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Religions of the World I: China & Japan

General Chinese concepts

T'ien

Ch’i

I-Ching

Yin Yang

Taoist Terms to know

Tao

Te

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Chuang Tzu

(Wei) Wu Wei

Tai Chi Chuan

Confucian Terms to Know

Confucius (Kung-Fu-Tzu)

Five Classics

Four Books

Li

Jen ("ren")

Reciprocity (Shu)

Filial Piety (Hsiao)

5 constant relationships

Rectification of names

Social harmony

Shinto Terms to Know

Kami

Pantheism

Animism

Izanagi 

Izanami

Amaterasu

Ise

Torii

Shrine Shinto

State Shinto

Sect Shinto