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Chapter 13
Reunification/Renaissance in Chinese Civ. : The Era of the Tang & Song Dynasties
Term | Definition |
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Yangdi | Second member of Sui dynasty;murdered his father to gain throne: restored Confucian examination. |
Li Yuan | Also known as Duke of Tang |
Chang'an | Capital of Tang Dynasty |
Ministry of Rites | Test given to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars |
jinshi | title for students who pass the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature. |
pure land Buddhism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism. |
Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan |
Zen Buddhism | Known as Chan in China |
Empress Wu | Tang ruler 690-705 c.e. in China; supported Buddhist establishment. |
Wuzong | Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who openly persecuted Buddhism by developing monasteries in 840s. |
Xuanzong | Leading Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who reigned from 713 to 755. |
Yang Guifei | Royal concubine during reign of Xuanzong. |
Zhao Kuangyin | Founder of Song dynasty 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 Kithan peoples from Manchuria; maintained Independence from Song dynasty China. |
Kithans | Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; military superior to Song dynasty China but influenced by Chinese culture. |
junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders. |
flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage. |
foot binding | Practice in Chinese society of mutilating women's feet in order to make them smaller. |
Li Bo | Most famous poet of the Tang era. |