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| 5701961289 | Confucius | Aristocratic roots. Unwilling to compromise principle. Decade of unemployment, wandering. Returned home a failure, died soon thereafter. | 0 | |
| 5701961290 | Kong Fuzi | (551-479 B.C.E.) Master philosopher. Also known as Confucius. | 1 | |
| 5701961291 | Analects | Confucius teachings | 2 | |
| 5701961292 | Confucian Ideas | Ethics and politics (avoided religion and metaphysics), Junzi, and Zhou dynasty texts. | 3 | |
| 5701961293 | Junzi | "superior individuals" Role in government service. | 4 | |
| 5701961294 | Zhou | Confucian ideas emphasized __ dynasty texts which later formed core texts of Chinese education. | 5 | |
| 5701961295 | Confucian Values | Ren, Li, Xiao. Traits lead to development of Junzi (ideal leaders). | 6 | |
| 5701961296 | Ren | Confucian value of kindness and benevolence. | 7 | |
| 5701961297 | Li | Confucian value of propriety, politeness, decorum, and modest behavior. | 8 | |
| 5701961298 | Xiao | Confucian Value of filial piety. | 9 | |
| 5701961299 | Mencius | (372-289 B.C.E.) Principle Confucian scholar. Optimist, belief in power of ren. Not influential during lifetime but now considered prime exponent of Confucian thought since tenth century. | 10 | |
| 5701961300 | Xunzi | (298-238 B.C.E.) Career as government administrator. Belief in fundamental selfishness of humanity. Emphasis on li, rigid propriety. Discipline. | 11 | |
| 5701961301 | Daoism | Critics of Confucianism. Passivism, rejection of active attempts to change the course of events. | 12 | |
| 5701961302 | Laozi | sixth century B.C.E. Founder of Daoism. | 13 | |
| 5701961303 | Daoism Literature | The Daodejing (Classic of the Way and of Virtue) and Zhuangzi (named for author, 369-286 B.C.E.) | 14 | |
| 5701961304 | "The Way" | of nature, of the cosmos. Just to be not to get involved in things. | 15 | |
| 5701961305 | The Doctrine of Wuwei | Attempt to control universe results in chaos. Restore order by disengagement (no advanced education, no ambition). Simple living in harmony with nature. Cultivate self-knowledge. | 16 | |
| 5701961306 | Confucianism; Daoism | ______ as public doctrine; ___ as private pursuit. | 17 | |
| 5701961307 | Lagalism | Chinese philosophy that emerged during the Zhou Dynasty | 18 | |
| 5701961308 | Qin Dynasty | Legalism helped return order to China during the rise of the ___ ___ (emphasis on development of the state; ruthless, end justifies the means). | 19 | |
| 5701961309 | Collective Responsibility | a concept in which individuals are responsible for other people's actions by tolerating, ignoring, or harboring them, without actively collaborating in these actions. | 20 | |
| 5701961310 | Shang Yang | (390-338 B.C.E.), The Book of Lord Shang. Chief minister to the Qin Duke. | 21 | |
| 5701961311 | Han Feizi | (280-233 B.C.E.) Advisor at the Qin court. Forced to commit suicide by political enemies. | 22 | |
| 5701961312 | Qin Dynasty | Developed 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.E. | 23 | |
| 5701961313 | Shang Yang | Gave generous land grants. Private farmers decrease power of large landholders. Increasing centralization of power. | 24 | |
| 5701961314 | Qin Shihuangdi | ()r. 221-210 B.C.E) founds new dynasty as "First Emperor" Dynasty ends in 207, but sets dramatic precedent. | 25 | |
| 5701961315 | Centralized bureaucracy | Basis of Qin Shihuangdi's rule | 26 | |
| 5701961316 | Great Wall | Qin Shihuangdi began massive public works including the precursor to _____ ____. | 27 | |
| 5701961317 | Resistance to Qin Policies | Emperor orders execution of all critics. orders burning of all ideological works. Some 460 scholars buried alive. Others exiled. Massive cultural losses. | 28 | |
| 5701961318 | Qin Centralization | Standardized laws, currencies, weights and measures, script (previously single language written in distinct scripts). Building of roads and bridges. | 29 | |
| 5701961319 | Massive Tomb Projects | Built by 700,000 workers (for Qin Shihuangdi - died 210 B.C.E.). Slaves, concubines, and craftsmen sacrifices and buried. Excavated in 1974, 15,000 terra-cotta sculptures of soldiers, horses, and weapons unearthed. | 30 | |
| 5701961320 | Qin | Civil disorder brings down ___ dynasty. | 31 | |
| 5701961321 | Lui Bang | forms new dynasty: The Han (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) | 32 | |
| 5701961322 | Han Dynasty Periods | Former Han (206 B.C.E.-9 C.E.) Interruption (9-23 C.E.) Later Han (25-220 B.C.E) | 33 | |
| 5701961323 | Qin | Liu Bang avoids the tyranny of the ___ Dynasty. | 34 | |
| 5701961324 | Zhou | Liu Bang wants to avoid anarchy of regional governors associated with the decline of the ____. | 35 | |
| 5701961325 | Early Han Policies | Liu Bang attempts to avoid the mistakes of previous dynasties and forges a middle path. He created large landholdings to members of the imperial family, but maintained centralized control over administrative regions. (After a failed rebellion, Liu Bang will take more central control.) | 36 | |
| 5701961326 | Han Wudi | The "Martial Emperor" (141-87 B.C.E.) Increased taxes to fund more public works. Huge demand for government officials (had been in decline since Qin persecution) | 37 | |
| 5701961327 | imperial university | Han Wudi establishes a(n) _________ in 124 B.C.E. Not a lover of scholarship, but demanded educated class for bureaucracy. 3000 student by end of Former Han, 30,000 by Later Han. | 38 | |
| 5701961328 | Confucianism | adopted as official course of study at Han Wudi's imperial university. | 39 | |
| 5701961329 | Xiongu | Nomads from central Asia. Horsemen. Brutal | 40 | |
| 5701961330 | Maodun | (210-174 B.C.E.) had soldiers murder his wife and father. Xiongnu. | 41 | |
| 5701961331 | Classic of Filial Piety | Writing supporting subordination to elder males. | 42 | |
| 5701961332 | Lessons for Women | Ban Zhao (45-120 C.E.) Education should be available to all children. | 43 | |
| 5701961333 | Iron Metallurgy | Expansion of iron manufacture (iron tips on tools abandoned as tools entirely made of iron). Increased food production. Superior weaponry (cross bow). | 44 | |
| 5701961334 | Silkworms | Han dynasty began the breeding, diet control, and cultivation of ________ | 45 | |
| 5701961335 | Wang Mang | (9-23 C.E.) Regent for two-year old emperor but takes power himself. Introduces massive reforms (the "socialist emperor," land redistribution, but poorly handled). Social chaos ends in his assassination. | 46 | |
| 5701961336 | Interruption Period | Wang Mang begins a(n) _______ for the Han Dynasty. | 47 | |
| 5701961337 | Yellow Turban Uprising | land distribution problems led to this. | 48 |
