Solved Midterm Exam 1 - Chinese Culture through Narrative | CHIN 252, Exams of Chinese Culture

Download Solved Midterm Exam 1 - Chinese Culture through Narrative | CHIN 252 and more Exams Chinese Culture in PDF only on Docsity! Chinese 252 1ST MIDTERM PART I } I certify that | have neither given nor Fall, 2009 _/ — received aid on this examination NAME _ SIGNED (print) © SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (30 points), Do any 15 of the following questions. To aid correction, please put an X or some other sign next to all items that you either do not do or do not want counted. 1, What dynasty is said to have been (unintentionally) founded by Yi the Great? = -2 According to Zudzhuan, an emissary from Jin once sang the Shijing song “Plop Fall the Plums” (Piao / You Méi) at a state banquet in Lit in order to ask for: a) fresh fruit b) a gift of vermillion bows’ c)\ military assistance in a forthcoming campaign (d) a marriage partner for a Jin prince ) ee, 3. Y] Yin was to Tai Jixas |) was to Zhou Chéng-wang. Mt Which of the hegemons used his own elder half-brother as his chief advisor? 5. Bado Si was to Zhou You-wang as Dé Jt was to 6. Who lived earlier, the five hegemons or the Shang dynasty kings? YK Which state was closer to the capital of Qi, Ji or Lu? (cf. story of Prince Xidobéi or Qf Hudn-ging) aK 8. Which of the following Chinese (Mandarin) syllables rhymes best with the English word “hung?” f tH) zhong 2) jing 3) zheng 4 zhang 9. Who restored the state of Wéi after it had been destroyed by Di tribesmen? ie. The oldest inscribed oracle bones thus far discovered date from the reign of what ruler? rN DK What Chinese festival {now no longer observed) was associated with the death by burning of Jié Zi Tui? r ) : Ching MM | Fecti va | NR According to legend, why was Li Ji determined to bring about the destruction of the three princes Shén Shéng, Chéng-ér, and Yi-wu in the state of Jin? ( Si t Recomrse cl Reunite, princess crelir {Who provided military escorts, first to in Hul-ging, and then to Jin Wén-gong, when they came to the throne of Hin? . x, CAWw = Chin 2% Ww ca 14, Is Fa. Yué portrayed in legend as a sage-seeker or a sage? }§. What ruler is said in myth to have taken Yao’s two daughters, Nil-ying and E-hudng, as brides? Shun