Early China Vocabulary

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military commander exercises power by forces

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warlord

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a member of the upper class of society, usually of hereditary nobility

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aristocrat

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person that someone is descended from

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ancestor

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A symbol in a writing system based on pictures

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pictograph

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

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ideograph

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group of non-elected government officials

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bureaucracy

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having title or possession by reason of birth

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hereditary

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

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Mandate of Heaven

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System of beliefs which describes the way a king must rule

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Dao

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study of basic ideas about society and right and wrong

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philosophy