Chapter 4 Unit 4 The Unification of China – Flashcards
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Confucius
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China's most influential scholar. He had a scholarly life, studying and teaching history, music, and moral character.
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Filial piety
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to respect ones parents and ancestors...meant devoting oneself to one's parents during their lifetimes and honoring their memories after death through the performance of certain rituals.
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Bureaucracy
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a trained civil service, or those who run the government.
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Daoism
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The philosophy of Laozi...Its search for knowledge and understanding of nature led its followers to pursue scientific studies.
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Legalism
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got its name from their belief that government should use the law to end civil disorder and restore harmony. Hanfeizi and Li Si wee among the founders.
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I Ching
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a book or oracles to solve ethical or practical problems.
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Yin and Yang
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two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life.
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Qin Dynasty
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this replaced the Zhou Dynasty. It emerged from the western state of Qin. The ruler who founded it employed Legalist ideas to subdue the warring states and unify is country.
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Shi Huangdi
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The Qin ruler assumed this name, which means First Emperor.
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Autocracy
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a government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner
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Yin
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represents all that is cold, dark, soft, and mysterious
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Yang
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represents all that is warm, bright, hard, and clear
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Which aspect of Chinese life was most affected by the chaos created by the warring states?
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Philosophy
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How did Confucius believe that social order, harmony, and good government could be restored in China?
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if society were organized around five basic relationships: 1 ruler and subject 2 father and son 3 husband and wife 4 older brother and younger brother 5 friend and friend
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What did the Legalists see as the key to restoring order?
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a highly efficient and powerful government is the key..use of punishment thinkers should be controlled, etc.
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What measures did Shi Huangdi take to crush political opposition at home?
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he introduced a policy called "strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches"
