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Anyang |
A City in the North Henan province, in Eastern China: site of the ancient city of Yin, the center of the Shang Dynasty - c1360 - 1027 B.C. |
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Loess |
A loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi 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, especially during the Shang Dynasty. |
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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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Filial Piety |
The important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members. |
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Feudalism |
The feudal system, or its principles and practices. The feudal system is the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal. |
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Dynasty |
A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group; the rule of such a sequence; a series of members of a family who are distinguished for their success, wealth, etc. |
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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 or 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 evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao. Also called Hsuan Chiao - a popular Chinese religion, originating in the doctrines of Lao-tzu but later highly eclectic in nature and characterized by a pantheon of many gods and by the practice of alchemy, divination, and magic. |
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Legalism |
Strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or to prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit. The doctrine that salvation is gained through good works; the judging of conduct in terms of adherence to precise laws. The principles and practices of a school of political theorists advocating strict legal control over all activities, a system of rewards and punishments uniform for all classes, and an absolute monarchy. |
