Ming Dynasty Vocab List

Zheng

________ He- Ming Dynasty explorer and diplomat who led great fleets of ships to distant parts of Asia and.

800

Neo- Confucianism- A rationalistic revival of Confucian philosophy that exercised a pronounced influence on Chinese thought for over ________ years.

Tribute System

________- A network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and.

Forbidden City

________- A walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the Imperial Palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.

Merit

________- Based Exam System- A strict civil service exam system in Imperial China.

Zhu Xi

________- A philosopher whose work inspired a resurgence of Neo- Confucianism during the Ming Dynasty.

Mandarin

________- Became the official language of China during the Ming Dynasty.

Agrarian

________- Related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

Mandate of Heaven

________- The belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven.

Dynastic Cycle

________- The cycle in which Chinese dynasties rose and fell.

Confucianism

________- The system of political and ethical ideas formulated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius toward the end of the Zhou Dynasty; it was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion.

Mongols

(Historically) Central Asian nomads native to the Mongolian Plateau

Genghis Khan

Great leader of the Mongol Empire who ruled from 1206 to 1227

Kublai Khan

Grandson of Genghis Khan, founder of the Yuan Dynasty

Mandarin

Became the official language of China during the Ming Dynasty

Single Whip Tax System

A fiscal law first instituted during the Ming Dynasty, to increase the tax base and reduce the cost of tax collection

Merit-Based Exam System

A strict civil service exam system in Imperial China

Confucianism

The system of political and ethical ideas formulated by the Chinese philosopher Confucius toward the end of the Zhou Dynasty; it was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion

Neo-Confucianism

A rationalistic revival of Confucian philosophy that exercised a pronounced influence on Chinese thought for over 800 years

Agrarian

Related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land

Zhu Xi

A philosopher whose work inspired a resurgence of Neo-Confucianism during the Ming Dynasty

Zheng He

Ming Dynasty explorer and diplomat who led great fleets of ships to distant parts of Asia and Africa

Dynastic Cycle

The cycle in which Chinese dynasties rose and fell

Forbidden City

A walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the Imperial Palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China

Tribute System

A network of loose international relations focused on China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's predominant role in East Asia

Ming Dynasty

A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century

Qing Dynasty

The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

Eunuch

A castrated man. In China they typically served as civil servants or in the Imperial Court

Mandate of Heaven

The belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven