Chapter 14 Flashcards
Sui dynasty
after the Han Dynasty; turmoil lasted for more than 350 years
Xuanzang
A young Buddhist monk who slipped past Chinese Imperial watch towers. Helped popularize Buddhism in China. Brought back Buddhist texts
grand canal
most elaborate project undertaken during Sui dynasty. Sui Yangdi. started in Chang’an, went to Beijing then Ningbo.
tang taizong (Tang dynasty)
ambitious and ruthless. Displaced a high sense of duty and strove to provide an effective centralized government. Era of unusual stability and prosperity
equal field system
govern the allocation of agricultural land. Purpose: equal distribution of land. (so land distribution wasn’t a problem like the Han dynasty)
kowtow
a ritual prostration in which subordinates knelt before the Emperor and touch their foreheads to the ground
An Lushan
mounted a rebellion and captured the capital at Chang’an as well as the secondary capital at Luoyang
Song Taizu (Song dynasty)
Financial/military problems (Song Taizu:founder)
Dunhuang
in western China. In 400, a sizable Buddhist community emerged here
Chan Buddhism
One of the Buddhist schools in China that appeal to Chinese interests. Promised individual salvation. made a place for Daoist values in Chinese Buddhism
Silla dynasty
rallied to prevent Chinese domination of the Korean Peninsula. Capital at their ancestral town of Kumsong.
Shintoism
(Shinto): Japanese indigenous religion. Revolved around the veneration of ancestors and a host of nature spirits and deities.
Kamakura Shogunate
(Kamakura Period): part of Japan’s medieval period: a middle area between the ages of Chinese influence in the modern age; along with Muromachi
samurai
The mounted warrior. Devoted themselves to hunting, writing, archery, and martial arts
shogun
A military governor her ruled in place of the Emperor. Head of shogunate. Emperor= no power. Shogun had the real power.
