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Outline for Review【中国文化】 All the following statements are true. Chinese ancient library divided its holdings into four categories: Confucian classics(jing), philosophy(shi), history(zi), and literature(ji). According to historical record, Meng Jiang Girl was the eldest daughter of the noble family Jiang. Emperors are often mentioned as the authority of nine and five(jiu wu zhi zun) which may derive from the fifth line of Qian hexagram. The book of Changes (Zhou Yi) developed from a book used for divination into a profound work of philosophy, even acclaimed as the top among The Five Canons. A Dream of Red Mansions is a monumental work, the peak of ancient Chinese fiction. Tathāgata(ru lai) and Mahavira(da xiong) are two other titles of Buddha. 7. poetry and lyrics have invariably been the orthodox genre in ancient Chinese literature. In ancient China, the poetry, prose, drama and novel have been imbued in a lyrical atmosphere. 9. The Tang poetry could be catalogued into the frontier poetry school headed by by Gao Shi and Cen Shen and the pastoral poetry school led by Wang Wei and Meng Haoran, both of whom symbolized the two aspects regarding the doom of the ancient Chinese literati—serving as officials or dwelling in seclusion. 10. Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan of the Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty are known as the “Four Great Masters of the Regular Script.” 11. Famille-rose porcelain is a fine example of incorporating European artistic techniques into the design of Chinese porcelain. 12. Blue-and-white porcelain is the most typical type of Chinese porcelain. 13.The beauty of jade was involved in five attributes:benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, bravery, purity. 14.Chinese people’s interest in crackleware lies in its naturally produced and unpridictable patterns. 15. It is generally agreed that there are four sacred Taoist mountains in China, namely, Mount Longhu in Jiangxi Province, Mount Qingcheng in Sichuan Province, Mount Wudang in H