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CHAPTER 7
HUMANITIES
Term | Definition |
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ZITHER | A 5 OR 7 STRING INSTRUMENT POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY & USUALLY PLUCKED WITH A PLECTRUM & THE FINGERTIPS; THE FAVORITE INSTUMENT |
ZHOU DYNASTY | (711-256 BCE) KNOWN CHOPSTICKS, CAST IRON, SQUARE-HOLED COINS, & FINELY LACQUERED OBJECTS |
LI | ORIGINALLY, THE PROPER PERFORMANCE RITUAL, BUT EVENTUALLY ALSO THE NATURAL & MORAL ORDER, THUS, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE (MEANING PROPIERTY, RITUAL, OR ARRANGEMENT) |
CONFUCIUS | SELF EDUCATED, BECAME A TEACHER, WROTE NOTHING, HIS DICILPES WROTE HIS TEACHINGS CALLED ANALECTS |
ANALECTS (ONE EXAMPLE) | DICIPLES OF CONFUCIUS WROTE DOWN HIS TEACHINGS, HIS CONFESSIONS ABOUT MUSIC, MARRIAGE, DEATH, ECT "GOLDEN RULE" "TO STUDY WITHOUT THINKING IS FUTILE. TO THINK WITHOUT STUDYING IS DANGEROUS." |
MENCIUS | CHINA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT VOICE AFTER CONFUCIUS; BELIEF HUMANS ARE BORN GOOD & FALL BAD DUE TO NEGLECT & ABUSE |
LEGALISM | START WITH BAD; SPOILED BY LOVE AND BECOME SUBMISSIVE TO AUTHORITY |
THE "ART OF WAR" | THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREATISE ON MILITARY STRAGEY; DEALS WITH TATICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COMBAT |
TERRA COTTA | A CLAY MEDIUM THAT MAY BE GLAZED OR PAINTED; ALSO CALLED EARTHWARE |
HAN DYNASTY | (221 BCE-220 CE) REPRESENTED THE HIGH POINT & THE CLASSICAL PHASE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION; INTELLECTUAL & CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS |
EXAMPLES OF HOW HAN DYNASTY IS SIMILAR TO ROMAN EMPIRE | HAS WAS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF ROME IN POWER & PRESTIGE LIKE THE ROMAN EMIPRE, HAN FELL VICTIM TO INTERNAL & EXTERNAL PRESSURES IT COULD NOT WITHSTAND |
FENG SHUI | THE PRACTICE OF ARRANGING THE PHYSICAL ENVIROMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 5 ELEMENTS; THE BALANCE OF NATURE (YIN/YANG) & UNIVERSAL ENERGY |
OFFICE OF MUSIC | IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING CHINA'S FOLK MUSIC; CONTINUED OPERATING UNTIL 1914 |
QIN DYNASTY | (221-206 BCE) FIRST EMPEROR, SHI HUANG DI, SET TO ELIMINATE FURTHER CONFLICT; GREAT WALL WAS BUILT 214 BCE; TRADE STARTED |