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Chinese Civilization
Cambridge China 1-3, Sourcebook 1-14
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History
Undergraduate 4
09/03/2009
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Term
Xia (2205-1766 BCE)
 Definition

-eritou pottery

King as spiritual meditator

Bronze production

 
Term

Shang (1766-1122)

 

 Definition

-anyang: cosmo-magical city

-bronzes, oracle bones

 
Term
Neolithic cultures
 Definition

 

Yangshao culture

-painted pottery

Main site Banpo 4000BCE

 
Term
Longshan culture
 Definition

 

-black pottery

Bronze ornaments

Oracle bones for divination

Main site Ao 2000 BCE

 
Term
Zhou (1100-256 BCE)
 Definition

 

-tianming mandate of heaven

-hundred schools of thought

 
Term
The Six Classics
 Definition

-Yjing (Classic of Changes)

        Yang- 3 horizontal lines

Yin- 3 horizontal lines broken in middle

Hexagram- 6 horizontal lines

Yin hexagram- 6 horizontal lines broken in middle

-Shujing (Classic of History)

Heaven is heads, yang, tails, ying (earth)

 

-Shijing (Classic of Poetry)

-Liji (Record of Rites)

-Chungju (Spring and Autumn Animals)

-Yuejing (Classic of Music)

 
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