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One way described in the passage that Confucianism spread throughout eastern Asia was by.

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   oppressive governments
   
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   wise men of China
   
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   lecturing at universities
   
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   preaching about God
   
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   the legends told about its founder
   

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   From the description of Confucianism in the passage, it is fair to say that
   

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   the worshipping of many gods is a central feature
   
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   Confucius encouraged people to look forward to eternal life in paradise
   
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   Confucius saw little virtue in poetry or music
   
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   it is more a philosophy than a true religion
   
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   its influence has been limited to the eastern section of China
   

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   The story related in the passage was used by Confucius to make a point about
   

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   the danger of living close to wild animals
   
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   how people are afraid of being unjustly governed
   
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   how important it is to grieve after the death of a loved one
   
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   how some people just seem to get all the bad luck
   
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   how people should always respect their elders
   

169 EARLY BRITISH PRISONS
In England the first use of prisons was to house vagrants and other idle persons. Later, minor offenders and debtors were imprisoned - major offenders, on the other hand, were executed. Prisons were mainly places to put people away and forget about them. Thus, they were neglected and poorly-run institutions subject to terrible overcrowding, filth and disease. Charles Dickens presented a vivid picture of life in London's famous Marshalsea debtors' prison in his novel Little Dorrit, published in 1857. Even more famous were London's Newgate and Fleet prisons, known for their overcrowding, filth and violence. In Great Britain the movement to reform prisons was begun in 1773 by John Howard, the appointed sheriff of Bedfordshire. His reports on prison conditions, especially "The State of the Prisons," spurred a sweeping reform movement that was also influential in the United States. His reports coincided with an extreme overcrowding of British prisons, in part because transportation of criminals to overseas colonies such as Australia had diminished. So overcrowded were some prisons that many criminals were housed on decaying ships in the Thames River. The Prisons Act of 1791 was the first step toward creating a national prison system and alleviating the worst conditions.

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