Answering these questions enables you to relate material from the text to your own personal experiences.
What aspects of Confucian thought do you find most appealing? Least appealing? Why so?
What did Egyptian and Chinese burial practices have in common? Why are there similarities between these two traditions of royal burial?
On the matter of one’s basic view of humankind, would you agree with the position of Mencius or with that of Han Fei Zi? How does your position in this matter color your moral outlook and behavior?
How do ancient Chinese views of humankind compare with those of the ancient Greek philosophers?
Speculate on why Qin and Han China might have made so many and various technological innovations.
