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Anyang |
A city in North, Henan Province, East China; site of the ancient city Yin, the center of the Shang dynasty. Dated c1350-1027 B.C. |
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Loess |
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississppi Valley and in Europe and Asia |
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Oracle Bones |
a group of inscribed animal bones and shells discovered in China and used originally in divination by the Ancient Chinese |
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Ancestor Worship |
the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living |
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Fillial Piety |
virtue respect for one's parent, elders, or ancestor |
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Feudalism |
the Feudal System, or its principle and practices |
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Dynasty |
a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group |
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Mandate of Heaven |
a political theory of Ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source |
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Confucianism |
the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents and harmony in thought and conduct |
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Taoism/Daoism |
the philosophical system envolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness with the course of natural event |
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Legalism |
strict adherence, or the principleof strict adherence, to law prescription, especially to the letter rather than spirit |
