Questions Refer to the Passage Below

question 17

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the passage below.
Yet we must know that the ten thousand names derive from the one name, and the one name from one ancestor. Thus our origins are not different. Since our Heavenly Father gave us birth and nourishment, we are of one form though of separate bodies, and we breathe the same air though in different places. This is why we say, "All are brothers within the four seas." Now, basking in the profound mercy of Heaven, we are of one family. . . .
We brothers, our minds having been awakened by our Heavenly Father, joined the camp in the earlier days to support our Sovereign, many bringing parents, wives, uncles, brothers, and whole families. It is a matter of course that we should attend to our parents and look after our wives and children, but when one first creates a new rule, the state must come first and the family last, public interests first and private interests last.
"The Principles of the Heavenly Nature," promulgated by the leadership of the Taiping
Heavenly Kingdom, 1854
-Which of the following statements in "The Principles" represents a change in Chinese cultural thought?

• A) [When] one first creates a new rule, the state must come first and the family last, public interests first and private interests last.
• B) It is a matter of course that we should attend to our parents and look after our wives and children.
• C) Yet we must know that the ten thousand names derive from the one name, and the one name from one ancestor.
• D) Since our Heavenly Father gave us birth and nourishment, we are of one form though of separate bodies, and we breathe the same air though in different places.