China- people and concepts
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- Feudalism
- a system of government in which local lords ruled over different parts of the land but owed military service and support to their ruler.
- Legalism
- strict rules and harsh punishments
- Shi Huangdi
- the first emperor of China. He was a legalist. He ruled during the Qin dynasty. He created the great wall, Qin coins, weights and measures, and made all wheel axels the same size.
- Qin
- the leader who united China. He used legalism and led later dynasties to despise it.
- Ban Zhoa
- a women who thought men and women were equal. She wrote, Lessons of a Women.
- Silk Road
- the road that traders used to sell and trade merchandise. It linked China to the fertile crescent. There were many Bazaars along the road, and many bandits and robbers.
- Oracle Bones
- a method the Chinese used to contact gods and ancestors. They would heat a bone, and when it cracked, people would analyze the cracks.
- Pinyin
- a form of Chinese writing using the alphabet instead of characters. It has 4 tones.
- Clans
- groups of families who claimed a common ancestor
- Lui Bang
- a tyrant who supported the teachings of Confucius. He issued a civil service exam.
- Sima Qian
- served as Grand Historian of the court and had an inscription praising the Shi Huangdi's accomplishments on the emperor's monument on the top of a mountain
- Confucius
- philosopher who taught filial piety and the five relationships. The analects are a collection of his proverbs
- Shang Di
- the chief god to the Chinese. He brought plants and animals to earth
- Laozi
- the founder of Daoism. The goal of the religion was to live in harmony with nature. He wrote the Dao Qin (way of virtue).
- Wudi
- an emperor of the Han dynasty who invented acupuncture, astronomy, the wheelbarrow, and the silk road.
- Hanfeizi
- a strict leader of China. He believed that man was evil and needed harsh punishments. He used legalism.
- The Lost Wax Technique
- the technique in which ancient Chinese people made bronze vessels involving wax. They thought bronze was better than gold.
- Radical
- a piece of a Chinese character.