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Philosophical Ideas and Ethics (1) Listen in and Speak out Dialogue You’ve Got a Good Start to Study Confucianism Exercise 1 Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks appropriately. Mr. Green is teaching English in Nanjing University. He is getting more and more interested in 1___________. Now he is talking with Lily and asking if she could go to 2____________ on Sunday with him. Lily is giving Mr. Green 3___________ to see how much he knows about this philosophy. The Confucian works he mentions are 4_________ and 5____________. Also the major moral principles (concepts) in Confucianism are 6___________ and 7___________. Lily seems quite impressed with Mr. Green’s answers and she praises him by saying “you’ve really got” 8_________. They’ve decided to meet at 9_________ on Sunday morning. Mr. Green will pick Lily up at 10_________. Mr. Green is teaching English in Nanjing University. He is getting more and more interested in Confucianism. Now he is talking with Lily and asking if she could go to the Confucius Temple on Sunday with him. Lily is giving Mr. Green a quiz to see how much he knows about this philosophy. The Confucian works he mentions are The Four Books and The Five Classics. Also the major moral principles in Confucianism are Ren and Li. Lily seems quite impressed with Mr. Green’s answers and she praises him by saying “you’ve really got a good start in the study of Confucianism”. They’ve decided to meet at 8 o’clock on Sunday morning. Mr. Green will pick Lily up at the gate of library. Exercise 2 listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions briefly. What are included in the Four Books and Five Classics? What are the important moral concepts of Confucianism according to the dialogue? How did Mr. Green explain the meaning of Ren and Li respectively? What are the other virtues of Confucianism mentioned in the dialogue? What are included in the Four Books and Five Classics? The Four Books include The Analects, The Mencius,