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History 8 China The Examination

Debt/ Responsibility

Page 44 ""I'm putting you under this obligation," Master Fei Qun said haughtily, " because of my report in your family's favor. You owe it, so be kind as to discharge your debt.""

Mencius

Page 58 "" Mencius said," continuing Chen, "that the great end of learning is nothing less than to seek for the lost mind.""

Taoism

Page 48 "Hong found him in a field, maneuvering a large dragon kite."

Honor

Page 45 " Don't worry if they believe you or not. You are a floweing talent. They don't want to give honored people like you any trouble, so almost any lie will do. You're in a most enviable position."

Mohism

Pge 59 " Chen thrust his ou "Here, take some." He glared at Hong until the boy reluctantly thrust his bowl out too."

Environment

Page 57 " backwash pouring off the mountainsides and soon over ran its banks, flooding wheat fields and the road."

Sources:

Bosse, Malcolm J. The Examination. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. Print.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mohism/

Jaelynn Walls