Ancient China

a military commander exercising civil power by force, usually in a limited area

• warlord

• aristocrat

• Dao

• Mandate of Heaven

a member of an upper class of society, usually made up of hereditary nobility

• warlord

• aristocrat

• Dao

• Mandate of Heaven

Chinese system of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule

• warlord

• aristocrat

• Dao

• Mandate of Heaven

the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods.

• warlord

• aristocrat

• Dao

• Mandate of Heaven

a person that someone is descended from

• ancestor

• pictograph

• ideograph

• hereditary

symbol in a writing system based on pictures

• ancestor

• pictograph

• ideograph

• hereditary

a symbol in a writing system that represents a thing or an idea

• ancestor

• pictograph

• ideograph

• hereditary

having title or possession by reason of birth

• ancestor

• pictograph

• ideograph

• hereditary

a system of beliefs based on the teaching of Confucius

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• legalism

• filial piety

a Chinese philosophy concerned with obtaining long life and living in harmony with nature

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• legalism

• filial piety