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Complete the following paragraph with words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
Word bank:   adopt     alternative    collapse       diverse        diversity       enrich        exemplified          harmonious        humbly         inspired             intense         restraint          sacrifice           secular        underlying


Confucianism appeals to more and more people in the Western world. It is a window into virtues that Americans come to admire, who wish to ______ a more Confucian lifestyle, or in other words, to become good and responsible people. Different from other cultures, Confucianism tends to find the sacred in the ______, in the relationships of ordinary life. In the family, school, and workplace, we understand and respect each other, we share with and ______ for the beloved, and we learn to become virtuous, being ______ by the virtues we have seen in others.
Such virtues reflect the primary values of a living Confucianism, and ______ all these values is the sense that harmony is the highest ideal in life. Harmony has ______ expressions in East Asia, which can be ______ by harmony in music or the variety of foods on a dinner table. In Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy, ______ intensity and ______ harmony are seen as the happiness or satisfaction that all living beings are seeking. According to the author, Americans will become Confucian in their way. Confucianism can ______ the practices of other cultures and help people from other parts of the world to live a more satisfying life.

Complete the following paragraph with words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once. A) chaos B) civilization C) consent D) dissolved E) embodiment F) famine G) immensity H) imperial I) intimacy J) loyalty K) moral L) rage M) reunited N) standing O) turning Du Fu, who lived in the mid Tang Dynasty, was regarded as the greatest poet in China, not only because of his gift in poetry, but also because of his ______ to the state, his sympathy for the people and his ______ of Confucian values. Influenced by the teachings of Confucius, Du Fu wished that he could become a government official to serve the country. With the natural disaster, ______ and especially the huge rebellion starting 755, the state went into a very severe crisis. This became the ______ point of Du Fu’s life and his poetry, making his poetry more realistic in reflecting the social ______ and the suffering of the ordinary people. After escaping from the rebels and being ______ with his family, Du Fu went south and settled down first in Chengdu and then in Kuizhou, where he developed as a nature poet, describing the beauty in nature and the ______ of everyday life, and coming to terms with the limits of human action when faced with the ______ of nature and time. Although his dream of serving the nation through a career in government was not fulfilled, Du Fu’s ______ went beyond being “the greatest poet” because of his importance in Chinese Culture and his contributions to human ______.