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15 Cards in this Set
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Loess |
Soil deposited by wind; it is fertile and easy to work |
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Anyang |
One of the shang dynasty capitals from which the shang kings ruled for more then two centuries. |
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Taotie |
A stylized animal face commonly seen in Chinese bronzes. |
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Logographic |
System of writing in which each word is represented by a single symbol, such as the Chinese script. |
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Book of documents |
One of the earliest Chinese books, containing documents, speeches, and historical accounts about early Zhou rule. |
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Mandate of heaven |
Theory that heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people. |
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Shi |
Lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy; these men could serve in either military or civil capacities. |
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Book of songs |
Earliest collection of Chinese poetry; it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou dynasty. |
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Warring states period |
Period of Chinese history between 403 and 221 b.c.e. when states fought each other and one state after another was desteoyed. |
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Crossbow |
Powerful mechanical bow developed during the warring states pwriod. |
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Filial piety |
Reverent attitude of children to their parents extolled by Confucius. |
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Ren |
Ultimate Confucian virtue; it is translated as perfect goodness, benevolence, humanity, human a hearted ness, and nobillity. |
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Dao |
The way, the whole natural order in daoist philosophy. In Confucianism it means the moral order. |
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Legalists |
Political theorists who emphasized the need for rigorous laws and laid the basis for China's later bureaucratic government. |
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Yin and yang |
Concept on complementary poles, one of which represents the feminine, dark, and receptive, and the other the masculine, bright, and assertive. |
