Ancient China Flashcards
A supreme military leader
warlord
a member of an aristocracy
aristocrat
one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
ancestor
an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
pictograph
a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a thing or an idea but not a particular word for it
ideograph
a body or group of unelected government officials
bureaucracy
genetically transmitted or transmittable from parent to offspring
hereditary
The chinese philosophical concept of the circumstance under which a ruler is allowed to rule. Good rulers are allowed to rule with the Mandate of heaven while bad rulers will have it revoked.
The mandate of heaven
combining the principles of yin yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior that is in harmony with the natural order
Dao
Chinese philosopher Confucius or his teachings or followers
Confucianism
A religion developed from Daoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining a long life and good fortune often by magical means
Daoism
strict, literal or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious moral code
legalism
a reference for parents considered in Chinese ethics the prime virtue and the basis of all right human relations - responsibility to parents
Filial Piety
a person who supervises conduct and morals
censor
circulation as a medium of exchange
currency; money
the administrative service of a government or international agency exclusive of the armed forces
civil service
a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of produce
tenant farmer
an originally chinese practice of inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points especially used to cure disease or to relieve pain
acupuncture
