State Confucianism

question 21

Multiple Choice

State Confucianism

• A) was actually an unusually militant form of Buddhism.
• B) expressed a traditional, activist element in Chinese philosophy.
• C) was brought to China by Japanese merchants.
• D) renounced the newer ideas advanced by Mencius and Loming-Tzu.
• E) was strongly influenced by Daoism.

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