chapter 12 Flashcards

98220448	hangzhou	capital of Song	0
98220449	6th century	when did the song dynasty emerge	1
98220450	wendi	member of the prominent northern chinese faimly during period of six dynasties; proclaimed himself emperor; supported by nomadic peoples of northern china; established sui dynasty	2
98220451	yangdi	second member of the sui dynasty; murdered his father to gain throne; restored confucian examination system; responsible for construction of chines canal system; assasinated in 618	3
98220452	li yuan	duke of tang; minister for yangdi; took over empire following assasination of yangdi; first emperor of tang dynasty; took imperial title of gaozu	4
98220453	changan	new tang capital	5
98220454	ministry of rites	administered examinations to students from chines government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars	6
98220455	jinshi	title granted to students who passed the most difficult chines examinations on all of chines literature; became immediate dignitaries and eligible for high office	7
98220456	pure land	emphasized salvationst aspects of chinese buddhism; popular among masses of chinese society	8
98220457	chan and zen buddhism	stressed on meditation and the appreciation of natural and artistic beauty- great appeal for educated class	9
98220458	empress wu	tang ruler 690-05 ce in china; supported buddhist establishment; tried to elevate buddhism to state religion; had multistory staues of buddha created	10
98220459	yang guifei	royal concubine during reign of xuanzong; introduction of relatives into royal administration led to revolt	11
98220460	wei	poisoned her husband, son of wu, and placed a small child on throne; tried to gain power	12
98220461	emperor wuzong	restriction to buddhism	13
98220462	zhao kuangyin	founder of song dynasty; originally a general following fall of tang; took tile of taizu; failed to overcome norther liao dynasty that remainded independent	14
98220463	zhu xi	most prominent of neo- confucian scholars during the song dynasty in china; stressed importance of applying philosophical principle to everyday life and action	15
98220464	grand canal	built in the 7th century during reign of yangdi during sui dynasty; designed to link the original centers of chinese civilization on the north china plain with the yabgtze river basin to the south;nearly 1200 miles long	16
98220465	bi sheng	devised the technique of printing with moveable type	17
98220466	li bo	most famous poet of the tang era; belended images of mundane world with phislosophical musings	18
98220467	taika reforms	attempt to remake japanese monarch into an absolute chines style emperor; including attempts to create professional bureaucracy and peasant conscript army	19
98220468	tale of genji	written by lady mirasaki; first novel in any language; relates life history of prominent and amorous son of the japanese emperor; evidence for mannered style of japanese society	20
98220469	bushi	regional warrior leaders in apan; ruled small kingdoms from fortresses; administered the law, supervised public works projects; collected revenues; built up private armies	21
98220470	samurai	mounted troops of japanes warrior leaders loyal to local lords, not the emperor	22
98220471	silla	668-9th century	23
98220472	mongol	13th century	24
98220473	koryo	918-1392	25
98220474	yi	1392-1910	26