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| also known as the Era of Warring States, covers the period from 476 BCE to the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BCE. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, following the Spring and Autumn Period, although the Zhou dynasty itself ended in 256 BCE, 35 years earlier than the end of the Warring States period. As with the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a figurehead. |
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| the ruling Chinese dynasty between 221 and 206 BCE. The Qin state was named because the people of its homeland were called the Qin. The Qin's strength had been consolidated by Lord Shang Yang during the Warring States Period, in the 4th century BCE. In the early third century BCE |
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| king of the Chinese State of Qin from 246 BCE to 221 BCE during the Warring States Period. He became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BCE. He ruled until his death in 210 BCE at the age of 50. |
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| a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese thought and life. |
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| main philosophic schools during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This period (from 770 to 221 BC) was an era of great cultural and intellectual ferment in China, and gave rise to the important Hundred Schools of Thought. |
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| a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts that have influenced East Asia for over two millennia and the West for over two centuries "Path" |
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| the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–265 CE). It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, |
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| the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling over China from 202 BC until 195 BC, and one of only a few dynasty founders who emerged from the peasant class |
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| Autocratic chinese empror. Who vastly increased the authorty of the han. made it a confucius state. |
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| the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
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| Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a AD 184 peasant rebellion against Emperor Ling of Han. |
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| founded by Emperor Wen, or Yang Jian, held its capital at Luoyang. It was marked by the reunification of Southern and Northern China and the construction of the Grand Canal, though it was a relatively short Chinese dynasty. |
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| an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire. |
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| a path of liberation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality.It is a religion or spiritual philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha |
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| a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arise mainly from the formation of glass and the mineral mullite within the fired body at these high temperatures. |
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| the longest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. Starting at Beijing it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou |
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| the southernmost province of the Chinese Empire. It is now part of present-day Vietnam. The region mostly corresponds to the current Tonkin. |
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| the natural spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. The word Shinto ("Way of the Gods") was adopted from the written Chinese combining two, meaning gods or spirits and or "do" meaning a philosophical path or study |
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| any state that was subordinate to another in the pre-modern international system. The vassal in these cases was the ruler, rather than the state itself. |
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