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chapter 13 voc
World History
Term | Definition |
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Yangdi | Second member of Sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne; restored Confucian examination system; responsible for construction of Chinese canal system; assassinated in 618 |
Li Yuan | Also known as Duke of Tang; minister for Yangdi; took over empire following assassination of yangdi; first emperor of Tang dynasty; took imperial title of Gaozu |
Chang'an | capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time |
Ministry of rites | Administered examinations to student from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars |
Jinshi | granted to students who passed the most difficult chinese literature, became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office |
Pure land Buddism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese buddism; popular among masses of Chinese society |
Zen Buddism | known as chan Buddism in China; stressed meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty |
Empress Wu | Tang ruler 690-705 c.e. in China; supported Buddhist establishment; tried to elevate Buddhism to state religion; had multistory statues of Buddha created |
Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty, popular with member of elite Chinese society |
Wuzong | Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who openly persecuted Buddhism by destroying monasteries in 840s; reduced influence of Chinese Buddhism in favor of Confucian ideology |
xuanzong | leading Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty who reigned from 713, although he encouraged over expansion |
Yang Guifei | Royal concubine during reigon of Xuanzong; introduction of her relatives into royal administration led to revolt |
Zhao Kuangyin | Founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome northern Liao dynasty that remained independent |
Liao | Founded in 907 by nomadic khitan people from Manchuria; maintained independence from Song dynasty in China |
Khitans | nomadic peoples of Monchuria; military superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture, forced humiliating treaties on Song China in 11th century |
Zhu Xi | Most prominent of neo-confucian scholars during the Song dynasty in China stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action |
Neo confucians | Revived ancient confucian teachings in Song era China; great impact on the dynasties that followed; their emphasis on tradition and hostility to foreign systems made Chinese rulers and bureaucrats less receptive to outside ideas and influences |
Tangut | Rulers of Xi Xia kingdom of northwest China; one of the regional kingdoms during period of southern Song; conquered by the mongols on 1226 |
Xi Xia | kingdom to Tangut people; north of Song kingdom, in mid 11th century; collected tribute that drained Song resource and hundred Chinese peasantry |
Wang Anashi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society |
Jurchens | Founders of the Jin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of the Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee to south |
Jin | kingdom north of the song empire; established by Jurchens in 1115 after overthrowing Liao dynasty; ended 1234 |
Southern Song | dynasty from 1127 to 1279 |