Lesson test: Why Buddhism travelled

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Why Buddhism travelled

1.[2p]
What did a Buddhist monastery offer a merchant on a trade route?

Lodging, storage, water, credit and a shared language among strangers

Correct

Armed escort as far as the next oasis

The answer is: Lodging, storage, water, credit and a shared language among strangers

Exemption from local market dues

The answer is: Lodging, storage, water, credit and a shared language among strangers

A monopoly on the sale of silk

The answer is: Lodging, storage, water, credit and a shared language among strangers

2.[2p]
How many Sanskrit texts did Xuanzang bring back to China in 645?

CorrectNot quite: 657

3.[3p]
Xuanzang's bureau produced 1,335 fascicles between 645 and his death in 664. How many fascicles a year is that?

CorrectNot quite: 70

4.[2p]
The earliest translators of Buddhist texts into Chinese were Indian monks.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
How many decorated caves are there at the Mogao complex near Dunhuang?

CorrectNot quite: 492

6.[3p]
Why did Buddhism travel along the trade routes while Confucianism did not?

Select all that apply

Buddhism accepted members regardless of birth

Correct

Donation let an outsider convert money into religious standing

Correct

Monasteries were physically present along the route

Correct

Confucian practice centred on family ritual and state office, neither of which a foreign merchant could acquire

Correct

Han armies imposed Buddhism on the oasis kingdoms they garrisoned

The answer is: Buddhism accepted members regardless of birth, Donation let an outsider convert money into religious standing, Monasteries were physically present along the route, Confucian practice centred on family ritual and state office, neither of which a foreign merchant could acquire

7.[2p]
What is the term for the early practice of rendering Buddhist concepts with Daoist vocabulary? One word.

CorrectNot quite: geyi

8.[3p]
Why is 148 CE a poor estimate of when Buddhism reached China?

Translation happens only after a local community exists that cannot read the original, so the arrival is earlier

Correct

The date rests on a forged colophon

The answer is: Translation happens only after a local community exists that cannot read the original, so the arrival is earlier

Translation began before any Buddhists arrived

The answer is: Translation happens only after a local community exists that cannot read the original, so the arrival is earlier

The Chinese calendar of that period cannot be converted accurately

The answer is: Translation happens only after a local community exists that cannot read the original, so the arrival is earlier

9.[3p]
Match each figure to what they did.

An Shigao
Kumarajiva
Faxian
Xuanzang

ran a state-backed bureau at Chang'an from 401
travelled to India from 399 and returned by sea
returned in 645 with 657 Sanskrit texts
began translating at Luoyang in 148

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An Shigao: began translating at Luoyang in 148 Kumarajiva: ran a state-backed bureau at Chang'an from 401 Faxian: travelled to India from 399 and returned by sea Xuanzang: returned in 645 with 657 Sanskrit texts

1.[2p] What did a Buddhist monastery offer a merchant on a trade route?

2.[2p] How many Sanskrit texts did Xuanzang bring back to China in 645?

3.[3p] Xuanzang's bureau produced 1,335 fascicles between 645 and his death in 664. How many fascicles a year is that?

4.[2p] The earliest translators of Buddhist texts into Chinese were Indian monks.

5.[2p] How many decorated caves are there at the Mogao complex near Dunhuang?

6.[3p] Why did Buddhism travel along the trade routes while Confucianism did not?

7.[2p] What is the term for the early practice of rendering Buddhist concepts with Daoist vocabulary? One word.

8.[3p] Why is 148 CE a poor estimate of when Buddhism reached China?

9.[3p] Match each figure to what they did.

1.[2p]
What did a Buddhist monastery offer a merchant on a trade route?

2.[2p]
How many Sanskrit texts did Xuanzang bring back to China in 645?

3.[3p]
Xuanzang's bureau produced 1,335 fascicles between 645 and his death in 664. How many fascicles a year is that?

4.[2p]
The earliest translators of Buddhist texts into Chinese were Indian monks.

5.[2p]
How many decorated caves are there at the Mogao complex near Dunhuang?

6.[3p]
Why did Buddhism travel along the trade routes while Confucianism did not?

7.[2p]
What is the term for the early practice of rendering Buddhist concepts with Daoist vocabulary? One word.

8.[3p]
Why is 148 CE a poor estimate of when Buddhism reached China?

9.[3p]
Match each figure to what they did.