lifeforce
d. like Hegel's Absolute


d.

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Why is “traditional religion” an ambiguous term for the religions dealt with in this chapter?

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The good Confucian should keep to the middle between emotional and intellectual extremes

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What will be an ideal response?

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