Chapter 8 Flashcards

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What was the classic of filial piety and what did it teach

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It was a Confucian book that taught children to obey parents and order

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Who was Liu Bang

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Founder of the Han Dynasty

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How did the Han pacify Xiongnu

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Payed tribute

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Who were the Xiongnu

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Nomadic people who loved in the steppes of Central Asia

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What was the Daodejng and Zhuangzi

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Daoism books

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Who founded Daoism and the Daodejng

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Laozi

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Why did Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism come around

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In response to the Period of Warring States

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What did Xunzi believe about human nature

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Believed humans were selfish and didnt care about other and didnt contribute to the larger world

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8
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Chinese silk

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Finer because is advanced techniques
Priced commodity in other places
Silk tread made from unraveling silkworm cocoon

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Han curriculum was based on

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Confucianism

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What did Admonitious for women teach

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Obedience, humility, subservience, and devotion to their husband

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Who was Qin Shihuangdi

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The first emperor of the Qin dynasty

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12
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Who was the military leader of Xiongnu

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Maodun

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How did legalist ministers make a strong and powerful state

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They encouraged agriculture cultivation and military service

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Daoist followers practiced wuwei, what is wuwei

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Go with the flow of the cosmos and live in harmony with nature

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What is the concept dao mean

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The original force of the cosmos, an external and in changing principal that governs all the workings of the world

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16
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Who wrote the Analects

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Disciples of Confucius

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17
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Collection of Confucius teachings

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Analects

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Junzi

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A well educated and conscientious individual

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19
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Why did the han collapse

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Internal weakness

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20
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What was the capital of the Qun dynasty

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Xianyang

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21
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Who first unified china as one state

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Qin dynasty

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22
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How did legalists control the people

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Clear and strict laws

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23
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Who was the most influential figure in ancient and modern China

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Confucius

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24
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Another name for Daoism

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Taoism

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25
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Confucian belief about improving life

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Hard work

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26
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Daoism belief about improving life

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No action inaction

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27
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Who was Shang Yang

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Wrote the book of The Lord Shang

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28
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What philosophy brought order to china

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Legalism

29
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What happened to Han feizi

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Forced to commit suicide by political enemies

30
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Review/ basics of Confucianism

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Respect for family, hard work, education

31
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What is Li

A

Sense of propriety, behave

32
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Dates of later Han

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25-220CE

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What led to the Han dynasty’s collapse

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The yellow turban uprising

34
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What did wang mang attempt

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To redistribute land more equitably

35
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After 100ce Chinese writing was on

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Paper

36
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Who is known as the socialist emperor

A

Wang mang

37
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How did Qin centralize china

A

He standardized laws, currency, weights, and measures

38
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What is xiao

A

Filial piety, family

39
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What is ren

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Kindness and benevolence or humanity

40
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What were Confucian values

A

Ren, Li and xiao

41
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Who was Confucius

A

An educator and political advisor

Started Confucianism

42
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Who was king Fuzi

A

Confucius

43
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Who was the greatest and most energetic Han emperor

A

Han wudi

44
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Who was part of the imperial family

A

Large land holders

45
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Capital of later Han

A

Luoyang

46
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Dates of former Han

A

206bce- 9ce

47
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Capital of former Han

A

Chang’an

48
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What was Han wudi known as

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Martial emperor

49
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How long did the han dynasty last

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400 years

50
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When was Qin Shihuangdi tomb excavated

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1974

51
Q

Review/ basics of Daoism

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Keeping life simple and being one with nature

52
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Review/ basics of Buddhism

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Respect for others property and all life

53
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Review/ basics of legalism

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All power to the legal ruler

54
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During which dynasty did Confucian ideas become widely accepted in china

A

Han

55
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What did candidates during the Han have to show they knew to be chosen as a gov official

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Education in Confucian teachings

56
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What are the five key relationships in Confucianism

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Ruler and subject
Parent and child
Husband and wife
Elder sibling and younger sibling
Friend and friend
57
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What is wuwei

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Disengagement from the competitive and involvement in the real world

58
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What did Mencius believe about human nature

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It was normally good

59
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Who was the spokesman for Confucian school

A

Mencius

60
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How did the Qin empire end

A

Waves of revolts

61
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What can you see at the first emperors tomb

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A terra-cotta army of Qin soldiers and cavalry

62
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What’s did Qin Shihuangdi do

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Burned books
Built defensive walls
Killed scholars
Standardized written script

63
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What did Han fei believe about people

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They were naturally evil and selfish

64
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Who’s ideas were legalism based on

A

Han fei

65
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Which Confucian values did gov official need

A

Ren

66
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People with xiao

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Respected family and parents, looked after welfare and supported family in old age

67
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People with Li were

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Respectful to elder, and treated others with courtesy

68
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People with ren were

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Courteous respectful diligent and loyal

69
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What does filial piety mean

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Respect owed to ones parents and ancestors