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ancestor
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a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather
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oracle
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an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
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philosopher
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a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
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ambassador
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a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative
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extended family
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a kinship group consisting of a family nucleus and various relatives, as grandparents, usually living in one household and functioning as a larger unit.
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warlord
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a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
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missionary
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a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
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peasant
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a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
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emperor
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the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire.
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Silk Road
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an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay
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Huang He
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a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai. 2800 miles (4510 km) long.
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Chang Jiang
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a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. about 3200 miles (5150 km) long.
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plateau
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a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
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Confucius
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Chinese philosopher and teacher.
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Shi Huangdi
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whose family name is Ying and first name is Zheng, is one of the most famous kings in Chinese history
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Zhou
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the imperial dynasty of China from about 1126 to 255 bc
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King Wu
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was the first sovereign, or ruler of the Chinese
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Han
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a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
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Shang
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a Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766–1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523–1027 b.c.
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Liu Bang
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247–195 b.c., Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
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Wudi
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Emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty who vastly increased its authority and its influence abroad and made Confucianism China's state religion.
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Sima Qian
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was a prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography
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Mandate of Heaven
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a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source
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Daosim or Taoism
Definition
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
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Pinyin
Definition
a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
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