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| 229882902 | Period of the Six Dynasties | is a collective noun for six Chinese dynasties during the periods of the Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD), Jin Dynasty (265-420), and Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589). | 0 | |
| 229882903 | Chan Buddhism | Important school of Buddhism that claims to transmit the experience of enlightenment achieved by the Buddha Gautama. Arising as Chan in China in the 6th century (introduced by Bodhidharma), it divided into two schools, the Southern school, which believed in sudden enlightenment, and the Northern school, which believed in gradual enlightenment. By the 8th century only the Northern school survived. Zen developed fully in Japan by the 12th century and had a significant following in the West by the later 20th century. Zen teaches that the potential to achieve enlightenment is inherent in everyone but lies dormant because of ignorance. It is best awakened not by the study of scripture, the practice of good deeds, rites and ceremonies, or worship of images, but by breaking through the boundaries of mundane logical thought. Methods employed vary among different schools and may emphasize the practice of zazen (in the Soto school), the use of koans (in the Rinzai school), or the continual invocation of Amida | 1 | |
| 229882904 | Zhu Xi | (1130-1200) Most prominent of neo-Confucian scholars during the Song dynasty in China; stressed importance of applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action | 2 | |
| 229882905 | Flying Money | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency | 3 | |
| 229882906 | Wendi | Member of prominent northern Chinese family during period of Six Dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern China; established Sui dynasty | 4 | |
| 229882907 | Mahayana(Pure Land) Buddhism | emphasized salvationist aspects of Chinese Buddhism; popular among the masses | 5 | |
| 229882908 | Wang Anshi | Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in 1070s; introduced sweeping reforms based on Legalists; advocated greater state intervention in society. | 6 | |
| 229882909 | Changan | Capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million; larger than any contemporary world city. (modern day Xian—home of terra cotta warriors) | 7 | |
| 229882910 | Yangdi Wuzong | (born 569, China—died 618, Jiangdu, Jiangsu province) Second ruler of the Chinese Sui dynasty. Under Yangdi, canals were built and great palaces erected. In 608 he built a great canal linking the rice-producing areas in the south with the densely populated north, and he extended this system in 610, contributing to what was to become the Grand Canal network. He embarked on military campaigns in Vietnam and Inner Asia. Three expeditions to Korea were so disastrous that the Chinese people turned against him; he was assassinated in southern China. One of his former officials reunited the empire and established the Tang dynasty | 8 | |
| 229882911 | Southern Song | Rump state of the Song Dynasty from 1127 to 1279; carved out of the much larger domains of the Tang and northern Song; Culturally, one of the most glorious reigns in Chinese history. | 9 | |
| 229882912 | Hangzhou | Capital of later Song dynasty; located near East China Sea; permitted overseas trading; population exceeded one million. | 10 | |
| 229882913 | Li Yuan | ( Kao Tsu or Gao Zu ), a.d. 565-635, Chinese emperor 618-27: founder of the Tang dynasty. | 11 | |
| 229882914 | Yang Guifei | royal concubine of Tang emperor Xuanzong; introduction of relatives into administration led to revolt | 12 | |
| 229882915 | Jurchens | Founders of Qin kingdom that succeeded the Liao in northern China; annexed most of the Yellow River basin and forced Song to flee to south. | 13 | |
| 229882916 | Footbinding | practice in chinese society to mutilate women's feet in order to make them smaller; produced pain and restricted women's movement; made it easier to confine women to the household | 14 | |
| 229882917 | Ministry of Public Rites | Administered the examinations for state office during the Tang dynasty. | 15 | |
| 229882918 | Khitan nomads | Founded Liao dynasty of Manchuria in 907; remained a threat to Song; very much influenced by Chinese culture. | 16 | |
| 229882919 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. (p. 277) | 17 | |
| 229882920 | Bi Sheng | 11th-century artisan; devised technique of printing with movable type; made it possible for China to be the most literate civilization of its time. | 18 | |
| 229882921 | Jinshi | Title granted to students who passed the most difficult Chinese examination on all of Chinese literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office | 19 | |
| 229882922 | Zhao Kuangyin | Founder of Song dynasty; originally a general following fall of Tang; took title of Taizu; failed to overcome northern Liao dynasty that remained independent. | 20 | |
| 229882923 | Junks | Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders; dominant force in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula | 21 | |
| 229882924 | Li Bo | Most famous poet of the Tang era; blended images of the mundane world with philosophical musings. | 22 |
