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Imperial Bureaucracy

appointed officials and sometimes specialization. contains a hierarchy.

Meritocracy

merit based society; people were accepted into the government because they could do something

Heian period

794-1185 CE. period of time in Japan where there was a huge influence of China in Japan like in the state system, art, and architecture.

Scholar Gentry

A social class whose members were well educated in Confucian philosophy. They were also one of the most influential social classes.

Filial Piety

Respect for elders; an essential Confucian thought.

Grand Canal

an inexpensive and efficient internal waterway transportation system that extended over 30,000 miles. Allowed for trade as well.

Champa rice

a drought resistant, quick maturing rice that allowed for a good food source.

Woodblock printing

chinese printing system where the desired ink parts are raised from a block of wood.

Foot binding

technique to emphasize status. young girls’ feet are bound to grow unnaturally.

Theravada Buddhism

Strongest in southeast Asia

Focused on personal and spiritual growth

Mahayana Buddhism

Strongest in China and Korea

focused on spiritual growth for all beings and on service.

Tibetan Buddhism

strongest in Tibet

focused on chanting

Syncretic

type of religion that is a fusion between two or more other religions.

Zen/Chan Buddhism

Syncretic. Zen Buddhism emphasized direct experience and meditation and was also strongest in China.

Neo-Confucianism

evolved in China between 770 and 840. It was a syncretic system, combining rational thought with the more abstract ideas of Daoism and Buddhism.

Popular in the Sinosphere.

Nuclear families

families that are made up of just the wife, husband, and children.

Polygyny

the practice of having more than one wife.