Question

1.in ancient india the untouchables were the?
2.filial piety refers to the duty of?
3.the emphasis on landscape in chinese painting reflects the?

Answer 1

1. The untouchables were the fifth class in Hinduism. It encompassed outcasts who, literally, did all the dirty work. They were referred to as "untouchables" because they carried out the miserable tasks associated with disease and pollution, such as cleaning up after funerals, dealing with sewage, and working with animal skin.

Brahmins (the highest class of the caste system) were considered the embodiment of purity, and untouchables the embodiment of pollution. Physical contact between the two groups was absolutely prohibited. Brahmins adhered so strongly to this rule that they felt obliged to bathe if even the shadow of an untouchable fell across them.

Answer 2

2. filial piety- Filial refers to son or daughter. So, filial piety refers to the duty of members of the family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family. more broadly, it describes a system which every family member had his or her place (important to Confucianism; patriarchal china)

Answer 3

3. The emphasis on landscape in Chinese paintings reflects the influence of Daoism on the natives. The word for landscape in Chinese, means mountain-water. This goes on to reinforce the importance of nature. It was a norm for Chinese painters to take to the mountains in order to reflect, write or paint. They did this because they believed in learning the "Dao" or way in nature. Since they believed that paintings could be a medium for finding a way, they included landscapes in their paintings for the benefit of everyone.

In other words, emphasis on landscapes in Chinese painting reflect Daoism; balance & harmony within nature