Ch 15 vocab
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- most popular branch of Buddhism in China, with an emphasis on intuition and sudden flashes of insight instead of textual study
- Chan Buddhism
- philosophy that attempted to merge certain basic elements of confucian and buddhist thought
- neo-Confucianism
- Sui dynasty construction which was one of the world's largest waterworks projects before modern times, vacillitated trade.
- Grand Canal
- Main export of china who produced high-quality porcelain which was lighter, thinner, and adaptable to more uses. Became to be known as chinaware.
- porcelain
- Japanese military leader who ruled in plac of the emperor
- shogun
- Chinese dynasty that was marked by an increasingly urbanized and cosmopolitan society.
- Song dynasty
- A japanese warrior who lived by the code of bushido
- samurai
- The Chinese name for their country, so called because they believed it was the center of the world
- Middle Kingdom
- Chinese dynasty that constructed Grand Canal, reunified China, and allowed for the splendor of the Tang dynasty that followed
- Sui dynasty
- indigenous Japanese religion that emphasizes purity, clan loyalty, and the divinity of the emperor
- Shinto
- 300 year dynasty that organized China into a powerful, productive, and prosperous society. Equal-field system and civil service examinations are created during this dynasty
- Tang Dynasty
- the tight wrapping of young girls' feet with strips of cloth that prevented natural growth of the bones and resulted in tiny, malformed, curved feet.
- foot binding