Ancient China Vocabulary

a hard gemstone

• oracle
• jade
• Silk Road
• lords

a prediction

• lords
• silk
• sundial
• oracle

people of a high rank

• ethics
• Confucius
• Legalism
• lords

farmers with small farms

• peasants
• lords
• sundial
• jade

Chinese philosopher, he emphasized ethical behavior for individuals and governments.

• Shi Huangdi
• Confucius
• Laozi
• Fu Hao

moral values

• ethics
• lords
• oracle
• jade

a philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses or morality, family order, etc.

• Confucianism
• Legalism
• Daoism
• acupuncture

philosophy that developed in China; stressed a belief that one should live in harmony with Dao

• Jainism
• Daoism
• Confucianism
• Buddhism

Chinese philosopher; the most famous Daoist teacher

• Laozi
• Fu Hao
• Shi Huangdi
• Confucius

the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled

• Daoism
• Buddhism
• Legalism
• ethics