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| 8107309314 | Analects | The book that held Confucius's teachings and was compiled by his students. It teaches of junzi and the three Confucian values | 0 | |
| 8107310060 | Ban Zhao | 45-115 ce. Renowned female historian and scholar of the Han dynasty, and author of the Book of Han | 1 | |
| 8107312283 | Confucianism | Who: Confucius What: the teachings of Confucius When: (551-479 BCE) Where: Northern China Why: to create government officials that were junzi or superior individuals that focused on ethics So What: an important way of combining government and religion back then | 2 | |
| 8107313331 | Daodejing | Book that is the fundamental work of Daoism | 3 | |
| 8107314057 | Daoism | Chinese philosophy with origins in the Zhou dynasty; it is associated with legendary Laozi, and it called for a policy of non-competition | 4 | |
| 8107314711 | Eunuchs | Castrated males, originally in charge of the harem, who grew to play major roles in government; they were common in China and other societies | 5 | |
| 8107316094 | Han Dynasty | Who: Liu Bang founder of the dynasty What: last Chinese dynasty and had a centralized government with strict and strong social discipline When: (206 BCE-220 CE) and in the hand dynasty there was a temporary collapse (9-23 CE) so (206 BCE-9 CE) is the Early Han and (25-220 BCE) is Later Han Where: Chang'an was the capital, Luoyang in the Later Han So What: was biggest/ most important dynasty | 6 | |
| 8107316851 | Han Feizi | A student of the Confucian scholar Xunzi, a systematic Legalist theorist. Served as an advisor at the Qin court, but fell to ambitious men who made him take poison | 7 | |
| 8107317463 | Han Wudi | Who: greatest and longest ruler of the Han Dynasty What: was a major ruler in the Han dynasty and focused on two things in his rule: administrative centralization and imperial expansion When: (141 87 BCE) Where: Han Dynasty China Why: was Legalist So What: majorly influenced and grew China | 8 | |
| 8107317869 | Junzi | "superior individuals" role in government service | 9 | |
| 8107322518 | Kong Fuzi | Who: aka Confucius What: developed the ideas of Confucianism When: (551-479 BCE) Where: Northern China Why: wanted to fix political and social order with high moral values while emphasizing ren, li, and xiao | 10 | |
| 8107323318 | Laozi | Who: founder of Daoism What: taught Daoism and helped spread it When: Period of the Warring States Where: China Why: to create a emphasis on living simply in harmony with nature, not focused on the superficial things in life | 11 | |
| 8107324771 | Legalism | Who: Shang Yang and Han Feizi What: the thought for government that focused on strict discipline When: end of the Period of the Warring states, unified China Where: China So What: it brought together and unified China creating the Han and Win dynasties | 12 | |
| 8107325358 | Li | Confucian concept, a sense of propriety | 13 | |
| 8107325360 | Liu Bang | helped overthrow Qin dynasty, 1st emperor of the Han dynasty, was born a peasant and worked way up to emperor | 14 | |
| 8107326221 | Mencius | Who: one of Confucius' disciples along with Xunzi What: emphasized Confucius' belief in ren, acting like a good human and having an attitude of kindness When: (372-289 BCE) Why: Tried to switch government to Confucianism So What: most people thought he was naive to think that the government could be run from goodness | 15 | |
| 8107326222 | Modu | Who: the Xiongnu's most influential ruler What: he was an extremely powerful ruler of the Xiongnu and "whatever he said goes" When: (210-175 BCE) Where: steppes of Central Asia So What: he was so powerful among his people he brainwashed his military to shoot their arrows at whatever he pointed too; he killed his own dad for power | 16 | |
| 8107326637 | Period of Warring States | Last centuries of the Zhou dynasty (403-221 B.C.E.) when wars divided the region until the establishment of the Qin dynasty ended the disunity. | 17 | |
| 8107327916 | Prescriptive Literature | Who: historians What: texts that prescribe how things should be, according to their authors (opinionated) When: Han dynasty (206 BCE- 220 CE) Where: China | 18 | |
| 8107328593 | Qin | Who: the dynasty ruled by Qin Shihuangdi What: the dynasty that only lasted 14 years but brought China out of the Period of Warring States When: (221-206 BCE) Where: China So What: this unified China and was the basis of Legalism for China (Legalism lasted all the way up until the 20th century) | 19 | |
| 8107329087 | Qin Shihuangdi | The first emperor of the unified Qin dynasty. He overworked the people to build Xianyang, roads, and many canals to facilitate domestic trade | 20 | |
| 8107329422 | Ren | confucian concept of an attitude of kindness and benevolence or a sense of humanity | 21 | |
| 8107329815 | Sericulture | the cultivation of silkworms for the production of silk | 22 | |
| 8107336099 | Shang Yang | Who: served as a chief minister to the duke of Qin state What: his policies survive in the "The Book of Lord Shang" and from his policies the Legalist Doctrine emerged When: (390-338 BCE) Where: Western China So What: Legalism beliefs were founded from him and those beliefs unified China | 23 | |
| 8107336783 | Sima Qian | Who: a historian who served the punishment of being castrated What: he composed numerous historical accounts of the emperor's reigns and sketches of them; he also documented many ministers, statesman, generals, merchants, artisans, and officials When: 99 BCE Han Dynasty Where: China So What: these documents this person created is how we know so much about the rulers in ancient china today | 24 | |
| 8107340536 | Terracotta Army | Who: Qin Shihuangdi What: tens of thousands of life sized clay sculptures of warriors that were put in an elaborate underground tomb (also horses and weapons too) When: 210 BCE Where: China Why: to protect emperor Qin Shihuangdi in his afterlife (first emperor and only emperor for the Qin dynasty So What: shows his importance to the Qin people | 25 | |
| 8107340909 | Wang Mang | Who: regent ruler of the split portion in between until he claimed himself ruler by the Mandate of Heaven; the Early Han dynasty and the Later Han dynasty What: made one large mistake by not communicating a new rule well and it went downhill from there When: (9-23 CE) Where: China So What: His empire | 26 | |
| 8107341690 | Wuwei | Who: Daoists What: Daoists chief moral value that encouraged disengagement from the worldly affairs and to live in harmony with nature When: period of Warring States Why: they felt that if they lived in harmony with nature and did not participate in bettering themselves they could live in peace So What: this could have symbolized an escape from the warring that was happening at the time | 27 | |
| 8107342422 | Xiao | Who: Confucius What: Confucianist idea that regarded high respect towards family and ancestors, especially elders in family When: all throughout China family has played a prominent role Where: China So What: emphasized family in everything | 28 | |
| 8107343573 | Xianyang | Who: Qin Shihuangdi and the Qin dynasty What: the capital of the Qin dynasty When: (221-206 BCE) Where: near Hao (in Zhou) (modern city of Xi'an) So What: it is were Qin Shihuangdi governen the empire | 29 | |
| 8107344242 | Xiongnu | Who: the greatest threats to the Han dynasty What: aided to the temporary downfall of the Han dynasty When: Han dynasty Where: steppes of central Asia Why: they were powerful militarily because they were masters at shooting accurately while moving So What: they were the largest threats to the Han | 30 | |
| 8107346001 | Xunzi | Who: one of Confucius's disciples What: focused mostly on the Confucianist idea of li and really focused on education and strong social discipline When: (298-238 BCE) Where: China Why: social discipline = order in government | 31 | |
| 8107347612 | Yellow Turban Uprising | The rebellion that severely weakened the Later Han dynasty. It tested the limits of the emperor's power and was a key factor in the fall of the Han Dynasty | 32 | |
| 8107348295 | Zhou | Chinese dynasty (122-256 bce) that was the foundation of Chinese thought formed during this period: Confucianism, Daoism, Zhou classics | 33 | |
| 8107348527 | Zhuangzi | A Chinese philosopher (369-286 B.C.E.) who spelled out the teachings of Daoism. | 34 |
