Chapter 15 Flashcards
What is the Jiapu?
A Chinese family Patrice physical connections to the oldest families in China.
In what way did the power of the aristocrats finally bring an end to the Jin?
Aristocrats made the Jiapu more complex for privileges, but when piracy threatened their estates, they deposed Jin Gongdi and started a new dynasty.
Who were the Liu song?
A Dynasty founded by Liu Yu that succeeded the Jin dynasty, ruling southeastern China from 420 to 479.
What is Ciu Hao?
a version of Taoism taught students to seek enlightenment through magical elixirs.
Who is Huang?
The crown prince who was a Buddhist.
He sent secret messages to Buddhist priests, warning them to flee from Wei Taiwu.
Who is Ge Hong?
A Chinese Taoist philosopher.
Who is Shia and song Wendi?
New kings and brothers from Liu song ruled only over a year.
Who is Wei Taiwu?
A believer of a special kind of Taoism they use in magic elixirs.
What did Wei Taiwu do?
In 440, Liu Song conquered the remaining northern states to unify northern China and ordered the slaughter of Buddhist monks in the Bei Wei Empire due to feeling threatened by them.
What was the reign of Yuanija and what happened during it?
The “Reign of Yuanjia” was the twenty-nine prosperous years of Song Wendi’s rule, during which he established four Confucian colleges staffed by distinguished scholars.
How was the Bei wey kingdom under Wei Taiwu organized?
- Under Wei Taiwu, Bei Wei was organized into a strict hierarchy.
- The countryside was divided into communes, or dang.
- Each one with its own administrator and was divided into five villages.
Why did Wei Taiwu order the slaughtering of the Buddhist monks?
Wei Taiwu ordered the slaughter of Buddhist monks because he believed they were starting a rebellion to overthrow him.
