China Flashcards
Philosopher meaning
One who studies the fundamental principles and causes things.
Four great inventions
Paper compass printing and gunpowder
Acupuncture meaning
Is a medical practice with long sharp needles under the skin to cure illness
What is daoism
A Chinese philosophy based on the writing of Lao-tau, advocating humility and religious piety. Daoist belief was that you could be immortal. Daoism holds the nature works in harmony and that people should see themselves in order to find happiness.
Social pyramid
The Chinese rulers and emperors are at the top of the pyramid. Lords were below them, then land owning gentry, warrior gentry,bureaucrats. Peasants and farmers. Merchants and trades below. Then slaves and artisans.
What is the Mandate of Heaven
The Mandate of Heaven is an ancient Chinese belief and philosophical idea that heaven is granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability to govern well and fairly.
What a philosophy is?
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
What is the Silk Road
The name of a great trading route which stretched from China to turkey
What is Qin Shighuang’s greatest achievement?
He turned a group of rival states into an empire and created a central system of government that lasted for many centuries.
