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Chinese philosophy that shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society and emphasized family loyalty, respecting elders, education, obedience, and ancestors.
Confucianism
A Chinese religious philosophy that advocated a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events by following the mystical and indescribable "Way." The Yin and Yang symbolize many aspects of this religion.
Daoism
A political system based on the rule of local lords bound to a king/emperor by ties of loyalty. It developed as a system of local defense against invaders in western Europe, China, and Japan.
Feudalism
A Chinese philosophy that taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws devoted to strengthening and expanding government power through increased agricultural work and military service.
Legalism
The Chinese religious and political ideology that the emperor claimed to be the "son of heaven" and therefore has the right to rule by divine power; however, if the ruler failed to conduct himself justly and in the best interests of his sub
Mandate of Heaven
complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities while the other with feminine, dark, and passive qualities.
Ying and Yang
Longest dynasty in Chinese history
Zhou Dynasty
To control what people read or write or see or hear in an effort to prohibit free expression of ideas.
Censor
A defense fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BCE to prevent an invasion from enemies like the Mongols.
Great Wall of China
Not subject to death; someone or something able to live forever.
Immortal
First Emperor who conquered all other Warring States and united China; adopted Legalist system, standardized money/writing/weights; abolished feudalism and established a bureaucracy; anti-religion; oversaw the construction of the Great Wall
Qin Shi Huangdi
To make the same, to set rules and measurements that are consistent.
Standardize
An imperial dynasty that expanded China's boundaries, developed its bureaucracy by choosing government officials who passed a civil service test; a "golden age" when paper and ceramics were invented and economy prospered due to trade along
Han Dynasty
A large, lowland region of eastern China that is watered by the Huang River; birthplace of Chinese civilization.
North China Plain
A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation.
Oasis
A stream or river that flows into a larger river
Tributary
