Test 11/17/11, Rolon/Patterson
These are just a few notes on chapter 12
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| 252931041 | Yang Guifei | Emperor Xuan Zong's concubine (prostitute) a woman that had a heavy influence on the emperor, and had many of her family members put in government.....eventually killed at the persistence of the Emperor's advisors | 0 | |
| 252931042 | Empress Wu | Empress that stressed/valued Buddhism & Art | 1 | |
| 252931043 | Emperor Xuan Zong | -art -political/economical reform -heavily influenced by his concubine, Yang Guifei | 2 | |
| 252931044 | Wu Zong | Persecuted Buddhists since his confucian scholar gentry people said that it was unfair that the buddhists were not taxed...his actions were one of the reasons the tang dynasty declined | 3 | |
| 252931045 | Wang Anshi | chief minister to a Song emperor, was legalist -government assisted loans -taxed everyone -stressed education -established well trained mercenary forces | 4 | |
| 252931046 | Wendi | founder of the Sui dynasty, a noble | 5 | |
| 252931047 | Yangdi | son of Wendi; reforms legal code, less harsh | 6 | |
| 252931048 | Li Yuan | -expanded the Tang empire -large network of transportation/communication -tried to restore bureaucracy examinations -supported equal field system | 7 | |
| 252931049 | Taizong | son of Li Yuan, helped/carried on the goals of his father | 8 | |
| 252931050 | Equal field system | system in which land was distributed based on family/needs negative aspect later: less land, people took advantage of it | 9 | |
| 252931051 | jinshi | if you got a high score on the civil bureaucratic examination, you earned this title and received a lot of recognition | 10 | |
| 252931052 | 907 | the date of the last Tang emperor | 11 | |
| 252931053 | Taizu | also known as "Zhao Kuangyin" man who founded the Song dynasty | 12 | |
| 252931054 | Weaknesses of the Song military | -the civil bureaucrats were in charge of the military -the military had mainly foot soldiers, who fought against heavily armed cavalry -did not have as much strength as Sui/Tang | 13 | |
| 252931055 | neoconfucianism | -had more characteristics of buddhism -application to everyday life, morals -higher level of learning -prevented entry of foreign innovations, limited creative thought | 14 | |
| 252931056 | Chan Buddhism | -stressed meditation and appreciation of natural/artistic beauty | 15 | |
| 252931057 | Innovations of the Tang/Song era | gunpowder abacus complex bridges coal used for fuel | 16 | |
| 252931058 | Mongols | group responsible for the fall of the Southern (song) dynast in 1279 | 17 | |
| 252931059 | Zhu-Xi | the most prominent of the Neo-Confucians during the song era | 18 | |
| 252931060 | Li Bo | famous poet, tied life with philosophy | 19 | |
| 252931061 | Decline of the Sui dynasty | -high taxes -forced labor | 20 | |
| 252931062 | The Rites Ministry | administered the examinations for state office, during the Tang Era | 21 | |
| 252931063 | Pure Land Buddhism | salvation buddhism "popular among the masses" | 22 | |
| 252931064 | Hangzhou | capital of the southern Song | 23 | |
| 252931065 | Grand Canal | constructed for irrigation, to connect the north and south -area along the canal was heavily populated and fertile since it was on the Yangtze River | 24 | |
| 252931066 | Bi Sheng | made china the most contemporary literate civilization | 25 | |
| 252931067 | Foot Binding | helped confine women to household | 26 |
