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Ch.13
Tang and Song China
Term | Definition |
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Yangdi | Second member of Sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne |
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 granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature |
Pure Land Buddhism | Emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among masses of Chinese society |
Chan Buddhism | Known as Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty |
Zen Buddhism | Known as Chan Buddhism 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 |
Wuzong | Chinese emperor of Tang dynasty who openly persecuted Buddhism by destroying monasteries in 840 |
Xuanzong | Leading Chinese emperor if the Tang dynasty who reigned from 713 to 755, encouraged over expansion |
Yang Guifei | Royal concubine |
Zhoa Kuangyin | Founder of Song dynasty |
Laio dynasty | Founded in 907 by nomadic Khitan peoples from Manchuria |
Khitans | Nomadic peoples of Manchuria; militarily superior to Song dynasty China |
Junks | Chinese ships, dominated force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula |
Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage |
Footbinding | Practice in Chinese society of mutilating women's feet in order to make them smaller |
Li Bo | Most famous poet of the tang era; blended images of mundane world with philosophical musing |