Chapter 12. Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties vocab. Mistakes may be present
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| 97475919 | Period of the Six Dynasties | era of continuous warfare (220-589) among the many kingdoms that followed the fall of the Han | 0 | |
| 97475920 | Wendi | member of prominent northern Chinese family during the Period of the Six Dynasties; with support from northern nomadic peoples established Sui dynasty in 589 | 1 | |
| 97475921 | Yangdi | 2nd Sui ruler; restored Confucian examination system; constructed canal system; assassinated in 618 | 2 | |
| 97475922 | Li Yuan | Duke of Tang; minister for Yangdi; took over empire after assassination of Yangdi; 1st Tang ruler | 3 | |
| 97475923 | Ministry of Public Rites | administered the examinations for state office during the Tang dynasty | 4 | |
| 97475924 | Jinshi | title given students who passed the most difficult examinations; became eligible for high office | 5 | |
| 97475925 | Chan Buddhism | called Zen in Japan; stressed meditation and appreciation of natural and artistic beauty; popular among the elite | 6 | |
| 97475926 | Mahayana (Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses | 7 | |
| 97475927 | Wuzong | Tang emperor (841-847); persecuted Buddhist monasteries and reduced influence of Buddhism in favor of Confucianism | 8 | |
| 97475928 | Yang Guifei | royal concubine of Tang emperor Xuanzong; Introduction of relatives into administration led to revolt | 9 | |
| 97475929 | Khitan nomads | founded Liao dynasty of Manchuria in 907; remained a threat to Song; very much influenced by Chinese culture | 10 | |
| 97475930 | Zhao Kuangyin | general who founded Song dynasty; took royal name of Taizu | 11 | |
| 97475931 | Zhu Xi | most prominent Neo-Confucian scholar during the song dynasty; stressed importance of applying philisophical principles to everyday life | 12 | |
| 97475933 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song ruler in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalism; advocated greater state intervention in society | 13 | |
| 97475934 | Southern Song | smaller surviving dynasty (1127-1279); presided over one of the greatest cultural reigns in world history. | 14 | |
| 97475937 | Jurchens | founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee south | 15 | |
| 97475939 | Grand Canal | great canal system begun by Yangdi; joined Yellow River region to the Yangtze basin | 16 | |
| 97475941 | junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, stern-post rudders, compasses and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula. | 17 | |
| 97475942 | Flying money | Chinese credit instrument that provided vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of a venture; reduced danger of robbery; an early form of currency | 18 | |
| 97475943 | Changan | capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2,000,000 larger than any contemporary world city. | 19 | |
| 97475944 | Hangzhou | capital of later Song; location near East China Sea permitted international commerce; population over 1,500,000 | 20 | |
| 97475945 | Footbinding | male imposed practice to mutilate women's feet in order to reduce size; produced pain and restricted movement; helped to confine women to the household | 21 | |
| 97475946 | Bi Sheng | 11th century artisan; devised technique of printing with movable type; made it possible for China to be the most contemporary literate civilization | 22 | |
| 97475948 | Li Bo | most famous poet of the Tang era; blended images of the mundace world with philosophical musings | 23 |
