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Chapter 10
Terms related to Early China
Term | Definition |
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warlord | a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area |
aristocrat | a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility |
ancestor | a person that someone is descended from |
pictograph | a symbol in a writing system based on pictures |
ideograph | a symbol in writing system that represents a thing or an idea |
bureaucracy | a group of non-elected government officials |
hereditary | having title or possession by reason of birth |
Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule cam from the gods |
Dao | Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule |
Confuscianism | a system of beliefs based on the teachings of Confucius |
Daoism | a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature |
legalism | a Chinese philosophy that stress the importance of laws |
filial peity | the responsibility children have to respect, obey, and care for their parents |
censor | an official who watches other for correct behavior |
currency | something, such as coins or paper money, that is used as a medium of exchange |
civil service | government employees who work in the administrative service of the government |
tenant farmer | a farmer who works land owned by someone else and pays rent in cash or as a share of the crop |
acupuncture | originally, a Chinese practice of inserting fine needes through the skin at specific points to treat disease or relieve pain. |