Question
Answer the following about Daoism in Japanese syncretic religions, for 10 points each.
[10h] This Japanese folk religion uses nine mudras of possible Daoist origin called kuji and particularly honors the Buddhist Wisdom King Fudō Myō-ō. Mountain-revering ascetics of this religion are called yamabushi.
ANSWER: Shugendō
[10e] Court-appointed practitioners of Onmyōdō, or the “way of yin and yang,” set calendars and performed this practice using a board called a shikiban. Yarrow stalks can be used to perform this practice relying on the I Ching.
ANSWER: divination [accept equivalents like fortune telling or predicting the future]
[10m] In the Daoist-influenced practice of kōshin machi, occurring every 60 days on a day named for this animal, practitioners stayed awake all night to prevent “Three Worms” from reporting their misdeeds. Three of these animals are depicted in a Japanese maxim representing the absence of evil.
ANSWER: monkeys [or macaques]
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Waterloo Aspidistra | Waterloo Basic | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |