Ancient China Vocabulary

Working for the government. Government jobs.

• Civil Service Test

• Civil Service

• Analects

• Censorship

Restricting access to ideas and information.

• Civil Service test

• Civile Service

• Analects

• Censorship

A test created to help get the most qualified people into government jobs.

• Civil Service test

• Civil Service

• Analects

• Censorship

A collection of rules and sayings written by Confucius.

• Civile Service

• Dynasty

• Analects

• Censorship

A line of rulers who belong to the same family.

• Civil Service

• Dynasty

• Analects

• Censorship

The belief that the Chines Emperor's right to rule came from the gods.

• Emperor

• Mandate of Heaven

• Legalism

• Filial Piety

The belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled.

• Emperor

• Mandate of Heaven

• Legalism

• Filial Piety

Alone; to be separated from others.

• Isolate/Isolated

• Mandate of Heaven

• Filial Piety

• Legalism

Supreme Ruler of an Empire.

• Emperor

• Isolate/isolated

• Legalism

• Mandate of Heaven

Is a virtue for respect of one's parents, elders, and their ancestors.

• Emperor

• Dynasty

• Legalism

• Filial Piety