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What does the chinese language not have?
articles, an alphabet, plural/singular, tenses
Goodbye in Chinese
Zai-Jian
Thanks in Chinese
Xiexie
You're welcome in Chinese
Bu Yong Xie
What is Confucius' real name?
Kong Fuzi/Kong Fu-tzu/Master Kong
What did Confucius found?
Confucianism
What is the Code of Conduct for confucianism?
morals, virtue, behavior
What is the Qinling Shandi? What does it divide?
The Qinling Shandi is the area between the Huang He and Chang Jiang Rivers. It separated the north from the south.
China Proper
small historically significant political area that streches from the coast to the three rivers. means heart of china
What makes up the second political section?
Korea, Tibet, Manchuria, Mongolia, ans Xinjiang
3 main rivers
Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang
Describe the Huang He
loess, yellowish tint, muddiest in the world, yellow river, china's sorrow-dikes, build up, destructive floods
climate of huang he
long cold winters, short hot summers, dust storms in spring, just enough rain to grow crops
loess
very fertile yellow soil; found in huang he area
silt
sediment in river; loess falls into huang he and becomes silt
How is China isolated?
mountains to south and deserts (Gobi) to west
What results from isolation?
think they are better, unique culture, not depended on any other culture
Middle Kingdom
Zhongguo
Pangu
legend; created universe through 18,000 years of work
Yu
created kings called xia; drained water from china so people could live there; equivalent to biblical noah
Shang began?ended?
began: 1750bc-1500bc (sometime in there)
ended: 1122bc
Shang
invaders; first dynasty;flood control; irrigation; drainage; broze castings; complex bureaucracy; written language; worshipped animism and ancestor worship; agriculture=economy
bureaucracy
hereditary kings own lands
Shang Ti
worshiped because he was responsible for their destiny and controlled the forces if nature
oracle bones
shoudler bone of cattle/ bottoms of tourtoise shell; patterns in cracks were used to answer questions
Zhou
conquered Shang; believeed in mandate of heaven; copper coins=money; intro to iron; gave terrioties to be individually ruled; moved east- eastern zhou; warring states emerged-qin conquered; lasted 900 years (longest)
zhou rule
rulers gave territorries to family and allies to rule anyway they pleased but had to give military service and tribute to zhou kings. territories were hereditary but each generation must renew loyalty
Qin
warring state; short time; shi huangdi; autrocracy; 1st empire; standardized weights, measures; coinage; uniform system of writing; great wall; capital-Xi'an (Chang-en)
Shi Huangdi
emperor; means first emperor; harsh on people; limited what could be written, publicized etc.
Liu Bang
lead defeat of Qin; took the name of King of Han; Han dynasty named after him
Han
Wu Di, civil service, leveling, captial- Xi'an(chang-en),Pax Sinica, paper, favorite of chinese- chinese call themselves son of han
Wu Di
longest ruling han emperor
Buddhism brought what that was previously lacked?
charity and compassion
family
most important unit- more important than an individual
ancestors
worshipped with altars
marriages
arranged by dad
wives
slaves to husbands family until they had their own child
The Five Classics
most important literature works; important by Zhou; BOOK OF POETRY; BOOK OF HISTORY; BOOK OF DIVINATION; SPRING AND AUTUMN ANNALS; BOOK OF RITES