Ancient China Flashcards
jade
a hard gemstone
oracle
a prediction
lords
people of high rank
peasants
farmers with small farms
Confucius
most influential teacher in Chinese history
ethics
moral values
Confucianism
the ideas of Confucius
A Chinese philosophy that teaches that society will run well if people behave properly.
Daoism
an early Chinese belief that stressed living in harmony with the universe
A Chinese philosophy that teaches that a universal force, called the Dao, guides all things.
Laozi
the most famous Daoist teacher
Legalism
an early Chinese belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.
a Chinese system of thinking that taught that the government must use the legal system to control people’s behavior.
Shi Huangdi
literally “first emperor”, the title the Qin king Ying Zheng gave himself
Great Wall
a barrier built by the Qin that linked earlier walls across China’s northern frontier
sundial
a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell time
seismograph
a device that measures the strength of an earthquake
acupuncture
the practice of inserting small needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease or relieve pain
