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Ancient China
Classics 110
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Undergraduate 1
12/14/2007

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Xia
Definition
4000-1600 BCE
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Shang
Definition
1600-1027 BCE
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Zhou (western)
Definition
1027-770 BCE
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Zhou (eastern)
Definition
770-221 BCE
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Warring States
Definition
475-221 BCE
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Loyang on Yellow River
Definition
Capital of Shang Empire
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Anyang
Definition
Palace here, with a huge number of inscribed oracle bones
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Fu Hao
Definition
Wife of Shang King Wu Ding, her tomb contained bronze, jade, bone, dogs, and human corpses
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Xian (On Wei River)
Definition
Western Zhou capital
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Louyang
Definition
Eastern Zhou capital
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T’ien-tzu
Definition
'Son of Heaven' (king)
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kung
Definition
barons
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Kong Fuzi
Definition
Confucius, Author of Analects
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Lao Dai
Definition
Author of ‘Daodejing’, Rejection of power structure, emphasis on individual endurance and qualities
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Qin Dynasty
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221-206 BCE
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Early Han Dynasty
Definition
206 BCE – 8 CE
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Later Han Dynasty
Definition
23 CE – 220 CE
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Chang’an (Xian)
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Capital of Qin Dynasty
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Shi Huang Di
Definition
First Emperor, Qin
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Sima Qian
Definition
Grand Historian, wrote during Han period about Qin
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Li Si
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Political Advisor to first emperor, instigated the 'Cultural Revolution'
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Meng Tian
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Military Advisor
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Han Feizi
Definition
Founded Legalism, which was later applied by Li Si to Qin
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Qin Wall
Definition
3000 miles long, made of earth, described by Sima Qian
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Tomb of Shi Huang Di
Definition
Near Xian, just outside imperial capital,Buried at ‘Mount Li’, filled with model palaces, vessel, models of officials
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Liu Bang
Definition
First Han Emperor
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Wu Di
Definition
"Martial Emperor" (Han)
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Liu Hsiu
Definition
Later Han Emperor, new dynasty
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Ming Di
Definition
Later Han, southern conquests
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Ban Zhao
Definition
Han Dynasty Writer
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Daoism
Definition
Unique system of self-help routines
Regimen of diet, exercise, medicines
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