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Ancient China
section 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Confucius | Desired a return to family order and social harmony |
| Legalism | The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled |
| Zhou | The longest lasting Chinese dynasty |
| Daoism | Stressed living in harmony with the guiding force of all reality |
| Lords | People of high rank who received land in exchange |
| peasants | The lowest social class farmed noble lands |
| ethics | Moral values |
| The Analects | A book of Confucius's teachings complied by his students |
| Laozi | Wrote -The way and Its Power, the basic text expressing Daoist thought |
| Legalists | The first to put their ideas into practice throughout China |